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Date:         Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:29:08 -0800
Reply-To:     Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Color codes?
Comments: To: Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net>
In-Reply-To:  <45DA4304.2070505@verizon.net>
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Yes, Manila Beige is VERY close, but after looking at it on 4 different monitors here are at work, I can see just a few percentage points of tint that "darkens" the color chip when side by side with Ivory. Too bad I don't have a color printer at the ready to view it as a "hard copy"

My recently acquired 84 GL (Gloria) two-toned colors are the same as Mike's, with the requisite dings and chips for the 23 year old paint job ;-) -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise" 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" oldvolkshome@gmail.com http://www.oldvolkshome.com *********************************** On 2/19/07, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote: > > I have a 2 tone '84 GL and have been told that it is Merian brown and > Tuscan beige. However, that Manila beige sure does look close (hard to > tell on a computer monitor). > > Mike > '84 GL 7 pass brown/beige > '84 GL Westy ivory > '85 GL Westy metalic gold > > > > Jack R. wrote: > > Is that the color for the two tone 84 Wolfy? The links only show the > dark > > brown bottom, and the "tan or mellow" color two tone top is not listed > > anywhere I have seen. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of > > Richard A Jones > > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 7:15 PM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Re: Color codes? > > > >> Believe it or not, the "Mellow Yellow" so prevalent on 80-84 Vanagons > > (such > >> as my 84 Westy) is L567 Ivory, Sales Term B9, at least according to my > >> sticker. There are two places I've been able to find a color chip that > >> exactly matches my factory paint job (accurate color tone is dependent > on > >> the quality of your screen and it's display). > >> > >> One is Wolfsburg West's site > >> http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/colors/65l567.htm > >> (note: I have no idea what the L62 color code that is mentioned) > > > > That's the color, and the wolfsburgwest site is the only one > > I've seen that is at all close to the real color. Here's > > a couple of pix of my '81 (in Death Valley): > > http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/DV/one.html > > > > Richard > > Boulder


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