Odd body color code on 1970

[cornerlot]

I've sent for the COA, so a more authoritative answer is forthcoming. But for now, I'm kind of stumped. This 1970 911E I just picked up is now black, but with hints of a light color underneath. Now, the paint code tag reads literally "14 14-H-". I can't find a code '14' for 1970, only 114 or 414. No sign of a 3rd digit on the tag. Also, the lack of a dash between the numbers and the added dash after the 'H' is odd.

Through a few scratches (and licks of color on the tag's corners) the undercoat is very light, may be a top-coat or a primer. Appears like a pale yellow or light tan. Code 414 is 'Signal Yellow', but again no 3rd digit on the tag and the under color doesn't look like Signal Yellow.

Any ideas?

[nickb4]

1414 Signal Orange coupe

[Eminence Gris]

I think Karmann-built cars tended to have a 2-digit code paint code, a space, then the code repeated for a coupe. I had a 64 64 Karmann-built 71

[cornerlot]

I would have expected the tag to be stamped '116' for Signal Orange, the generic Porsche code for the color. The code 1414 would specify that color on a coupe in the build specifications.

Steve

[gled49]

My December 69 build Signal Orange 70S coupe with glue on plate is 1414 with no space. G

[Frank Beck]

My 5/70E coupe.

[cornerlot]

My 5/70E coupe.

Tag looks TOO clean Repo?

Steve

[Frank Beck]

Tag looks TOO clean Repo?

Steve

Repo?
Maybe.

Or on a car with less than 13k miles.

[Unobtanium-inc]

Sometimes strange paint colors was because of a customer requested color. I found a 58 Coupe once that had a paint code that started with a 9, when the rest of the Reutter numbers started with 7. I went to my Factory Deep Throat source and asked him what it was, Lacquel Havana Brown, a color used primarily by Mercedes and Lambretta, but someone wanted it and Porsche obliged them.

It was a cool car, we used the find on our dash magnets, if anyone wants one let me know, they are FREE.

You can read the full story here in my PCA column:

https://www.pca.org/news/2016-04-12/...g-havana-brown

---Adam

[gulf908]

A Karmann 911 coupe in Signal orange should read 1414 and the targa version is 1410.
The original Karmann plate on my 914-6 shows only 14.
Maybe it depended on who was doing the stamping at Karmann on the day.

Cheers
Dennis