Original pan and tunnel colour ?

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 29 Nov 2011, 12:46 pm

#874800

Anyone know for sure what the original pan and tunnel colour was that VW used ??? And is it the same for Aussie built cars and US and Euro's ???

Most resto's people seem to do the pan and tunnel black, but on the few unmolested beetles have seen the topside at least is a dark gray...

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hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 29 Nov 2011, 1:06 pm

#874806

true that Dave!

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2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 29 Nov 2011, 2:40 pm

#874810

Yup - that's the shiz Daimo.

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Question is tho... was the underside of the pan the same ???

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478 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 29 Nov 2011, 2:57 pm

#874812

I have used anthacite in the past, looked good but unsure about the correctness! I was just using up some leftovers.

PS I haven't forgotten about the front panel if you still need it.

Cheers Dave

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 29 Nov 2011, 3:18 pm

#874814

Going by the frame horns and a few other places where it's still good, I'd say YES, grey all the way under there, spring plates, the lot

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 Nov 2011, 5:15 pm

#874844

hellbugged wrote:true that Dave!

WELL

You learn something every day...
I thought they were ALL black....

cannot remember them being grey.. and I've looked at a few.. [mainly 58-59-60-64-68 models]

Maybe it was too long ago... to remember the Grey colour

[Gray- USA spelling][color-USA spelling]

Were ALL the rubber mats black???
I've a feeling I saw Grey???

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1,332 posts · joined Jul 2009 · 29 Nov 2011, 5:16 pm

#874847

My 76 was definitely black, but most of the original paint is just about gone and replaced with POR15 gloss black.

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 30 Nov 2011, 12:48 pm

#874998

Cool - thanks Daimo !!!

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Pan is currently black, but seriously thinking redoing it in dark gray... or dark grey for Lee's benefit... or maybe even dunkel grau being a German built car

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Amazing tho how many swear should be black despite photo's etc... that's what's got me wondering if different markets/factories maybe did things differently...

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2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 30 Nov 2011, 12:50 pm

#874999

Oh and the rubber mats I've seen in black, dark gray as well as a lighter gray that sort of discoloured over time to a mid brown colour... so there's a few options there at least !!!

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16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Dec 2011, 6:29 am

#875147

the origional colour is called ANTHRACITE came out in 1960 or so

they also used this colour on the main body and some variations of it according to the colour numbers on the paint chip charts

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409