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Dan,
I wasn't try to discredit that 027 is 'Guards Red' ... it is! According to the local auto paint store, they don't even want to know the 'name' of the color, because the numeric code is what they go by, and one shade can have several names over the years, and that is true of all major auto mfrs, including Porsche! As an example, Chrysler code 990 was 'Petty Blue' for Plymouths, and 'Corporate Blue' on Dodges in the late '60s and early '70s!
1972 was the first year of the three-digit paint codes, and there was no '027' that year, and the first appearance was the '74 list in my service manual.
Sorry for the confusion! I remember seeing a couple of project cars in magazines in the late '70s that claimed to be painted Indian Red, and the appearance was the same as the cars in the '80s that were identified as Guard's Red, but I don't know the exact year of the name change, as my '78 edition Volumes 3-6 service manuals only have data through '76 models, and my microfiche seldom get used because of the hassle trying to find specific information!
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Warren Hall
1973 911S Targa
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