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 lohoon
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| posted on October 7th, 2005 at 02:01 PM |
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colour code or name for oval green paint
Hi i am chasing the original colour code and name of the green paint that was on oval beetles.Darkish green.
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| posted on October 7th, 2005 at 07:41 PM |
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it's called Jungle Green.
paint code is L315.
March 1955 up to March 1956, from Chassis No. 1-823 605 up to 1 173 57
Upholstery - cloth: 54 green
Upholstery - leatherette: 70b light beige
Upholstery - leatherette: 73 dark green
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| posted on October 7th, 2005 at 07:52 PM |
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From late '55 sedans were L315 - Dark Jungle Green
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| posted on October 7th, 2005 at 08:32 PM |
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How dark are we talking. A lot of Ovals were painted in Clayton Green and Pastel green.
Have a look here for the numbers ECT.
http://karmannghia.org/paint_chips.html
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| posted on October 7th, 2005 at 08:54 PM |
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Thanks guys,I went to get some mixed and the paint shop guy rekoned it was called ceramic green.
I'll give the others a go.I've got a hunch its pastel green.does anyone have a picture of either jungle gree or pastel green.
thanks again
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| posted on October 7th, 2005 at 10:24 PM |
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Be warned....recently been looking at paint a lot....US/Euro colours may be called the same thing, but might be a different colour. Some US/Euro
colours are the same, but given a different name in AU. That's marketing people for you.
Case in point. L31 Dove Blue (as per the samba et al). 2 paint shops I went to could not find it in AU colours. One place has original 60's swatches.
Dove Blue indeed did not appear in the 67 range. Though there is a Pigeon Blue, which is much lighter. Their computer has Pigeon Blue, no Dove Blue.
Also - Mango Green appears in more than one guise in the US/Euro ... from what I've been looking at.
So make sure you're matching colour to colour, not just the code or name, else you might not get what you're looking for....
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 06:42 PM |
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Ill agree with that, most PPL think my Oval is Dove blue, but it is actually Pigeon blue!
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 08:12 PM |
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after great debate with the local paint shop - is Dove Blue and Pigeon Blue the same then?
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 08:36 PM |
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As far as I have been told it is the same. But my car definately looks different to dove blue.
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 09:38 PM |
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probably close enough, given the paintshop's accuracy. Thanks fer that....I'm keen to go Dove blue, but to be honest got the pip with talking about
it with the paint shop and was opting for something dif. Now you've got me thinking again ... thanks ... and sorry to hijack the original green
question.
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