Greetings, I don't want to be too contradictory here, but Gray was a poptop color. My 1987 Syncro is Wolfsram Gray Metallic and the poptop was originally painted a non-metallic gray over the white fiberglass shell to compliment the factory body color. The shell of the poptop is the usual white, visible when you remove the top or the rack. Only the exterior surfaces were painted. Inside of the poptop is the "usual" beige fuzzy stuff. I've also seen red and blue painted poptops corresponding to their respective body colors. Here's a link to an old image of my Syncro in it's original colors - at this point the gray on the top was already very faded. My recent repaint is a bit more blue than you see here. http://www.qadas.com/~kanas/Vehicles/Syncro/Syncro_Index.html *Best Regards, Jon * > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 05:52:40 EDT > From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> > Subject: Re: GRAY? Was Gray a poptop color? > > In a message dated 17/05/2010 10:04:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > > Sorry to say buddy boy none of the pop-tops were ever painted any > colour. The colour comes from pigment put into the gel coat of the > Fiberglas. The pigments used were either white or colour matched to the colour > of the van. You will only be able to approximate the colour of your pop-top > and this will have to be left up to the paint shop to figure out. Plus > the painted part will be shinny and the pop-top will not if it's not been > painted. Otherwise you will have to paint both pop-top and luggage rack if > you want a uniform colour and sheen. The shop that screwed this up or > should I say "unscrewed" should be paying for all this. They have no idea how > big a problem they caused ! > > > > |
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