CoA question: Was Porsche side script available in green?

[frankc]

I finally received the Certificate of Authenticity for my '73 T yesterday, and noticed something that seemed odd to me. One of the options listed is "Porsche Script on Doors - Green, L/R". I've seen the "Carrera" script in various colors before, but for the "PORSCHE" script I've only seen black or white. Was green (or any other color) actually an option in '73, or is this perhaps an error on the CoA? Strangely, the "Paint to Sample" color is green, so this would have been a green-on-green combination.

Also, was a large capacity fuel tank an option in '73? When I spoke with PCNA over the phone several weeks ago to obtain my engine & transmission numbers, they had finished the research on my VIN and told me the options over the phone. I thought at the time the woman mentioned something about an XX liter fuel tank, but I don't see this on the CoA. The tank was missing from the car when I received it, so I have no reference.

Thanks for any assistance.

[911T1971]

Green P script was not an option
62 litre tank was an option (100l on race cars)

[LongRanger]

Interesting . . . 'Metallic Paint to Sample/99'

Any more details? --- and don't forget about this thread . . .
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...aint+sample%27

[frankc]

Green P letters were not an option
62 litre tank was an option (100l on race cars)

Thanks Karim.

So if green letters were not an option, where did PCNA even come up with green? Could it have been listed somewhere in relation to the Paint to Sample color? I wish PCNA was able to forward us all the raw data on the cars, instead of their filtered/interpreted version.

Regarding the fuel tank (sorry, I should have done this earlier), I pulled up PET and see that for '73:

62L tank standard in Ts
85L tank was standard in Es, Ss, and optional for Ts

I'll have to call PCNA back to see if the car had the optional 85L tank

[ETexSpeedo]

Option-something that can be chosen. It might not be listed on an official "options list", but if the COA is correct with green, then it was a factory "option". See this all the time........

[frankc]

Interesting . . . 'Metallic Paint to Sample/99'

Any more details? --- and don't forget about this thread . . .
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...aint+sample%27

Thanks for the link.

I have been doing some research on the paint recently in preparation for an eventual re-spray. The number on the paint placard is 252-9-3, so I know this is a Herberts paint 252, but I have not been able to find a 252 in any of the Herberts color charts. I sent a request to DuPont (who now owns Herberts paint), but so far no response. There are a few clean places on the car where I can have the original paint scanned, but I've been told this does not always yield an exact match.

Here is a thread I started earlier looking for info on the paint color:
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...Paint-Code-252

[911T1971]

yes 85 litre, not 62 litre, sorry.

As for special option green P O R S C H E letters, I highly doubt it. The COA is often wrong w interpreting.
But you never know as ETexSpeedo notes.
The P O R S C H E did came in white and black, options from 68-73.

[frankc]

Option-something that can be chosen. It might not be listed on an official "options list", but if the COA is correct with green, then it was a factory "option". See this all the time........

When the woman at PCNA was providing me with the options over the phone and got to the green letters, she seemed surprised and said "Hmmm, I've never seen that before". I wonder if, just as the paint color could be custom ordered (as mine was), if the color of the letters could be as well. Perhaps the person who ordered the car was going for a very subtle green-on-green lettering. Who knows, perhaps the sample provided for the paint was the color of the lettering.

I would love to see a picture of this car with the lettering before it was painted. I traced three owners back on the car so far, but it was silver by then. Perhaps I will try to go back further.

[frankc]

yes 85 litre, not 62 litre, sorry.

As for special option green P O R S C H E letters, I highly doubt it. The COA is often wrong w interpreting.
But you never know as ETexSpeedo notes.
The P O R S C H E did came in white and black, options from 68-73.

Karim,
I agree that the CoA is often wrong (there is a known error on the CoA for my '77S), but if the colored lettering is a random mistake, I just find it uncanny that the color is green given that green is the paint to sample color of the car.

[911T1971]

Frankly, I dont know.
-It could be a interpretion mistake by having a sample color (i.e green) and mixing this green info also with the optional PORSCHE script. On 1973 RS the CARRERA script on doors could come in green. Maybe the COA thinks because a green script is possible in 1973 (RS), its also possible for a 1973 911T. But those are not the same type of script letters.
-Or they think because its a green car and has a script on doors, this need to be green too.
Last but not least, if there was really a green script, they should be noted as "special order script in green "or "sample color" script. Of course, their infos is never so subtle but just a vague interpretation.
Just my IMO.

Anyhow, its a fully loaded 911T, nice...