Proper Painting

[jaudette3]

I continue to seriously consider repainting my silver '73 S in its original color of Tangerine. The current paint is beautiful, but I really like originality - and Tangerine!). If I do this I would like to do it as correctly as possible. My questions are (Paul, are you there?):

(1) How did the wheel wells come from the factory? Was there overspray on the black undercoating?

(2) In 1973 models, was the engine compartment the color of the exterior or black?

(3) Was the trunk compartment the color of the car or black?

(4) The CoA, along with an early picture I have of the car when it was in its original paint, show that the it had the chrome strips along the wheel well cut-outs. I like originality, but these seem kind of goofy. The holes are still there so I should decide whether to plug them or reinstall the strips. What do you think about these?

(5) Any other things I should know?

Thanks for your help.

John Audette

[glaverbel911]

No black-out in a 73' anywhere.

Brite trim on the fenders is beautiful in my opinion..

Robert..

[72targa]

All I know is that tangerine is a very cool color. As an owner of a silver 911, I would love to have my dad's '69 911E in tangerine, which was stunning...

[jaudette3]

It's one of my favorite colors. Here's a picture of a Tangerine '72 S that I found somewhere online.

John Audette

[HarryD]

John,

My '73 car had a colr change but from what I can see:

1-Wheel wells same color as body. when i first got car in 2001, the wheel wells were black but when pressure washed the wells to remove crud, any coating over the origianl paint came off easily. Underbody same color as body.

2-Engine compartment same color as body.

3-Not sure as I can see some of the original color but there is a very well adhered "mist" covering much of the paint. Given the ease most of the other black coatings (item 1) came off of my car to discover the orginal color, I suspect this is original.

4-Wheel well chromes strip look cool but, sadly, I do not have the wheel mouldings on my car.

5-The interior, under the carpets and rear seats are original color with a thick coating of some sort.

Hope I helped.

I continue to seriously consider repainting my silver '73 S in its original color of Tangerine. The current paint is beautiful, but I really like originality - and Tangerine!). If I do this I would like to do it as correctly as possible. My questions are (Paul, are you there?):

(1) How did the wheel wells come from the factory? Was there overspray on the black undercoating?

(2) In 1973 models, was the engine compartment the color of the exterior or black?

(3) Was the trunk compartment the color of the car or black?

(4) The CoA, along with an early picture I have of the car when it was in its original paint, show that the it had the chrome strips along the wheel well cut-outs. I like originality, but these seem kind of goofy. The holes are still there so I should decide whether to plug them or reinstall the strips. What do you think about these?

(5) Any other things I should know?

Thanks for your help.

John Audette

[pwd72s]

John, 1972 was the last year for the black bottom (wheelwells too) and engine surround. Starting with the '73 models, body color was the thing.
So, I agree with the guys above...

[911scfanatic]

Paul, what color is the trunk in a '72?

[P911E70]

john,
have a look at the pictures of the 72 911S. This one is unrestored and could give you some ideas on the details.

But i would think three times to change the color of your car!

Martin

[Tom F.]

Agree with all of the above, except that there was still black paint along the sills, and continuing to the lower edge of the inner wheel wells (still visible on my original paint tangerine '73, May production) and behind the horn grilles. Also, of course, as with every non-black 911, along the edge of the door, to conceal the body color from inside the car with the door closed. The satin black was brushed on in all of these locations, as near as I can tell.

I will try to post a photo of the undercarriage paint later. My car also has teh wheel well trim, and I will try to put up a photo of that, too.

I forgot, there's also flat black paint inside the car, along the edge of the dash, where the defroster nozzles come out, on the instrument cluster sheet metal (duh!) and on the center tunnel. Probably a few I forgot.

[pwd72s]

Paul, what color is the trunk in a '72?

Porsche got cheap there...it's kind of an "overspray" look in body color. Sorry no pic with the carpet removed, but here's a pic Evren took for a record of the smuggler's box lid...