I am looking for colour charts for Australian Type Threes from 1970 until close of production. I have seen charts on places like The Samba, but they don't appear to refer to Australia. Does anyone have this info, or is it on the site and I have not found it?
Problem with that is there are not many examples of the color.
I still can't work out what color mine is?
Burrelli ·
Yes examples of the colours would be great. I noticed the colour of the notch on your signature looks like plum? or maybe its called Plum Crazy? It is not on that chart. I think that colour was avilable around 71. Maybe the cars with that colour were fully imported????
ok so going by that, none of the colors on the first link are mine, not even close.
megalania ·
mine either. I think mine is wattle yellow
L469 ·
vlad 01 aust datsun colour called royal glow vw shared factory towards the end of aust assembly and colours
vw54 ·
what colour are you looking for ???
jedt3 ·
Hi,
Well firstly my 1970 Fastback I had always thought was Sahara Beige. I want to confirm before I repaint it. I was also looking to the bright turquose blue and the purple like Vlad's car.
Regards,
Jed
jedt3 ·
Hi Dave Birchall,
Bump. Where you able to locate the colour information?
Thanks,
Jed
vlad01 ·
I know I couldn't
farkengruven ·
vlad01 wrote:Problem with that is there are not many examples of the color.
I still can't work out what color mine is?
Royal Glow
vlad01 ·
can you prove it? I got just as many people telling me its "plum loco" and it is a plum purple....so?
farkengruven ·
Plum Loco is not a VW colour. It is a Leyland P76 colour, and it is not listed on any VW charts.
Royal Glow is listed on 1971 Australian VW charts.
vlad01 ·
Went to perrows paint and gave them the two name and also brought in my numberplate light for a example.
yep royal glow is in the old vw catalog they have there. but its much darker in the book? And no my paint has not faded as its the same color everywhere
throughout all places in the car. The color in the book was like de oxygenated blood rather than purple.
farkengruven ·
Is the VW catalog they have printed, or is the colour a real paint swatch?
Do they have the formula? Yes, then get them to mix a small batch and see how it compares to your car.
vlad01 ·
its printed and yes they do have to formula. Actually I think it was an old paint catalog which has a vw section.
good idea 🙂 I will ask for a sample next time.
Typ3nut ·
vlad01,
Found this old Volkswagen Type 3 Color Chart for 1969.
Color : Royal Red, L30A Rouge Royal, looks to red for your color...VW Code 17, 1969 - '70
The VW color of your car is called Colorado Metallic L97D, VW Code 81, 1970 - '72
1973 the color was changed to a lighter color called Pop Lilac.
All this info. came from the Ditzler PPG Volkswagen Paint Color Charts.
Must have been a Rare available color, haven't seen it on another Type 3.
farkengruven ·
Royal glow was an Australian only color. US color charts will not help
L469 ·
hi vlad is the paint code and name sticker missing on your car on the spare wheel carrier panel in your boot im a painter of 22 years have painted this colour royal glow also viewed this car and a fasty same year in last couple of years both in nsw certain 100% its royal glow
L469 ·
any chance you could look in the boot?
vlad01 ·
nah the sticker is missing, that why I have been asking everyone else.
yes it certainly is royal glow.
58camper ·
You are right it is - ROYAL GLOW.
It is listed as a 1971 VW colour Shade # 13244 in a 1980 Dulux Car Colour Directory.
Any good painter should be able to make up the correct colour based on the above shade #
I also saw a paint chip for Royal Glow to confirm the same information
The same Shade number ( 13244) is also listed in the 1973 Datsun colour range in the same,
Back in early days there was a group of paints called "Ford Fleet" and Royal Glow was also used there but I dont have the Form Fleet colour code.
countrybuggybill
L469 ·
update on royal glow my wife also a spraypainter with 11 years exp looked up the colour name on a german paint company called glasurit and found the colour profi or swatch also comes up with another paint code for chrysler magenta royal glow code ph1👍
vlad01 ·
cool 👍
thanks for the info.
jedt3 ·
Hi Vlad,
What colour is your fender beading?
Regards,
Jed
1970 Fastback
vlad01 ·
black like all the type 3's I have owned.
why you ask?
jedt3 ·
Hi Vlad,
My 1970 Fastback, which I think is Sahara Beige, had matching beading. I still have it, but it is old and faded. I am going to try to refurbish it (the beading). I was curious to see if you car had matching beading, as that would look pretty cool.
Regards,
Jed
vlad01 ·
My car has a purple and black scheme.
Black interior (apart from the head lining) black front boot lining and black beading.
the rear boot is beige though, i think its coz they never made black rear boot linings? I could be wrong though.
jedt3 ·
Hi,
The link to the Australian colour codes no longer works. Does anyone have a copy of this?
Regards,
Jed
Notch Nut ·
Does anyone know the colour name/code for the white used on a 1965 Type 3.
Car has Made in Germany on the build plate but would have been an Australian sold model.
Cheers.
Burrelli ·
Hi Notch Nut,
Australian 65 type3s where Polar White and they had Made in Germany on the Vin plate.
Here is a link to Australian Volkswagen Dulux paint codes I found. I hope this helps.
Cheers Burrelli 😎.
I wrecked a turquoise type 3 wagon (1965) with a colour code tab on the front behind where the spare wheel is located but on the notch is a welded tab with the numbers B3714. I am assuming that this is also reffering to a paint code of some sort. It doesn't correlate to any colour codes. I found it rather strange that for 2 cars made in the same year(ish) one is rather obvious about its colour codes and the other is rather vague. I'm going to take some photos and post them to show you what I mean.
Here we go...
;-)
Burrelli ·
Notch Nut,
The welded on plate that is on both the cars is some sort of numbering system they used in the Australian Volkswagen factory in the manufacturing of the bodies. The paint code was on a silver sticker that the Turquoise still has but the white car seems to have lost.
Make sure the white car is a 65. 65-66 models will have a 5 or a 6 as the 3rd digit on chassis number. That would make the car Polar White, If it is a 67-68 (with a 7 or 8 as the 3rd digit) it will be Lotus White as per the paint chart.
63-64 models had different numbering system and the 3rd digit thing did not apply. (I think after 64 the numbering system changed???)
Your Turquoise car must be earlier than 65 going by the colour chart.
Notch Nut ·
The white car is a 1965 reg'd notch (been in family since 74) and never to my knowlege had a paint label on it. It is a 315 chassis no car though. Back then was the paint done by Dulux? I am curious because I have a guard that needs a respray but the paint is faded and needs to be colour matched so a general paint code/colour would be an ideal starting point to go by. The turquise car has since been wrecked but I have kept the front half intact as a "spare".
Thanks for your help BTW. 👍
jedt3 ·
Hi,
Thanks for posting the chart. Safari Beige it is!!