tarpon1

i'm sure this qualifies for stupid question of the day but what is the difference between black on black(which i assume means interior/exterior) and triple black?

Poursha

Black cab w/ black interior and rag top.

tarpon1

which is what the guy who sits 20 ft away from me has but i was afraid to ask. thanks.

RSA333

Coupes used to also be called triple black: exterior, interior and headliner.

Viken

Yeah right. Headliners were always black. Triple black was always a reference made about cabs as per Poursha's post above.

RJFabCab

Hey now... wait a minute. What about black tires?

Viken?

Viken

Yeah, wait a minute. Does that make my previous 993 a quadruple black car? Black exterior, interior, headliner and black tires.

MKW

Dealers also used the term in the 80s to differentiate black/black 911 coupes or Targas and 944s with the black centered Fuchs alloys from cars with the silver painted ATS-sourced phone dial or spoked wheels. So the cabs in the 80s could have been triple or quadruple black. In the former case, you wouldn't know which of either the interior , top or wheels WASN'T black !

RSA333

This statement is from the owners manual supplement for my 911 Turbo S2, from Porsche (the car modified by Andial for homologation):

"This car is referred to as triple black, because of exterior, interior AND headliner colors" (capital letters are mine).

When I get a chance, I will scan the page and post it.

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92 RSA
93 911 Turbo S2
80 SC

MKW

What official definitions are and what real world US car salesmen bastardizations of them are two different things. As one who bought and sold several Porsches in the mid- 80s , I'm just going by my experience looking at many cars at many dealers in several states . In my experience, no one ever asked about the color of the headliner in buying/selling their Porsches.
Practically speaking , if one is currently looking to buy a used Porsche, "triple black" as stated in an ad for 80s car w/o pics prob refers to top and or wheel color on a cab or wheel color on a coupe/Targa. Cars since 1989 964 on probably refers to cab top color.

cooz

i believe RSA is correct. I remember in the eighties (911sc) that the cars came with white/ivory perforated headliners and a black headliner was optional.

triple black= black w/black w/black headliner

cooz 95C2

Kompressor

being a porsche newbie i cant say, but on some other cars triple b meant black trim. ie no chrome.

Moogle

these days, triple black is usually referring to a cabriolet.

thus, black exterior, black interior, and black ragtop.

like my TT-S

ScottS

I have also seen triple black referring to coupes. Now I know why. Thanks RSA.