door jam number code
 

On the plate on the door jam next to the hinges on the drivers side door, what do the #,s 408-9-1 mean? Its the plate that says MADE IN WEST GERMANY

your car was built on Sept 1th, 408 A.D. .........or not!
I think that be your "paint code" number.

Anyboby know what that paint code color is? Or is there a way to decipher it?

go to "search" (at the bottom of the bbs"page") & type in PAINT CODE....you should get a bunch of returns to look through. I use the "Restorers Guide to Authenticity" which has paint codes listed by year in the back...also check out

good luck
Greg

Yep paint code tag.

408 is for Bitter Chocolate (COCKNEYBRAUN) color code
9 is for the coach builder, which is the Porsche factory
1 is for the paint manufacturer Lesonal

Hmmm,..... I assumed my paint was sepia. Maybe its bitter chocolate? What do you all think?http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1114292363.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1114292374.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1114292388.jpg

Nope, not Sepia Brown. That is color code 415 last offered in 1973. Your car is darker than Sepia.