Strange Color Code
 

I was helping a friend of mine work on his original six which he uses for racing. I wanted to verify if it was Signal Orange or Tangerine. SO looking at the plate on the inside front door jamb it only had the number 23 (or possibly 28) - the second digit was a little marred. But thats all there was - nothing else.

I thought the color codes were all four character, so I checked the chart when I got home. Sure enough.

Signal Orange L20E
Tangerine L21E

There is no color, in the chart anyway, that has 23 or 28.

A mystery? Ideas?

looks like tangerine to me. The sixes used porsche paint codes, the fours used VW paint codes

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=colors

A list of paint codes and colors:

http://members.rennlist.com/chuxter/914Colors.htm

The color codes for the 914-6 often left the "10" off the end, so 23 would be Tangerine.

--DD