Most/Least Common Color 911?
 

Also were 911s available(special order) in other Porsche models colors?

i have special order dolphin gray on my 66. i'am willing to bet the most common color is white.

I was thinking silver to be the most common.

If I had to guess red, silver and white would be the toss up for most common.

My 67 is slate gray and I have only seen one other that color in my whole life.

Larry you mean one other 67' Slate Grey right?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1169349858.jpg

Just a guess here...based on the number of years each color was issued? I'd guess silver first, then white, then red. I stress, this is a guess....

Wouldn't the rarest color be on the year the least 911s were made?

WOW that is a gorgeous mid year. I have never seen one in slate gray.

my 67 looks different though I think the mid year looks like a dark metallic color where in 67 it had some green in it:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1169350970.jpg

Slate Gray
 

i thought guards red was the most common for mid years at least. I remmeber reading that somewhere...

1964 Paint Charts
 

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austin552 mine looks that color in a different light... but there goes my whole I have only seen one statement :) now I have to say I have only seen one other in person :) http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1169351929.jpg

Sorry larry but now you won't feel as lonley. ;)

Great seats by the way!

Oops wrong picture :(

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I think that slate gray was a lot more common in the 356 era though.

Larry, beautiful car. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of seats are those? They look period correct and very supportive. I'm trying to find replacements for the failed BMW sport seat experiment in my '72.

Thanks,
Jim

Sepia is not real common.

Those are scat procar seats. They are fairly reasonable... I think I paid 699 for the pair. However, then I took them over to a shop in San Leandro, Ca. to make them look more correct for a porsche. I had them recovered in original german vinal.

I am glad you like them.

Thanks Larry, that's what I thought. The price seems reasonable, and the sale of my BMW sport seats + original Porsche seats should just about cover it. :D

I'm not sure Gurds was even available in the mid years - 1974-77. BUt it almost certainly was the most common in the 80's years, the SC's and the Carrera's.

According to "Original Porsche 911" by Peter Morgan, Guards Red was a standard paint option starting in '74.

Dave

What about the nice seventhies color: gold metallic...?;)

You love it or you hate it!

I hated it, but starting to love it as I will repaint my car in this same color at the end of it's restoration.

As I understand, the red Carrera´s 3.2 was not Guards red, but India red.

I thought the color was the same and just a name change.

ICE GREEN
 

My '77 911s Targa is Ice Green.
Any one else with this combo?
The interior (factory) is Matching green and black
Sam

I don't know what color this is that I have and have never seen another like it. Do you guys think it was ever a stock color?:confused: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1169405420.jpg

Have not seen many in Petrol Blue. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1169405700.jpg

That Petrol is a great color.

I know of a one-off, special request by the original owner for Porsche to use GM paint so his 911 would match his Caddilac. The car's a gem. Owned by a fellow on the Early 911S registry site.

But then come to think of it, I've only seen one car in Rose Red = Pink.

Yes guards red and india red are the same color

That is Ice Blue. Is there a paint code number in the jamb?

It's impossible to answer your question, because there are a bunch of paint-to-sample cars out there that are one-of-a-kind.

Sam,
My '77 Targa is also Ice Green Metallic. I've only seen one other in my neck of the woods.
Tom

I think this color looks great

http://www.sloancars.com/vs1/detail.asp?CarID=235

If we are talking factory colors not paint to sample then Kiln Red is pretty rare. '83 and '84 only as I recall.

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/6387/best17ui5.jpg

My 83 is Quartz Gray I believe it was only available in 83.

Another vote for Ice Green Metallic.
I had mine repainted by the paint code on the door (260?) as I recall....
Have only seen 2 others this color in Colorado.

Craig

Factory Color, but fairly rare? Marble Grey...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1169421021.jpg

Factory colors only please.

Petrol Blue is really nice.

Have two Ice Green metallics within a few miles of me....