TheSamba.com :: View topic - Sealing Wax Red *only* thread. (no two-tone)

Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:26 pm

I believe I see some SWR here...

http://images.cyclegarden.com/cgi-bin/gardengirls/...c-9874.jpg

Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:47 pm

haha, thats true damon.

Im not trying to be a dick, I had just intended for this to be a thread about commercial vehicles.

Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:00 pm

sled wrote: haha, thats true damon.

Im not trying to be a dick, I had just intended for this to be a thread about commercial vehicles.
perhaps you should edit the title to say something about "singletone"

Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:11 pm

SWR SO23 recently restored in UK

Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:55 pm

Original SWR, repaint is slightly off.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:08 am

Gavinskii wrote: SWR SO23 recently restored in UK

it was two tone orignally but i wanted a one colour bus...
i didn't want to post it up here as it is a fake!! :?

Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:55 am

60 Mercury panel:

Now it's lowered and rolling around going to shows..yay! I'll have to find some recent pics..

Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:41 pm

so this is the 58 camper my dad had back in 1973,i was 3 and remember when it caught fire.small fire he drove it home.

Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:30 am

bloovw wrote: Gavinskii wrote: SWR SO23 recently restored in UK

it was two tone orignally but i wanted a one colour bus...
i didn't want to post it up here as it is a fake!! :?

No reason not to post it!
Looks great and I really like how it shines like original paint
instead of a new car.
Whats the secret on that?

Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:46 am

I guess SWR would be a no-no for a 66 panel?
I'm trying to find a nice color for my panel and this
would be a sort of an hommage to the original fire-bus red. (I said sort of :lol: )

Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:23 pm

yes, swr on a 66 would be a big no no.

why not paint it firetruck red?

wouldnt that include red bumpers as well? I think fire panels look awesome.

Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:54 pm

couldnt swr red be optioned as a special order paint the same way the firetruck red would have been

Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:59 pm

looks like 65 was the cutoff for it as a option however same page shows swr and grey option till 66 so the answer has to be maybe

Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:24 pm

sled wrote: yes, swr on a 66 would be a big no no.

why not paint it firetruck red?

wouldnt that include red bumpers as well? I think fire panels look awesome.

I don't like the original red.
SWR is way nicer.
The bumpers and wheels where originaly black on my panel.

Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:09 pm

Somewhere under all that oxidation is sealing wax red. (Ithink....)

Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:15 pm

my 59 swr scab

Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:46 pm

Too bad this one is in the shape it's in. How many SWR pressed bumper walk thru panels with safaris are out there?

Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:59 pm

That is an EARLY walkthrough.

Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:17 pm

thats not a SWR bus...my guess is fire red. It is too early to be SWR. It would have to be a july/august bus, which it is earlier than that.

Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:58 am

sled wrote: thats not a SWR bus...my guess is fire red. It is too early to be SWR. It would have to be a july/august bus, which it is earlier than that.

What do you see that makes it earlier than July/August? Just curious