Merian Brown!  With some help from my friends on the Vanagon List, I was
able to find the paint code.

One of the things I like about Lola the best is the fact that she screams
'80's.  I'm more of a 70's type, but that brown has a certain cachet (and
quite unlike all the pastel colors out there on the road today).

Lately I've been noticing the gas station attendents taking a great interest
in her.  Getting gas on this last trip (and remember I live in Oregon where
they pump it for you) three people looked inside and were so impressed by
all the camping goodies.  One said, "it's just like a little house", and I
guess that's a pretty good description.

Ellen
Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI

----Original Message Follows----
From: Matt Roberds <mattroberds@cox.net>
To: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
CC: Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: That VW Brown...
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:11:52 -0500 (CDT)

>From:    Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Date:    Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:52:46 -0700
>
>What is the brown color on my '85 Vanagon ASI then?

There is a color chart in a German book that I have that says...

Achatbraun   86Z  80-83
Assaunbraun  H8B  80-84
Merianbraun  A8A  80-86
Moccabraun   H8V  87-90

so my guess would be Merianbraun.  These are the only four colors that
are described as "-braun"; there are some "-beige" ones as well.  The
paint code number (86Z, etc) might be found on a plate somewhere on the
van.

Note however that this book focuses on what you could get in Germany,
so it may not be exactly right for what was imported to the US.  (For
instance, in Germany, you could get a 1600 boxer all the way through
1981!)

Matt Roberds

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