In a message dated 17/05/2010 10:04:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

        Sorry  to say buddy  boy none of the pop-tops were ever painted any
colour.  The colour comes  from pigment put into the gel coat of the
Fiberglas.  The pigments used  were either white or colour matched to the colour
of the van.  You will  only be able to approximate the colour of your pop-top
and this will have to be  left up to the paint shop to figure out.  Plus
the painted part will be  shinny and the pop-top will not if it's not been
painted.  Otherwise you  will have to paint both pop-top and luggage rack if
you want a uniform colour  and sheen.   The shop that screwed this up or
should I say  "unscrewed" should be paying for all this.  They have no idea how
big  a problem they caused !

Urgent  need to figure out what the color of my poptop is.
I was able to get a new  luggage rack and i'm sending it off to be painted
tomorrow. Ideally we  establish that my poptop is a stock color.

Background  information:
My poptop is not original to my vehicle. My vehicle is a  sunroof bus and
the
previous owner added the poptop.
The Poptop is  factory without a sunroof/vent indicating to me that it's
early (Pre '84?)  (More likely even Pre '82?).
The color is gray/blue.

Is this a stock  color? If so, what model year/color combination was this
offered on? (So  the paint shop can look up the code)

We're getting closer to the point  where I will tell the horse skull story.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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