Date:         Sat, 24 Apr 1999 01:28:12 EDT
Reply-To:     SyncroHead@AOL.COM
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From:         Jim Davis <SyncroHead@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Paint color on a weekender I saw?
Comments: To: KENWILFY@aol.com
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In a message dated 99-04-20 12:25:53 EDT, KENWILFY@AOL.COM writes:

> I have seen this color on a Carat or Wolfsburg Vanagons twice.  Really nice
>  looking.

I think the color previously described as "midnight blue" is VW's "Orly Blue
Metallic".

> I also just saw a sweet red Wolfsburg Carat Vanagon ('90 only) at
>  that show I went to in Maryland this past weekend (one of the few Vgons
>  actually there).  My Carat is dark red (burgandy) but this one was bright

Your van's color is: Bordeaux Red Metallic

> red (I guess this is Tornado red?).  It looked really sweet.

Yes, the bright red vans from 1990 and 1991 were painted "Tornado Red".

>  Also as a side note I had a guy come to buy my rear hatch that I advertised
>  as Wolfram Grey.  He thought his van was the same color but when he got
here
>  his '87 Wolfsburg was more of a silver grey (Flash silver?).  So who is
> right about the Wolfram grey?  Is it a light silvery grey or a darker grey?

Wolfram Grey Metallic is sort of a charcoal grey and Flash Silver Metallic is
light colored silver.  There is also a color called "Vesuve Grey Metalic"
which is more silvery in my mind than gray, but it is in between the "Wolfram
and Flash colors.

Regards,
Jim Davis