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'64 Ghia paint colours?

Menangler - May 14th, 2004 at 08:26 PM

Does anyone know what colour this Ghia is,
I know its yellow with a black roof, but Codes??

karmann54 - May 14th, 2004 at 08:39 PM

Dave

I believe this is Manilla Yellow. Have to look through a couple of books to get the code.

I am pulling my 52k mile '63 ghia apart at the moment for a respray - I think it will be Manilla Yellow/Black or Pampas Green/white.

The roof may be either black (L41) or Anthracite.

Angus

vw54 - May 14th, 2004 at 09:27 PM

Looks like Beige for the body colour

I will go with roof may be either black (L41) or Anthracite.

Menangler - May 15th, 2004 at 04:58 PM

Beige??!!!
Dave if thats what happends to you eyes when you get old, I don't want too!!
It is yellow, Manilla yellow, maybe
Thanks Angus

vw54 - May 16th, 2004 at 09:28 AM

Maybe its a shit photo n not my eyes.... in the flesh would be better.

Hows teh saving going for the trip.

Menangler - May 16th, 2004 at 06:26 PM

Saving hard and watching the bloody dollar fade away, :mad:

But in 2 weeks time I will be at the Bug-o-rama!

vw54 - May 16th, 2004 at 06:29 PM

YEAH HAR I think the Drags will be the best

karmann54 - May 16th, 2004 at 07:31 PM

Dave

The code for Manilla Yellow is L560. I have a colour chart for Karmann Ghias dated "1962/63" on the front. It lists the contrast roof colour as code 582. There is no 'L' as normal for codes.

The roof colour is therefore not Anthracite (L469), it looks more like the black. The chart I have shows it as almost, but not quite the L41 black. It must have a tint of something to just take it away from black.

Hope this helps, although it may just confuse. There was an article in VW Trends I think a couple of years ago about a low mileage manilla yellow ghia in Ohio, US. It was restored by a guy called Mark Schlacter, who is a bit of a VW guru in the area. He has a Hebmuller, early cabs etc. deals in VWs and Porsches.

Cheers, Angus