As i live in the UK, im not familiar with all the Australian paint colours ,as apparently they are all different to american and europeon colours. Ive been trying to find out what colour it is for ages but i still dont know. Its a 1958 beetle and is all original

Heres a pick:
any help is greatly appreciated thanks

I'm going out on a limb here in saying it is ........ Green......



steff.........

if you could just freight it back out here we can do a confirmation on which green

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/paintcodestype1.php 

Jungle Green...?

http://www.in2vws.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&am...

given the age ...I would say that is NOT an oridginal colour ... not for that year anyway ...
cheers Todd
(i have been wrong before .... in fact i married her ... lol )

It could be Gulf Green - hard to tell from a photo.

Cheers, Greg

Yeah Steff its errr definaltely green good work! Ha

Hellbugged, you guys had your chance to own this car but you left it sat in a field in victoria for about 15years, so i figure best ship it over here where somone will look after it rather than leave it to die! ha.... OR it mite be summin to do with the fact our UK bugs are all rotten!??

Yeah im screwed with the colour thing, im pretty sure its original the interior is also green and cream to match. Ive tryed ceramic green and jungle green but there nothing near it.

What is the score with Australian colours anyway, are they the same as european but with different names and numbers? or are they totally different?

slightly different and names to match AUSSIE as well

Ahh i see, that makes it difficult then. Thanks for your help. If i rub back the green there is a thin coat of an orange/red colour underneith but i would have thort this would be primer? Especially as the interior is green. Ive had the body off this car and there is green everywhere the underside or the heater channels is prob the best example as it hasnt been affected by the sun.

Quite often red was used under green, ( and green under red ), as one is the negative of the other.
I still reckon yours is probably Gulf Green.

Cheers, Greg

Hi

I've listed VW local VW colours here http://clubvw.org.au/colour_identification.htm 

Steve

Thanks Greg i didnt know that, that explains it. Also looking at steves colour chart you might be right with the gulf green.

Thanks fo rthe chart steve thats a great help!

Next question is.. has anyone on here had or got a gulf green bug or photos of one??

Yep as per above and my colour chips its

Gulf Green 286-2084

Thanks guys!!

just found out my "pearl" white is prob. a "polar" white,
had no idea that Austral;ia had different colours, it explains why I had to get the paint "tinted" to match the glovebox,
how different is polar to pearl cause I'm in need of new wing beading,
has anyone got any paint chips/formulars etc
been into veedubs for over 20 years and yet they never fail to teach me something, gotta love em