What color is this?
 

I just bought this car last week and I would like to know if this is maybe an original color. The car is a 1975 that was originally red I believe. I found traces of red on the mirrors. There is no paint code any where.

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looks like "speed yellow" or "fly yellow".

what's the color code?

paint code...
 

The factory code for Speed Yellow is "X4". I believe it wasn't available until the 1995/993 evolution

Does anybody think this color was available in 75?

Nope...
according to the paintscratch website, light yellow was the only yellow.
Click here and see my 75 911S, "light yellow" http://www.cardomain.com/id/k9handler

1975 Porsche 911

Magenta L009
Guard Red L027
Peru Red L042
Light Yellow L117
Lime Green L137
Irish Green L213
Chocolate Brown L408/L86A
Desert Beige L516
Black L700/L041
Grand Prix White L908/P5/R4
Blue Metallic Clearcoat 8410-H

That is '117' -- Light Yellow ... standard color for '72 thru '75

it looks like Mazda yellow to me

its a pretty car i like it

H.D. ... you are mistaken about your car's color!

That is '516' -- Sahara Beige, and the following thread has several pic's of Matt Holcomb's car in the same shade:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/69356-some-new-aggrandizing-images.html

that is correct...516 is the paint code, but the only beige I am able to find is dessert beige. Anyone know where I can get the paint as listed (516 Sahara Beige). Need to do some touch-up. I almost picked up the wrong stuff...car looks yellow to me.
:D

H.D. ... any automotive paint store can mix a quart of acrylic enamel in Porsche '516' code and it will match perfectly.

As an alternative, for about the same price ... any dealer can order a touch-up bottle with brush for the '516' code, too!

Get a gallon of enamel reducer from the same brand as the paint you get mixed ... clean out a fingernail polish bottle with brush ... brake spray cleaner/degreaser, followed by a few rinses with a bit of the enamel reducer ... let dry thoroughly. Pour in half paint/half reducer ... or whatever the instructions on the reducer can say, and you have a bottle of touch-up paint!!! Even tho' the paint mfrs generally say that mixed paint only has a shelf life of one year, my experience with mixed Dupont Centari (in several shades ... signal yellow, guards red, black, avacado gold, pearl white) has been that it is good for at least 5-8 years if stored indoors at normal room temperature!

Here is the '74 color chart from the factory service manual:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...s-manual-s.jpg

Great stuff...thanks for the info.