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Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:46 am

I am trying to figure out what color my car is. It has been repainted a different color than original. This is a picture of the backside of the filler door. It is the original color. Thanks!
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1110456.jpg

Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:02 am

Scroll down, and look for '71. Looks like you have Sapphire Blue.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/paintcodest3.php

Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:08 am

this color was not for 71.
look under carpet or rear seat or engine bay.under dash

Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:59 am

The color on the back side of the filler door is the same color that is under the dash and trunk.

Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:00 pm

The color on the back side of the filler door is the same color that is under the dash and trunk.

Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:00 pm

Are you sure it's a '71? My '71 Square has a very different sticker on the inside of the filler cap, and that blue doesn't seem to have been an available color that year.

There does appear to be a dark blue available in '72 (which would be a car built in late '71). The paint code list here says "Gentian Blue," and the brochure for that year says "Enzian Blue."

Have you looked under your hood, near the spare tire? There may still be a sticker there that has the original paint code.

Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:09 pm

Sapphire blue 71 01 L50D

this is your color

its the blue of 71 L50D

the L54d is brighter

Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:48 am

The car was built in February of 1971 and the the title and VIN says 1971 and the production plate says February 1. To me the original color is lighter than Sapphire Blue. They had a Gemini Metalic that is lighter but I don't see any metallic in the paint.

Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:37 pm

Dan Shipley wrote: The color on the back side of the filler door is the same color that is under the dash and trunk.

Looks just like the same Sapphire Blue my Jan 71 Square-Vert is. That car was a dark blue under the front trunk, rear deck floor, under the rear seat, under the fuel tank, and under the dash. The PO sprayed parts of the car grey, including the dash face on it. Then I replaced the doors and front clip with Clementine Orange parts, that ended up getting sprayed Sapphire blue.

Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:11 am

what does the production plate say?

Fri Sep 13, 2013 6:21 am

Gentian & Enzian Blue are the same color code L51B
Here's a car with ...

I would say your car is Sapphire Blue 1 year color for Type 3.

Fri Oct 18, 2013 11:50 am

I just got my birth certificate back and the factory painted the car Saphire Blue. The new paint is really dark. Can paint under the hood fade that much?