Paint code plate?

[Mal CSL 3.0]

Just got this today and planning to get the bottom line stamped with paint code.

For accuracy should I stamp just two digits ie 72 or three 072? Also should the stamped numbers be in the middle box or to the RH side of box?

I have read some old posts and seems to be that Karman never stamped the top row on E9s ie NR? Is that still the forum consensus? Or did they perhaps stamp the VIN here?

Also has anyone got a photo so I can install mine in the right position inside the door. I have tried to find some photos on google/forum but they are not clear re specific position.

Cheers

 

[CarSnob]

Can you tell me where you got the tag , thanks

 

[Mal CSL 3.0]

Can you tell me where you got the tag , thanks

www.cs-werk.de

 

[HB Chris]

No NR numbers were stamped, paint code on bottom and usually haphazardly stamped. Under this tag there is a number stamped into the body which apparently is a Karmann number which generally follows build sequence, e.g. later cars have the highest numbers.

 

[jeme9]

Mal,
FYI mine says just 37 (for my blue).
Here is a photo, sorry car in shed and could not open door very far !)

 

[inovermyhead]

What happened to the original one Mal?

 

[Mal CSL 3.0]

What happened to the original one Mal?

It got lost when they did the respray few years back.

 

[eriknetherlands]

I looked at my stored pics, and this is what I have; barely enough I think to decide on.
I can make a specific one tomorrow, and post Thursday if needed.

Roughly it looks to be centered below the doorswitch, with a horizontal band of ~5 mm of paint visible between switch and top of paint code plate.

 

[Mal CSL 3.0]

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I looked at my stored pics, and this is what I have; barely enough I think to decide on.
I can make a specific one tomorrow, and post Thursday if needed.

Roughly it looks to be centered below the doorswitch, with a horizontal band of ~5 mm of paint visible between switch and top of paint code plate.

That’s great, that’s what I needed, to know the mounting position. Many thanks!

 

[Philippe db]

Here is mine for position reference

 

[DWMBMW]

It’s pretty beat up but original.

Just 72 roughly centered in the box and haphazardly as Chris mentioned.

 

[Stevehose]

 

[Marco 54]

Hi Mal

I appreciate I'm late to the party but FWIW I attach a photo of mine, which confirms what others have said.
The Karmann operatives can't have had a straight edge- the digits are sloppily punched.

Marco

Judging by my photo I need to learn how to focus (sounds like my old school report)!!!

 

[Rod Cole]

I see mine is the only one with a zero for the first digit~

 

[Mal CSL 3.0]

Thanks guys for all the input. I managed to installed my new paint plate today.

The mountings pins are really tiny so not the easiest thing in the world to mount.

These paint code plates are available from cs-werk.de if anyone needs one. The guy Chris who runs it sells lots of other obscure little e9 items for the detail obsessed.

 

[Gransin]

Thanks guys for all the input. I managed to installed my new paint plate today.

The mountings pins are really tiny so not the easiest thing in the world to mount.

These paint code plates are available from cs-werk.de if anyone needs one. The guy Chris who runs it sells lots of other obscure little e9 items for the detail obsessed.

Mal,
What mounting pins did you use, and where did you find them? I’m about to install a plate on my car aswell, but haven’t got around to it since I haven’t found any original-looking pins.

 

[Mal CSL 3.0]

Mal,
What mounting pins did you use, and where did you find them? I’m about to install a plate on my car aswell, but haven’t got around to it since I haven’t found any original-looking pins.

The mounting pins came with the plate when I bought it. Tiny little steel pins.

(In fact 1 of mine went missing, and therefore I only used 3, so I actually need to find another pin somewhere.

 

[Gransin]

The mounting pins came with the plate when I bought it. Tiny little steel pins.

(In fact 1 of mine went missing, and therefore I only used 3, so I actually need to find another pin somewhere.

View attachment 49386

Ah, I see.
I bought the same plate from Chris, but it’s a while ago and no pins came with it. Have to send him an email and check if he has more in stock.
Thank you!

 

[Stevehose]

How do the pins stay in?

 

[Mal CSL 3.0]

How do the pins stay in?

Hi Steve,
The pins I got (together with the plate) fit securely when hammered into the small original holes in the bodywork, already there in the door jam.