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paint for 59 microbus

robroy - December 3rd, 2003 at 09:57 PM

any knowledgable fellas or gals out there tell me colours used originally on a 59 bus. I was thinking about Mango green and seagul grey but looking for options. Am I right in thinking the interior paint ie dash etc was green rather than grey

Herbie - December 4th, 2003 at 12:42 AM

VW Paint Code. Color Name. Year. PPG Code.
L041 (A1) Black 1966-00 95087
L1009 Yukon Yellow 1959-69 81178
L10K Castillian Yellow 1967 81604
L11 Pastel Green 1952-57 42672
L14 Mignonette 1952-59 42581
L271 Texas Brown 1954-57 21850
L282 (42) Lotus White 1966-70 8650
L288 Bermuda Blue 1965-68 13267
L289 Pale Blue 1960-67 12622
L31 Dove Blue 1957-67 11668
L315 Jungle Green Met 1955-57 43134
L345 (41) Pale Gray 58-68 32716
L346 Mango Green 1958-61 42582
L351 Coral 1959 61716
L360 Sea Blue 1960-67 12333
L360 Sea Blue #2 1963-67 12945
L380 Turquoise Green 1960-65 42878
L390 Gulf Blue 1960-64 12449
L398 Pacific Blue 1960-66 12466
L456 Ruby Red 1960-67 71219
L469 Anthracite 1962-64 32133
L472 Beige Gray 1958-68 31888
L478 Beryl Green 1960-64 42877
L479 Tan Beige 1964 22470
L50K (47) Neptune Blue 1967-75, 77 3004
L511 Birch Green 1965 43189
L512 (38) Velvet Green 1965-68 43319
L513 Sea Green 1964 43320
L518 Java Green 1964-67 43318
L519 Bahama Blue 1964-66 12936
L53 Sealing Wax Red 1955-65 71025
L532 Polar Blue 1962-65 12829
L539 Baltic Blue 1964-67 13104
L54 Poppy Red 1959-70 71087
L544 Roulette Green 1965-67 43460
L553 Henna Red 1965-66 71510
L554 Cherry Red 1965-69 71511
L555 Titan Red 1966-68 71558
L560 Manila Yellow 1962-68 81443
L563 Safari Beige 1964-65 43321
L568 Anamite 1965-67 22626
L572 Panama Beige 1964-65 22469
L573 Nutria 1964-65 22471
L582 Arcona White 1965-67 8627
L59 Cherry Red 1959 71088
L594 Smoke Gray 1965-66 32506
L595 Fontana Gray 1965-67 32499
L610 (22) Delta Green 66-70 43589
L620 Savanah Beige 1967-70 22897
L630 Cobalt Blue 1965-66 13268
L633 V-W Blue 1966-68 13266
L639 Zenith Blue 1967-68 13453
L650 Granada Red 1966-68 71557
L680 Cumulus White 1966-67 8649
L73 Chestnut Brown 1952-59 21818
L82 Silver White 1958-68 8251
L87 (13) Pearl White 1958-70 8237

I cant remember any thing more

robroy - December 4th, 2003 at 06:57 AM

bloody hell tony where did ya get them from

byronbus - December 4th, 2003 at 07:13 AM

Nice work Tony, they are just the ones you can remember...:thumb

Bizarre - December 4th, 2003 at 08:06 AM

http://www.vintagebus.com/

Under Technical Info

Herbie - December 4th, 2003 at 10:18 AM

CORRECT
Vintage bus.com
I actually opened my favourites directory for VW stuff, and found it stretches off the page.
But I guess so does everyones here.
I could have posted the link but was having fun by being clever, until thwarted:P
Cheers Tony

Bizarre - December 4th, 2003 at 10:48 AM

Just HAD to spoil it - didnt I

Sort of like popping a kids ballon when the parents aint watching!

Hey - I "AM" a parent

Hmmmm - so why do i pop MY kid's balloons?? :jesus

splitbusaustralia - December 4th, 2003 at 10:57 AM

The factory combinations for a 59 microbus
(as opposed to a kombi) were

(1) lower: mango green L346 upper: Seagull grey L347

(2) lower: pearl grey L21 upper: pearl grey L21

(3) lower: sealing wax red L 53 upper: beige grey L472

and that's it! very grey years 8-)

RobK

Herbie - December 4th, 2003 at 10:59 AM

I'm pretty sure thats a DR PHIL problem.

I think thats show is one of the best uses of the television this century.:alien