Lachsilber - Porsche Colour?

[alanmcc]

Hi,

I have a 1968 911T originally from the west coast of USA. I have a tin of the paint and its called Lachsilber, however I cannot find out on the interent if this is actually an official Porsche colour.

You can see 2 pics of the car here

If anyone knows where I could look or can tell me if this is in fact an original colour, can you please let me know?

Any info greatly appreciated

Many thanks

Alan
Dublin, Ireland

[Shuie]

try here

http://www.paintscratch.com/

[fryardds]

Interesting color. It is spelled 'lachssilber metallic' and is paint code 81K. It is a 1989 color, not an early 911 color. It is also called Coral Metallic. Hope that helps.

[alanmcc]

Thats great, thank you so much for the help

Alan

[Paul Franssen]

Just for general interest:
lachs = salmon
silber = silver of course

[alanmcc]

Cool. Thats funny because before I found out the name of the colour, we described it as 'salmon' or 'champagne' but I always thought that sounded a bit girly

I like the sound of coral metallic


Cheers,
Alan

[atlporsche]

back in '68 fyi, porsches were typically the color of billiard balls...and non-metallic...

sjd

[fryardds]

Another FYI: There is a 1974-5 color called 'Lachs Diamant Metallic' that is a lighter color than Lachssilber. The code for that color is 036. Guess someone at Porsche liked Salmon.

[2002M3Drew]

Lachsilber was actually a BMW color in the late 1980s...and very popular. Porsche was pretty gung-ho in the custom paint area during that time...the dealers would advertise that they would match any sample or other manufacturer's paint code. I saw a 911 painted Mercedes-Benz "Smoke Silver" a little while back.

Lachsilber always looked good on BMWs with their dark red leather seats!