

| Subject: | Re: Color codes? |
| From: | Michael Elliott |
| Date: | Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:07:59 -0800 |
With the Wolfburg West color chip on my profiled color monitor and
Mellow Yellow right outside the window I'd have to call their L62 Ivory
a match to what might be L567 on Mellow Yellow. The site shows L62 as
having been used on Models 271-274, years 1964 - 1967.
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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR
Richard A Jones typed:
>> 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
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