Glasurit Silver 8010H or 8080?

[Allen Henderson]

Paint guys,

Is there, does anybody have, a modern BASF/Glasurit Paint code for the subject 1970/1971 "silber metallic." Oh and, btw, what does the H signify? Thanks.



-Allen-

[kenikh]

I think the 'H' denotes a paint manufacturer; not necessarily Glasurit. I seem to recall reading that on this forum.

[kenikh]

Ah, here we go:

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...highlight=8010

Sounds like your car is a targa?

[Allen Henderson]

A 1971 911E. No as in ZERO rust--garaged its whole life in N. Cal.
-Allen-

[edmayo]

H is for Herberts, L is for Lesonal and G has already been posted

[andyjboy]

H stands for Herbol & L stands for Lechler...

[kaufmanp]

H stands for Herbol & L stands for Lechler...

i knew about glasurit (G) and herberts "standox' (H) being orginal paint supplier to porsche,not heard of the (L) factor before....?


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peter kaufmann
'73 911e fully rebuilt 2.7rs carrera mfi specs and restored/repainted in herbert "standox"

[70SATMan]

On a related note. My 70 is missing it's tag. I know the code for my car is 8080 but, how would I determine the paint supplier since that is not on my COA? General consensus of other silver 70s around the Dec. 69 to Feb. 70 time frame? Were some colors then only supplied by specific manufacturers?

[Longballa]

When you paint your car are you going to do a 2 stage with no clear coat or something different? Just curious because I'll be painting my 72S silver metallic 8080 soon and I want it as close to factory as possible. -Scott

[Allen Henderson]

Wanting to paint your car guys,

Experts can correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the only viable option is a two stage, that is base color coat and clear--that is for metallic paint colors. Single stage could be used for solids but to spray single stage metallic is very difficult and may, in fact, be impossible with todays formulations..that is a question?

After thinking about it, I think the color formula from, say, 1970 is largely, but not completely, irrelevant. Think about it--the silvers or any color in fact, had to have minor variations Lot to Lot and month over month.

I think the route I'm going to go is to computer match one of my panels. My car is not original paint. In the early 70s I undertand virtually all the metallic colors failed and were usually repainted within the warranty period.

-Allen-