Paint Code on Paint tag for 1968 911

[RealRS#406]

Would anyone know the actual paint code as it would appear on the paint plate for a car originally painted Sand Beige.
I believe the 1968 paint # was 6807 and colour code 510

[ThomasTe]

Yes, sand beige has code 6807 in 1968. I found these pics of the paint tags for 1968 models (from 912s though):

Karmann body cars (11825001-):


Porsche body cars:

[HughH]

David

the actual code depends on which paint was used (Thomas has shown a Glasurit and Lesonal code above) and also if it was "normal' with a 68 prefix or (i think) high temperature baked with a 97 prefix, and to a certain extend who built it. I think i have only seen the 97 prefix with Lesonal paint but that is only from memory (and a few photos I have looked at today) so that may not be correct. Also it would appear (again from a sample) that the Karmann built cars often had the paint manufacturer suffix left off the number on the badge. I can email you a document with a dozen or more badges on it if you like - also there is an australian delivered sand beige car that i may be able to get a photo of the plate from..

[RealRS#406]

Thanks Thomas, the car is actually a 912 so there are great.

Hi Hugh, Be good to get a shot of another tag to compare with those from Thomas.
It was originally a UK car and had been painted Red.
Existing tag is damaged and hard to read, but it may be easier when I get it off.

Is it possible that the same colour could come from two manufacturers as the first tag shows 6807 from G which I assume is Glasutit. I recall that for the RS, in most cases they showed only one manufacturer for each colour.

[HughH]

hi david

sent you a PM

yes it is possible to get the same paint number with different manufacturers (and different prefix 68 or 97) as a result

[Fixer]

Sand Beige is a great color.