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Original Bumper Color

CBKO294 - January 8th, 2015 at 02:41 PM

I have mainly seen black bumpers and grey bumpers on Country Buggys but was wondering what the original factory color the bumpers were on a Country Buggy when it rolled off the assembly line? Mine has black bumpers but I believe that they have been repainted before. I want to get my restoration of my CB as close to original factory specs as possible. Any insight on this topic would be helpful. My CB is Savannah Beige.

Thanks

ironhorse - January 9th, 2015 at 10:27 PM

If you look at the early ads for the country buggies the bumbpers appear to be white ,,http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/countrybuggy/cover.jpg

The back bumpers end up stained sometimes from the mufflers, so its more practical black.

CBKO294 - January 10th, 2015 at 06:58 AM

Thanks, I think that black would look better anyways.

CBKO294 - January 10th, 2015 at 07:04 AM

Looking again at the ad, they look more grey than white. Kind of like the grey done on the "Old Bug" CB restoration.

bevoracing - February 2nd, 2015 at 08:54 AM

I got my copy of the brochure out, definitely not black in those early pictures, perhaps they were later. I’ve never seen any colours other than black, I don’t think??
Perhaps I’ll have to get my black bumpers out and re-paint them now?
Tony.

CBKO294 - February 5th, 2015 at 02:58 AM

It appears to be light grey possibly. I know the Country Buggy restored by Randy Carlson's Old Bug a few years back used the grey bumpers on it. I haven't talked to him but maybe it was a color that Bill discussed with him during the restoration. Bill knew everything Country Buggy!

ArtyP - September 25th, 2016 at 10:56 AM

I got my original colour matched at an auto paint shop it was in good condition so we got the match pretty close ,it was sort of a light grey but maybe had a tich of beige I will be painting it soon so if anyone is interested in the result I will let you know in the next month.

68AutoBug - September 26th, 2016 at 12:41 AM

Well that really surprises Me.
I did see Country Buggies back in 1969-70 and many over the years
in VW shows, but I cannot remember ever seeing one with grey bumpers..
Maybe grey was used in the early models used in the photo shoot for the brochure...????
and when grey was mentioned first off, I would have thought it would have been a darker grey, like a VW beetle color....???

Certainly doesn't look right.... grey bumpers and black hubcaps????

Learn something every day..

LEE

68AutoBug - September 26th, 2016 at 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ArtyP
I got my original colour matched at an auto paint shop it was in good condition so we got the match pretty close ,it was sort of a light grey but maybe had a tich of beige I will be painting it soon so if anyone is interested in the result I will let you know in the next month.

So, is Yours an early model????

seems strange to Me that VW would use another colour to paint the bumpers when hubcaps were painted black...
as Volkswagen Australasia didn't have a lot of funds for extras like extra coloured paint....

LEE

LEE

ArtyP - September 28th, 2016 at 05:43 PM

Hi Lee, here is a photo of me and KO401 -- taken about 1970, check out the bumper colour, thats what I was talking about.