Hey I like that, Jim.      GL-O-R-I-A, Gloooria!

On 2/19/07, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, Manila Beige is VERY close, but after looking at it on 4 different
> monitors here are at work, I can see just a few percentage points of tint
> that "darkens" the color chip when side by side with Ivory.  Too bad I
> don't
> have a color printer at the ready to view it as a "hard copy"
>
> My recently acquired 84 GL (Gloria) two-toned colors are the same as
> Mike's,
> with the requisite dings and chips for the 23 year old paint job ;-)
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> ***********************************
> On 2/19/07, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > 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
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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