Guys,
I’ve begun work on my winter project which I hope to have completed by the beginning of March 2011. In a moment of insanity before Thanksgiving I started toying with the idea of recreating the style of Lackstift paint touch-up pencils that Porsche once offered as an accessory starting in about 1960.
How hard could it be?
I began by creating a paint code/name spreadsheet with my Red Book, color charts and other resources to see what kind of paint challenge/nightmare I created for myself. It’s a BIG one: 32 unique standard paint colors from 1960-1973, with usually between 7-9 standard colors each cycle. It’s a little different than the standard black, red and white of today!
However, since Porsche indicated not just the paint name but the paint code as well on the outside of the bottle there are at current count 63 unique standard color Lackstifts from 1960-1973! As an example, many of you know when Slate Gray was offered as a standard color the paint code changed over time from 6001, 6201, 6401, 6601 and finally 6801. As a result there won’t be just 1 Slate Gray Lackstift but 5 variations of it spanning 1960-1969.
Naturally, some standard colors will be more popular than others, more Light Ivory (1964-1973) will be needed than Gulf Blue (1966-1967) but my goal is to have several of each standard color available from the outset. To make things a little more complicated there will be a few optional color Lackstifts I will include at the beginning. All 356 colors from 1960-1965 will be available. Additionally, I will make available optional colors if they were a standard color at some point. For example, between 1960-1973 Black was a standard color in one color cycle 1966-1967 (6609). In addition to those standard color codes I will also offer Black as the optional color codes: 6013, 6213, 6413, 6838 and 700. The way I see it is I already have the paint so why not make the screen prints with the correct color codes for the optional years? Unfortunately, the owner of a car painted Rose Red / Fraise (024) might have to wait a little longer! That said, if there’s a specific optional color you’d like to see offered feel free to post the name and color code here so I can keep track of what you guys need. After a little while I’ll add a poll to this thread so you guys can determine the most popular optional color to include in the first batch.
Of course that’s just the paint data… there are many more steps. In no particular order: 2 different die cut boxes to make, drawing and injection molding of the red button on the cap top, painting the bottles themselves, creating the bottle graphics and screen printing them on just like the originals. As you can see I have lots of after-hours work ahead of me in the next 3 months. I hope to document all of it here and hopefully it goes smoothly!
Price is projected to be somewhere between $75 - $100 but I won't know for sure until all the steps are complete and the total cost is in.
ALL COLORS THAT WILL BE INITIALLY AVAILABLE ARE LISTED HERE: http://www.orangebarproducts.com/Lack.pdf
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