In a message dated 12/12/06 8:22:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, felder@KNOLOGY.NET writes:
> > But wait... there was a darker red, wasn't there? I was just looking > in the brochure from 1990, there's one in there (you can download the > brochure in pdf form from my website at http://www.knology.net/ > ~felder/Vanagons/ and see for yourself) and it doesn't look like the > bright red of my 1990 Carat. > > Jim > > the only vanagons which were tornado red was 90-91- the wolfsburg-carats (the carat with wolfsburg badges on the front and carat name on the hatch - they were always tornado red) and a few 91 GL's as for the dark burgundy - its called Bordeaux. actually Bordeaux pearl metallic, though i dont see any "pearl" in it. it was used on some 88-89 wolfsburgs and carats, and most 90-91 GL's and Carats and westys. then there is Titian red.. which is the red metallic that was used from '85-'89 on the GL pass vans, and '87-'89 on the westys.. chris |
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