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TheType1Freak
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 Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:02 pm Post subject: Re: Restoring a 1963 L380 Turquoise Ragtop Beetle |
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| Wolfsburg West emailed me today and told me that they will be sending me the samples of the two green ragtop vinyls that they can get. |
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:43 am Post subject: Re: Restoring a 1963 L380 Turquoise Ragtop Beetle |
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Alright, be sure to post pictures when they arrive!
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laneven28
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: Restoring a 1963 L380 Turquoise Ragtop Beetle |
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When I built my '61 turkis ragtop, I couldn't find the proper green for the ragtop cover so I took a good color sample from the original material and had dye mixed up. I sprayed it on a white vinyl top and was happy with how it turned out. I sprayed it over 3 years ago and it's held up really well since. Here's a link (go to page 8 ):
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=494319&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
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TheType1Freak
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: Restoring a 1963 L380 Turquoise Ragtop Beetle |
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| Thanks for the info. I will have to look into maybe dying one. I did receive the samples from Wolfsburg West. The lighter of the two greens they sent me I think would look good with the Turkis color, but I will have to compare it to a car before I decide what to do. |
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 6:21 pm Post subject: Re: Restoring a 1963 L380 Turquoise Ragtop Beetle |
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| TheType1Freak wrote: |
| Thanks for the info. I will have to look into maybe dying one. I did receive the samples from Wolfsburg West. The lighter of the two greens they sent me I think would look good with the Turkis color, but I will have to compare it to a car before I decide what to do. |
Pictures?
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TheType1Freak
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: Restoring a 1963 L380 Turquoise Ragtop Beetle |
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| I will have to take one and post it sometime soon. |
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: Restoring a 1963 L380 Turquoise Ragtop Beetle |
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| I will have to take one and post it sometime soon. |
Okay
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TheType1Freak
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: Restoring a 1963 L380 Turquoise Ragtop Beetle |
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Heres the samples, the lighter one looks more like it would match in the sunlight. Looks pretty green in the house.
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 6:27 pm Post subject: Re: Restoring a 1963 L380 Turquoise Ragtop Beetle |
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| TheType1Freak wrote: |
Heres the samples, the lighter one looks more like it would match in the sunlight. Looks pretty green in the house.
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Indeed they do look very green. I would go with the lighter of the two as they would probably match better. You could always get a white one and dye it to match perfectly though.
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'74 Westfalia
'69 Plymouth "Adam-12"
'63 Ragtop
'73 914
'72 Dodge Wrecker
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