I'll keep my eye out for it Eric.  I sold my 79 Panel to buy the Syncro -
the Panel was camperized by a local conversion company and only had
seatbelts for the driver and front passenger seats. It was a pretty cool
little set-up but having a child on the way gave the push to upgrade to a
Vanagon.  Anyway I sold the Panel to Molsons (the brewery) who used it for
an Old Style Pilsner Beer sales campaign.  As a result they named the Van
"Pilly" and painted it green and white along with the beer's emblem.

That van is no longer as it turned from a van to a trailer given the sales
team couldn't reliably get it or themselves from event to event without
some unforeseen break-down.  They probably should have done their market
research before buying it.

BT

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:32 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi Bruce,
>
> My second bus was yell, an Adventure wagon.  Yellow and white.  I did some
> work on it and then a friend helped me paint it.  It should have come out
> terrible but somehow it came out pretty darn nice.  But the color choice
> was unusual.  I keep hoping to meet that Bay window again.
>
> We painted the bottom glossy black and around the windows metalic silver.
> We made the top match, silver with a black middle.
>
> I recently found a picture and folks say it looked really good.
>
> So, just follow your instincts.
>
> And, let me know if you see my black bay adventure wagon.
>
> Eric Caron
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2022, at 2:27 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Eric,
>
> All my vans have been white - the 63 family Beetle, my uncle's 74 Panel,
> my 77 Westy, my 79 Panel and my 86 Syncro Westy - nothing but white
> including my own skin colour!  I am sick of white and I am ready for some
> colour, some diversity - whether others are green with envy or just
> pointing out some of the plain facts.
>
> BT
>
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:09 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Bruce,
>>
>> With regard to vW bus, when has practical or conservative colors been
>> important.  You go for that green.
>>
>> At The West River Westies event there are a group of green busses that
>> ended up camping together.  They call the area Green Acres.
>>
>> If I could pick a color I’d likely go orange but my wife would not be
>> happy.
>>
>> One good thing about white is I can decorate with colorful flower
>> magnets, and I do!
>>
>> Eric Caron
>>
>> > On Sep 13, 2022, at 1:48 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> >
>> > Interesting - thanks for your points.
>> >
>> > BT
>> >
>> > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 8:30 AM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >>        2 issues to consider with Your choice of Hunter Green >
>> >>
>> >> Your Van will be Less Visible to Others on the road &
>> >>
>> >> Hunter Green is one of the best Solar Collectors in the visible
>> spectrum ~
>> >>
>> >> But if You leave the Roof White it will then look like a Gigantic Retro
>> >> Coleman IceChest ~
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> On 12 Sep , 2022, at 3:35 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Absolutely Gil - the darker the better.  It would be nice to know what
>> >> the
>> >>> fabric is - I guessed it was a blend of synthetic and cotton and so
>> went
>> >>> the route of hot water dying as you can't dye synthetics properly
>> >> otherwise
>> >>> - according to the instructions.  More cotton than I thought in the
>> >> fabric,
>> >>> as I had to heat the iron to a fairly high setting in order to iron
>> all
>> >> the
>> >>> wrinkles out.  You may have noticed that I dried them in the sun and
>> >> didn't
>> >>> use a clothes dryer.  Only some colours have the dye for synthetics so
>> >> keep
>> >>> an eye on that when and if you purchase the dye.
>> >>>
>> >>> Lastly I used a stabilizer at the end to prevent the dye from running
>> -
>> >> and
>> >>> it seemed to work fairly well.  You need at minimum a 5 gallon or 20
>> >> litre
>> >>> pot and have to get the temp up to just below boiling.  I roughly
>> weighed
>> >>> the curtains and they were about 5 lbs or 2 kgs overall .  You need
>> >>> about 16 to 18 litres per pound of cloth and I ended up using a whole
>> >>> bottle for each batch - and another whole bottle of stabilizer for
>> each
>> >>> batch.  This site has lots of good info.
>> >>>
>> >>> https://www.ritdye.com/
>> >>>
>> >>> Bruce
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 2:18 PM Gil Ngai <gil@dayonemedia.ca> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Very inspiring, thank you Bruce.
>> >>>> I have the same curtains and would love to go to a darker color.
>> >>>> Do you think it's possible to make them a very dark color? Like
>> >> charcoal?
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>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 1:01 PM Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Well this is a different kind of repair which I had been putting off
>> >> for a
>> >>>>> while.  I think some of you know I am having my van restored and as
>> a
>> >>>>> result have been living a very boring life without a Vanagon since
>> late
>> >>>>> January.  Really missed driving it this past summer - no camping, no
>> >> oil
>> >>>>> temp readings to share, no last minute mechanical heroics from the
>> >> side of
>> >>>>> a highway or driveway and no beer chilled from the deep depths of my
>> >>>>> Dometic.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Given the van has been such a money pit (in a good way) and all the
>> >>>>> discussions recently about white elephants, I decided to change the
>> >> paint
>> >>>>> colour to hunter green - which will match the tan interior quite
>> >> nicely.
>> >>>>> I
>> >>>>> liked the original white the van was painted, however I wanted to
>> give
>> >> the
>> >>>>> van a more distinct and original look.  Anyway, over the past few
>> >> years I
>> >>>>> have noticed my tan curtain set starting to fade - primarily on the
>> >> side
>> >>>>> exposed to the window - rear window curtains being the worst, and
>> so I
>> >>>>> decided to dye the curtains a darker colour - from tan to chocolate
>> >> brown.
>> >>>>> To do so I used Rit dye for synthetics and cooked the curtains in
>> two
>> >>>>> batches, in a large 5 gallon pot on the stove for about 40
>> minutes.  a
>> >>>>> pretty good result overall - still there are some fade marks but
>> they
>> >> are
>> >>>>> not as prevalent as before.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Anyway here are some photos which also include the new colour I have
>> >>>>> selected - ( it is the lighter version of the two greens).
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/t/8EkUiIGAfJOqqUmd [dropbox.com]
>> >>>>> <
>> >>>>>
>> >>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.dropbox.com/l/AABeedorab2kDCWN91Gma1fR9BDDS36QRWQ__;!!G4oVokrRG-Im!4fWJ-Z7LaupsuJQPP9ZV7Li4bEYe_JRtXQ9ttW4IPLOLBw8t3AF86uFVGsJ-NteNkZe5nA$
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Bruce
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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