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
>