rare colors is there production numbers.

carrera turbo · 08-20-2009, 11:32 AM

just wondering i did a search and didn't find anything. i have a 79 930 that is oak green and was wondering how many came this color. i have only seen a handful of this color car. im kinda thinking it wasn't a popular color in its day and they have been repainted to the favorite reds and blacks.

any help would be great this is just because im curious.

sorry for the crappy garage pic.

cheers ed

Turboo934 · 08-20-2009, 03:08 PM

Seems it was a popular color from 76-80. Cristine was that color, she was repainted in the 90's to her present color. I'm thinking to repaint her back for the stealth factor.

SCWDP911 · SCWDP911's Garage

Good luck! I tried to do this with Ruby Red. I was told by someone at PAG that they just did not have that kind of detailed info. Always seemed to be a blowoff to me, but maybe they did not. If you have better luck, please let me know.

BTW, Oak Green is one of my favorite colors on a 911. Very cool for me!

t-cup · 08-20-2009, 05:44 PM

Love the color--it looks like the only 930 they had in the museum last time I was there. I liked it with body color Fuchs and '70s plaid interior as well.

Regarding getting a brush off from PAG, I don't believe so. Our cars predate computerized records, so doing database searches like that are pretty manual. Probably true of most industries. Just my $.02.

turbo3six · 08-20-2009, 07:05 PM

Damn! That is one gorgeous car! So emblematic of the period. Where are the rest of these cars!? Shame to think that someting like that would be repainted for a color change.

chocolatelab · chocolatelab's Garage

That is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

carrera turbo · 08-20-2009, 08:04 PM

yea thats a cool car i love my stealthy oak green it has a very classy look with a full leather chocolate interior. most everyone ask me if its a stock color.

so a no go on the rarity. rare that i ever have to park to another Porsche this color so i think thats rare enough.

cheers ed

80-911SC · 80-911SC's Garage

i am relly starting to like the off color porsche more and more each day, i have a mocha brown code 451 and was unsure at first but wouldn't change it .

show em the short run and original colors, not red, black or yellow

jasonmx5 · jasonmx5's Garage

Mocha brown is a fantastic color. So good they seem to have brought it back. Saw a Cayman a similar color to that. It was purty!

My '77 Carrera 3.0 had green leather interior, but no plaid.

ERN911 · 08-21-2009, 06:26 AM

I have to agree with you guy's when I first saw my car the price was right but I didnt know if I could live with the color now I wouldn't change it's grown on me and I think it's she's real pretty know.

Herms911 · 08-21-2009, 02:32 PM

Go Mocha Brown
Back in April I walked the parking lot at the Hershey meet, had to be over 600 cars, and not a Mocha Brown car in Chocolatetown, USA except mine. I got a number of thumbs up.

MT930 · 08-21-2009, 03:00 PM

Love the color

The NATO Green 930 here is the grail. If I ever buy a 930 to restore it will go NATO green.

KNS · 08-21-2009, 03:30 PM

Love that museum 930! Some of the interiors from the 70s, I think, are really unique and set the mood for the period. It makes the interiors from the 80s and 90s look pretty dull. How many people ripped out that cool plaid for something different?

There was another light green metallic 930 posted here several months ago that was also stunning.

kiwiokie · 08-21-2009, 08:12 PM

[QUOTE=t-cup;4848080]Regarding getting a brush off from PAG, I don't believe so. Our cars predate computerized records, so doing database searches like that are pretty manual. Probably true of most industries. Just my $.02.
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Anyone would think high-speed scanners had not made it to Germany yet

For the cost of producing one Christophorus issue they could probably scan their entire paper records of production into searchable PDF files and maybe then they could at last get their certificates of authenticity correct

Cheers, John

white99c2 · 08-21-2009, 08:20 PM

Cashmere Beige, cant imagine there were lots of these driving off the lot in 1979.

jcc911 · 09-01-2009, 05:16 AM

Not sure if it the same color, but there is one for sale no too far away from me. No Offiliation.

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/1349188034.html

RaceDeck · RaceDeck's Garage

THis is my 1979 930 in a very rare Cashmere with Cork interior ( original not restored or repainted, 20k mile car )

trials935 · 12-12-2025, 02:18 PM

My 1988 Carmine Red on the left, compared to my friends Guards Red on the right. Curious how many Carmine 930's were built.

ant7 · ant7's Garage

Beautiful!

As for other unusual colours, mine is pretty rare now being the only white Gold 1985 3.2 Carrera in the UK at the moment, of course if anyone knows different' Happy to be proved wrong!

Ant...

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Originally Posted by carrera turbo

just wondering i did a search and didn't find anything. i have a 79 930 that is oak green and was wondering how many came this color. i have only seen a handful of this color car. im kinda thinking it wasn't a popular color in its day and they have been repainted to the favorite reds and blacks.

any help would be great this is just because im curious.

sorry for the crappy garage pic.

cheers ed

djpateman · 12-13-2025, 05:16 AM

The computer records start in 1970 model year at least, and perhaps earlier. However, accessing them is a different story. I can get data from these records, but they are scans of computer printouts and are not easy to read. The actual digital data should be available to the factory archivist but like NASA data for the space program it may not be readily available. NASA had to resurrect old computer systems in order to read the old tapes of data. Then they needed old programmers to rewrite the software needed to take the data and present it in a useful form once again. If the factory did not preserve the data in an accessible form and keep that updated every 5 years, then it is quite possible to have the data and yet not be able to use it. It costs money to keep the records in useable formats and I think that they did not do it due to these costs. They have also been trying to suppress the release of this data for at least a decade. While it would be very interesting to get the statistical data that the OP is seeking, I don't think that it will ever be available.
I try and keep data on all cars that I come across from 1950 through 1980 or so. Over the past few decades I don't even want to think of the hours invested. But it has been useful in trying to track paint codes, interior codes, VIN, engine & transmission serial ranges and options. I know that my data is far from complete, but it is fun to do the searches.