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Birdmanhere
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here is my 71, bought it in '97 when I was 16 did the body had it painted in '98, and have been driving it ever since. It hasn't left the garage much the last couple years as I drive the Bus a lot.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is this bug Mango Green?


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 3:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
My old 64
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 2:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
Selvas green, my 1984 Mexican Beetle.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 7:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
Cool
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
phatdawg wrote:
Is this bug Mango Green?


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I guess I should have stated that to begin with. The color is L213 Iceland green.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:39 am    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
Someday it shall all come together !
I almost went Iceland green but then came up with this combo.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:33 am    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
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Someday it shall all come together !
I almost went Iceland green but then came up with this combo.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:52 am    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
Always liked this Green Beetle with the VWoA "Formula Vee" Mag Wheels ...
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:33 am    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
Hello old thread!
'71 Super Elm Green original paint. A bit of a mishap with a falling tree exposed some shiny spots from 1970!
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:42 am    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
1970 original elm green.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:34 am    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
L61B Sumatra Green.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
Iceland Green.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
My 1960 in Porsche Fjord Green.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
Not mine but have seen these beauties around the Lower Mainland.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:33 am    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
Is this green enough? More in my gallery.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:03 am    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
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Sweet. I had to look up that color, must be Ceramic.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Green beetles please! Reply with quote
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Sweet. I had to look up that color, must be Ceramic.

Not Ceramic Green, it's actually what I like to call a "custom mixed" colour I came up with in my garage trying to achieve something like a stock hue. In person it most resembles L11 Pastel Green though it tends to vary a bit depending on light conditions.
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