What is this color?
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I can't say with 100% certainty that there are 30T MY78 928s. But, I can say that it was available and used for MY78 P cars.
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Take the painted cowl scuttle panel off. You'll have to pull the wipers, plus left and right windshield closeout trim to do it. Take a picture of the exposed firewall section. Cleaning may be necessary. I'd be surprised if it's GP white under there given the exterior paint quality.
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It was actually available as a standard color, not special order. A lot of that information is wrong from Porsche. Example: The color in my avatar - 811. It shows that it wasn't available until MY85. The car in my avatar is MY84 and there are original 811 cars going back to at least MY82. Conversely, I have never seen a MY85+ 811 P car.
http://setcars.de/wordpress/928/
Can't verify that the car from the link is actually MY78, but I wouldn't be surprised.
http://setcars.de/wordpress/928/
Can't verify that the car from the link is actually MY78, but I wouldn't be surprised.
However, as for 811, the Porsche color booklet does list if for MY 84.
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Nate, that brings up another point. Separate resources have different information. One of my resources from Porsche has 811 as MY85+. Other resources have it as MY83-84 exclusive. Neither are correct with regard to that color.
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Here a 30T '78 911 with a VIN..
https://www.legendcarcompany.com/197...arga-c-166.htm
Note that Rennbow also has 30T for MY79-82 only for 911s. There are quite a few "Hellblau" or "Light Blue Metallic" MY78 cars shown on the 911 Registry, though.
Beautiful color! I hope that yours is originally 30T.
https://www.legendcarcompany.com/197...arga-c-166.htm
Note that Rennbow also has 30T for MY79-82 only for 911s. There are quite a few "Hellblau" or "Light Blue Metallic" MY78 cars shown on the 911 Registry, though.
Beautiful color! I hope that yours is originally 30T.
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Look more like Minerva to me. But what do I know as I am color blind 8>)
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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission?
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It seems my production date (5/78) and production number (3011) don't align with the known sequence. The prod number is much later than the serial # would suggest, supporting the idea that it is a special color that delayed it's production! I have a PPS coming in a few weeks which should confirm this. Stay tuned!!