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BROWN INTERIOR

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KIRK

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I have just received the Certificate of Originality from Porsche for my recently purchased 1972 RHD 911T.
The interior colour is stated as "Brown" with hounds tooth inlays. There is no colour code stated. I understand that brown was not a common option. The exterior colour is stated as
Light Yellow which can be verified under the current Orange. I wish to return the car to its original specification.

There is no sign of any brown interior to the car but given the age of the vehicle it could have been changed. I have two questions.
1. Is the Certificate likely to be incorrect? If so where next?
2. Where can I obtain a "brown" interior colour sample from?
Any comments gratefully accepted.

Thanks, Kirk.
 
over on DDK, find the member 'left4dead' , he had a light yellow 1972 2.4S with a brown interior. He'll have quite a few photos of it if you want to see how it looks
 
It is a rare interior colour, and not very popular when it comes to sales time. Many people were interested in Steve's car until they saw the interior, then the question was "how much to retrim in black?". CoAs are notoriously unreliable, so if you really can't find any evidence of the original colours, your's may be wrong. What colour is the interior now?

I had a 2.4S with brown and houndstooth interior, here are some pics. I have also restored another 2.4S with a tan sports interior and brown carpets. The carpet material was very hard to come by, and is probably not quite correct, but there was a small piece of the original carpet to match.

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Thank you to James and Nick for responding to my post.

To answer Nick's question regarding the current interior colour: there is no carpet and the remainder of the trim is black leatherette.
Black would be an easier option to work to but if the COA is correct I would like to work towards an original colour material. However, being somewhat long in the tooth the car will need to be sold at some point and whilst not original a car with a black interior may be easier to sell. Anyone any thoughts on this?
 
A brown interior, if anything like the lovely one on Nick's car, although not being the popular choice, looks great and unusual in my opinion. Would give a marvellous combination with a Light Yellow exterior, too as originally intended (presuming COA is correct). I'd love to see your car refinished it in this way [;)].
Black might be popular, but it's a bit too common for my liking [:)] The original colours would certainly make for a special looking car.
 
Paul, thank you very much for your comments. You will have to wait a while for the finished article!
 
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