Heres some pics of Shazza (as most of you guys thought I didnt have a dub:vader) BTW shes a 66 but whats the name of her colour and is it an original
colour?
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Bump- Anyone?
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hey
have u checked the club vee dub site under tech articles there is a paint thing and any paint shop SHOULD be able to tell you!!!
BTW that is the wrong decklid )or number plate light
cheers
rhys
The paint colour chart link Rhys mentioned is:
http://www.clubvw.org.au/colour_identification.htm
There are two blues listed for '65-'66 - Bahama Blue and Sea Blue. Not sure which one yours is.
Your number plate light is correct - the wider one came in for the 1964 model. However 1966 models did have '1300 Deluxe' badges on the
lid.
Nice shot of the very wet Bulli show day!
gooks great! VERY clean!
stand corrected phil!!!didnt know that where they only unique to aus???
cheers
rhys
I don't think its sea blue, as far as I know, my wife's notch is sea blue, which is a bit lighter and has a touch of green in it.
I think it could be sea blue cos the photos made it turn darker than usual but still dont know
Theres a colour called Turquise its not that is it
your car looks pretty clean, as for the decklid, sell it, its a 64 only decklid, not to easy to come by. you could sell it for the money to buy a pushbutton decklid and have money left over to paint it and get some food or something.
nice car XXX-1.8T
i always though that the australian 64 engine lids had the narrow numberplate light but no flares in the pressing either side of the light housing.
the pressing lines just faded out like the later wide light engine lids.
didnt know my decklid was a 64, I thought it looked a bit old school compared to other 66's, as for the no. plate light I thought after 65 had
the wide ones
thanx for the compliments guys!
Just a question who votes deluxe badges - on or off?
I like sort of like it withought as it gives the deck a clean smooth look but now u got me thinking:vader
it;s a good lookin bug whatever colour it is.. fish
Deluxe badges on. 
so we have 1 vote for deluxe badges on
anyone else:bounce
Definitely Deluxe badges on. Nice looking car!
so we have 2 with deluxe badges
what about white walls 3" or 2" stripes?
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hello,
"white walls in 3" or 2"...." where do u get them and how much....
Just to clarify the Australian number plate light situation:
German VWs got that wider number plate light in September 1963, for the start of the German 1964 model year.
However, Australian VWs were fully manufactured in Australia from 1962 to 1967. Most German updates did not make it here in those years, and those
that did were often months late.
The wider number plate light came in in the first few months of 1964 - February or March 1964, at the same time the front blinkers were widened and
moved back slightly.
If your wheels are original, there is a date stamp pressed into the centre of the wheel, under the hubcap, which tells you the build month. The back
of the speedo also has a month/year date stamp.
The '1300 Deluxe' badges were fitted in 1966 and 1967, when Aussie VWs had 1300 engines. 1965s still had 1200 motors. The only way to tell
the difference between a '64 and '65 Aussie VW is look at the front seats - '65's had round-top front seats.
so what do u say Phil deluxe badges on?
Also what whitewalls 2" or 3" stripe
Well to make it a correct Aussie '66, yes it should have 1300 Deluxe badges. But that means finding a nice badge at the wreckers or swapmeet,
then drilling holes in your good engine lid.
I used to have a half-inch white whitewall ring on my Beetle's tyres, which looked great. I favour thinner whitewalls on later models...the
thicker ones look better on earlier models. I'm thinking of having them put on the Kombi in fact.
Join our groupbuy, we are cruising to Ingleburn tommorrow morning to pick them up, u should come too u may se something u like
According to "Original VW Beetle" 2 blues were on offer in 1966.....VW Blue & Zenith Blue.
Costa I have a 1300 and Deluxe badge if your interested.
Steve
And this is in very good condition:-
U2U me if your interested
If he's not interested in the Deluxe badge,I will buy it from you