What color is your 911? I bet many of you have no idea!
I know some of us have argued with our painter that the correct color for a 1973 911 in bright red is called India Red! Our painter insists that it is called Guards red... You would be right...and WRONG!
In many cases your 911 is actually 2 colors!!! CRAZY eh?
I just got a second 1973 color chart at the Lit Meet and was going to sell one on ebay.. I was studying the 2 books and found some VERY DISTURBING and CONFUSING info!
One of the books is the color sample book that would be with the salesman when you were ordering your new 1973 911. It has the actual material swatches and paint samples. The other book is the 1973 parts dept copy for ordering paint for repairs this book has photos of the materials and paint.
First I noticed that the parts dept color chart has 32 colors (including optional colors) the other book (salesmans book) only has 29 colors. I started trying to figure out which colors were missing from the salesmans copy and that was where it started to get very weird and confusing!
For example in the salesmans book there is a bright red color called India Red with number #2525. There is no India Red in the parts dept book but there is a color called Guards Red with the same 2525 number!
The same problem for a Dalmation Blue #4848 that was in the salesmans book but called Oxford Blue #4848 in the parts dept book...
A while back there was a post about the color Raspberry #4545 and there was a lot of confusion from our members... No wonder! In the parts dept book it is called Rose Red! #4545...
I found a color called Signal Yellow #5252 in the parts dept book...
But wait! there is another color on the next page also called Signal Yellow but with a number E2E2
It gets worse! ALL of the colors in the parts book have different numbers for Coupe and Targa!!!
Guards Red for a coupe is #2525 Guards Red for a Targa is #2510!
What the PHUCK is the difference between paint sprayed on a Coupe or a Targa? Why two numbers for the same color?
I listed to book on ebay if you guys are interested... I would end the auction..