Original colored red for a 1970 bug

glenroy Casual Dubber

25 posts · joined Dec 2011 · 16 Jan 2012, 1:39 pm

#881681

My beetle is a 1970 and red in color. I tried finding the code on it but I can't see it. Does anybody know the color code for the red 1970 Beetle?

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 16 Jan 2012, 2:49 pm

#881692

My 1970 Aussie built bug used to be Kings Red, which was L30A.

Lots of different red's round that time tho - check out http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?manuf=Volkswagen&year=1970&rows=50

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jan 2012, 3:00 pm

#881695

L30A was called poppy red in other countries...

VW colors were called different things in the UK & Other European and USA etc.. Australia

as VWs were painted in Australia [usually] the color may be different altogether from the German color...

Berger or Dulux Paints were used... in Australia

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rob53 Officially Full-On Dubber

385 posts · joined Jan 2007 · 21 Jan 2012, 8:32 pm

#882555

At the front of the car, near the compliance plate, there would have been a sticker with the colour name and company (eg dulux).

Thats not rust, it's ah ... orange primer ... yep that's what it is ...