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 Astro Boy
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 posted on December 28th, 2003 at 10:28 AM |
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original paint colours
i am trying to oocate the name of the colour that my 73 bus was originally painted in. as far as i can find according to auto colour library my colour
is closest to marine blue L54D but this seems to dark. how do i find the correct colour? how do i know if my bus is aust made or os? has any one else
got a 'baby blue" colour bus and knows the name/code. thanks, ASTRO BOY |
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DubCrazy
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| posted on December 28th, 2003 at 10:57 AM |
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when you say it is to dark i am guessing you mean the colour chip not the colour on the van, this is probelly down to the paint on your kombi
fading.
if it is the factory paint it will have lightened up some what no matter how much care it has had, the suns a bitch!!
the other thing you need to think about has the van ever been painted? becasue they mite have used the wrong colour/shade etc and that would throw u
out.
have you been able to get a code of your van at all?? that will give u the colour it was from factory.it normaly is behind the front seats some where
i know there is a company in the uk that if you give then the Ch number of you kombi (and i think 5 pounds) they will give you all the details where
it was built, colour, who bought it first up, where it first went etc etc. |
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| posted on December 28th, 2003 at 10:58 AM |
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This link may help,
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/colors/colorchrt.htm
Chris
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| posted on December 28th, 2003 at 12:47 PM |
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Big John,
The outside has been repainted but the inside of the doors is original, most paint shops will be able to match it or try Custom Bugs and Buses, Mike
should know the colour...
We should organise a run to Krispy Kremes while im in Sydney...
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Astro Boy
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| posted on December 29th, 2003 at 08:54 PM |
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cheers
thanks for all the help it must be marine blue even though it is faded. sounds good byronbus. |
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| posted on December 29th, 2003 at 09:06 PM |
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Hi
There was a colour called flipper blue in your year model, it was very popular in Kombis. it looked like this
1302Steve
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| posted on December 29th, 2003 at 09:15 PM |
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thats the one
thanks for that. it looks very close to mine. do you know what car company brought out that name and by any chance the code??? i was told by somebody
that marine and flipper are the same but one is nissan the other vw |
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1303Steve
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 11:59 AM |
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Hi
You can get the code here http://www.clubvw.org.au/colour_identification.htm
1302Steve
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56astro
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 12:07 PM |
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Is that your yellow 1302 Steve?
VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
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1303Steve
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 11:36 PM |
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Hi 56astro
That might be my next project, its 1303 I picked up last year.
1302Steve
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