I'm Dean W., and I have #559 here in California. it's a U.S. Continental Orange, 5 spd. The COA that I got back was incorrect. It had the correct interior code number (73), but was incorrectly labeled "brown leather". So I thought it might have been dyed at some point, but it hasn't. It is, in fact, black leather w/ black leather inserts.

 

Cheez, why do people go and change a perfectly nice color to red? As if we don't have enough red, black, sliver and white cars in the world.

I attribute this mostly to the very narrow sensitivity of male hormones. What else could it be?

Good luck with that one. I kind of like it, but it's goona take some BST = blood, sweat and tears.

John

PS: I buy used and based on condition. This explains the large number of red, black and silver/grey cars I have. :-(((

 

Those photos just ooze patina, beautiful photography! I love it. Good thing it's 3000 miles away or I'd be tempted to attack that one. I know just what it needs.

Is that overspray on the hood cable vice grips?

 

I was going to say something, but I colormatch my hood cable pliers too.

 

I didn't notice that, and those are my vice-grips with my orange overspray from a past project.

 

Thank you for joining the conversation Dean, I think there's a good chance my car was back/brown pasha..but who really knows?

 

Nice - one more rare bird brought back from the brink.

 

It's good to see that yellow where the paint has rubbed through, on your car too. I had wondered if mine had been re-sprayed, but maybe they used a yellow primer on the orange cars??

 

Awesome find! How come finds like these don't come calling for me?!

 

The orange cars used yellow primer, my car has the same primer.

 

you seem to be doing OK on the finding part!

 

You should think... Narrow sensitivity of female hormones, "red was brewed for cool things" they love it😎😎😎

No offence Nicole

 

Going from memory; the colors of blue, green, any shade of brown, beige, gray, yellow, etc. were considered "sale proof" for a good 15 year period mid 80's to about the turn of the century. Red, Black, Silver, and White were "proper" Porsche colors that had a wide audience and were much easier to sell. I did it myself in the early 90s by changing a perfectly good charcoal gray 5-speed to red. This orange car got sun burnt the dash and carpets tell the story, when it was time to paint it is no surprise that a color change to red occurred.

This has been going on for decades, there are a lot more red Ferraris and Porsches driving around than were ever built. Right now in my 928 collection I have a red car changed to purple, a copper changed to red, a copper changed to bronze, and an orange changed to red. Thankfully only two are in line for "correction"

 

Word.

But, all other colors are nice...too.

Okay, enough joking around...let's see some more pictures of this awesome find.

Brian.

 

A few hours of sweat was all it took to get this car driving. A dead battery, spoiled fuel, a locked up fuel pump, and sticky fuel distributor plunger were the only things getting in the way of it starting. A popped front shifter ball cup (probably what parked it to begin with) was addressed and off we went for a test drive.

I think I was the first guy into the fuel system, fuel pipes and clips are perfect. I'm looking forward to cleaning the undercarriage, I think the whole bottom of the chassis is yellow primer.