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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 12:18 PM |
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What do you think,
I took a photo today of this mystery I have, I think the car was turqoise originally, but not sure, I "think" this is the original paint,
anyone know why they paint there, or what you think the paint is,
* big image I know, but Im using my own space so I don't think it will use aussieveedubbers bandwith, (I think)
Many thanks
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 12:29 PM |
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hmmm, pick the location.... I know, its under the back seat of a bug - looking at the floor! (Am I right?)
I always thought that the floors were painted a dark grey/charcol colour in the factory (I'm not sure of this though), so perhaps someone has
painted this area on your car to stop any rust (if it is under the back seat it is quite likely as most bugs have some rust in this area). It also
looks to me like someone has also sprayed rustproofing over the paint - hence the brownish look to the paint....
thats my guess....
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 12:36 PM |
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yep your right, its on the other side, there doesnt seem to be any sign of pervious rust, but I have noticed over areas of the car have this sticky
shit like this as well,
but the headliner near the sunvisors has it too, like glue :?
if anyone is crafty perhaps think of a place they would have not painted over
The car seems to be all over purple,
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 12:40 PM |
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I always thought the chassis were black, maybe because I always painted them black... Yes , it looks like some one has fish oiled or waxed it with
something..
That is NOT the original colour of the car as all beetles I can remember looking at are that colour under the back seat and on the sides where the
voltage regulator
was mounted (in pre Alternator Beetles)
Overseas Beetles were sprayed with WAXOYL to stop rust .
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 12:57 PM |
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A tricky one - sounds like someone did a really good job of painting it! OK try a few of these areas - behind the door cards in the back of the car
(not on the doors as if the doors have been replaced at some stage (due to damage or rust) they will not be the original colour of the car, under the
fuel tank, behind the dashboard (where all the wiring is), um..., behind the soundproofing boards in the engine bay (be careful not to damage these
boards if they are in good condition), er, thats about all the places I can think of at the moment - any other sugestions anyone....?
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 01:02 PM |
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...oh yeah - check the underneath of the parcel shelf (above the gearbox) too. This is one place that is usually too difficult to get to when
painting....
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 01:04 PM |
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goes to check!
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 01:08 PM |
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holds breath whilst waiting.... :P
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 01:15 PM |
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the dash back, (viewing from the bonnet) is white, for what its worth the Carpet was a Tan colour,
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 01:18 PM |
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...phew!
So it sounds like the car was probably white to start with...what year model is it?
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 01:21 PM |
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its a 62 model, thing is Ive found other bits white but its part of the primer I think :/
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 01:24 PM |
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one other thing, When I first got the car, the rims were white
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 01:27 PM |
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sounds like a fairly good chance that the car was white to start with - Pearl White is the most likely colour - used extensivly on Beetles around this
time (my '63 started life Pearl White, my Brother owns a Pearl White '61 and his '65 Westy camper is also Pearl white.)
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 03:22 PM |
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anyone else
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 03:31 PM |
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Will you rename Grimace ?
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 03:35 PM |
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yes I guess I will 
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 05:47 PM |
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bump
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 06:05 PM |
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a photo of the rims when I first got grimace
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 08:40 PM |
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looks like pearl white to me ...same colour as my bug...
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 10:52 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Sky
yep your right, its on the other side, there doesnt seem to be any sign of pervious rust, but I have noticed over areas of the car have this sticky
shit like this as well,
but the headliner near the sunvisors has it too, like glue :?
if anyone is crafty perhaps think of a place they would have not painted over
The car seems to be all over purple,
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The sticky sh*t you are referring to may be tar used as sound proofing, i found some under the carpet of my golf near the wheel arches. I dunno just a
guess.
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| posted on February 17th, 2004 at 10:40 AM |
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bump^
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| posted on February 17th, 2004 at 05:18 PM |
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sticky stuff could be wax spray, like what i bought for my doors, very cool stuff and looks sorta like that.
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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| posted on February 17th, 2004 at 05:34 PM |
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Asked dad, and found he fish oiled :/
so there you go on that front
Anyone know about the rims,? were there different paints on rims for different colours can I narrow down this quest of mine
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