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What color is this car?
A friend needs to repaint his '78 911 SC and wants to know what color he has. The car may have been repainted (or not) so it is possible that the color does not correspond with MY.
I know it is difficult to see in pictires but let's try...   Minerva Blue? Pacific Blue? Others? TIA!!! 
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10-09-2012, 11:55 AM
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There should be a tag in the left driver door sill area which indicates the factory color code..
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10-09-2012, 12:01 PM
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Petrol (Petroleum) blue?
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10-09-2012, 12:09 PM
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10-09-2012, 12:24 PM
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Pacific Blue Metallic L31G ...read to page 2
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10-09-2012, 12:25 PM
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Pacific Blue... used to have one and miss it!
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Put the Fuchs back on her
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Looks MarinBlau to me
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10-09-2012, 01:29 PM
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+ 1 on looking at the metal plate on the drivers door.....There should be a tag in the left driver door sill area which indicates the factory color code..
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10-09-2012, 01:32 PM
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If it is code 376 it is Petrol Blue Metallic
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10-09-2012, 01:46 PM
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It's Pacific Blue.
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10-09-2012, 05:27 PM
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Please post back when you figure it out for certain, as I like it and could see painting my car that color someday.
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10-09-2012, 06:02 PM
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1978 Petrol Blue Metallic #376
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10-09-2012, 07:08 PM
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The car in the pics posted by Paco is mine and I assure you it is Pacific Blue.
The color changes a bit in different lighting. Porsche changed the tint just a bit in the later years and called it Marine Blue and Petrol Blue. 
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10-10-2012, 01:30 AM
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Wayne.
Sorry about posting pics of your car. My friend sent me the pictures and I assumed they were of his car. Later I realized they were taken from PP. These are the real pictures of his car:  
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No sweat, Paco.
I was flattered that somone thought my car worthy of posting.
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10-10-2012, 02:03 PM
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