Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:46:06 -0600
Reply-To: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Subject: Re: Repaint Different Color?
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Hi Tom,
I saw a round eyed 84 ish westy from london ontario at bbta (busses by
the arch) that was painted a darker green than any I had seen here in the
lower 48. He said it was the standard paint it came from the factory with.
Must have been a Canadian option only. I liked the darker green. Sage is
the color of many busses pre 1980, a lighter shade of a green.
Darrell
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Cook <Tom_Cook@ERM.COM>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 4:05 PM
Subject: Repaint Different Color?
>Hi again-
>
>Has anyone re-painted their westy a color other than the original? What
>are the pros and cons? We have a 1982 diesel westy that I would call light
>tan/yellow... I looked on the list archive files for the actual color name
>but the list did not have paint codes for Vanagons from 1980 to 1985?
>
>We would like to get it painted dark green (is this the VW Sage Green) but
>we most likely will not get the inside metal painted... just a quick Maaco
>exterior paint job and some moderate rust repair as well (under the land
>line outlets, front bumper clip, rear hatch corner, and entire bottom of
>sliding door (we may simply replace the door entirely), and misc other
>seems etc).
>
>Other than the obvious problem of having an exterior color different than
>the interior... are there any problems we are overlooking?
>
>Additionally, any comments about the additional heat absoption from the
>sun? We just got our non-ac westy a few weeks ago and have not had to
>drive it through a Philadelphia summer yet. I was wondering how much
>difference (if any) the exterior color makes on interior temps?... We are
>not going to paint the pop-top however and it would seem that the color on
>the top of the van would make the most difference.
>
>Thanks for your input-
>Thomas J. Cook
>
>82 diesel westy
>
>PS-Thanks for the input on the bike rack vs diesel westy issue...most of
>the responses have been negative as far as keeping the bikes on the back
>due to the accumulation of soot on the bikes during long trips... I think I
>will try for a front bumber mount rack before I commit to drilling holes in
>my pop-top for the roof rack.
>
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