Hi volks, Having just traded in a black Mazda MPV minivan on my medium slate blue '87 Westi, I have to agree strongly with the concern expressed about turning a vanagon into an *oven* by painting it black. I bought the Mazda at the end of the model year, and actually used the color as one of the negative features in trying to haggle the price down! And there were times, in the next 7 summers in Sacramento, that I regretted my decision. However---when chris says, >I agree!! You gotta figure VW had some good reason for never painting ANY >of their buses or Vans black.... (aside from looking ugly....JMO...) > I have to wonder about VW having "some good reason" for a color decision. After all, over the years, VW has chosen to paint buses more ugly colors than I would even have guessed could be found; especially, more sorry shades of brown...... YMMV, Gail 8^}
previous messages: ===================================== At 08:23 AM 4/15/97 -0500, you wrote: > ><< >Well I am currently considering painting my 85 Black and replace the gray > > >stripe with a gold one. > > Just a warning. This might look nice, but your van will bake in the > summer. You might consider painting the top white at a minimum. >> > __________________________ Gail Fitzpatrick '87 GL Westi, 117k [Twiga] Sacramento, CA <redwood@speedlink.com>
|
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.