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VWKDF
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 Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 3:26 pm Post subject: Chassis Colors |
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Does anyone have a list of chassis colors through the early years and when they changed, prior to black being the standard?
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ZENVWDRIVER
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: Chassis Colors |
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... I thought they were all black
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sled
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: Chassis Colors |
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here is a restored 47 pan
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Mr. OGPaint
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: Chassis Colors |
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Here's a green 46 pan from the gallery. Sounds like they were also tan at some point earlier
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Keith
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 1:48 pm Post subject: Re: Chassis Colors |
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| ZENVWDRIVER wrote: |
| ... I thought they were always black. |
Nope, some were a blue/grey, tan, olive drab.
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DDub
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 2:04 pm Post subject: Re: Chassis Colors |
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| Was the color only on the inside? What about suspension, etc.? |
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Keith
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 3:07 pm Post subject: Re: Chassis Colors |
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Inside, outside, suspension, backing plates, drums.
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rod_vw
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: Chassis Colors |
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Our '46 (1-063289) certainly had a green floor pan, the colour was found on the conduits in the backbone. Rightly or wrongly I have had the suspension etc. painted black. The petrol tank also displayed a green colour when stripped so has been painted the same as the pan.
The body is / was black by the way.
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DDub
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:06 pm Post subject: Re: Chassis Colors |
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| Keith wrote: |
| Inside, outside, suspension, backing plates, drums. |
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VWKDF
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: Chassis Colors |
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I saw a picture in this forum of a bunch of early splits on a rail car. Someone was saying something about the year of the cars based on the chassis colors, they were mid 40's cars (44 or 45). I was hoping that person would see this post. It would be great to know what years would be tan, grey, green, or black.
(short version) Bump
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