Iceland Green L213.....

54ovsemi · Samba Member Joined: April 15, 2008 Posts: 1818

As I start to get deeper into my 54 project, I have uncovered a green color paint on heater channels and front firewall. Also have uncovered some green on bottoms of fenders and in the rear luggage/firewall sections. This leads me to believe my April of 54 Oval might possibly be Iceland Green from factory. I have searched the gallery/forums and have found very few pics of L213. Can someone post some pics for me. I'm thinking of spraying this color when that time comes around. I will be using Glasurit paint trying to keep color as close to original. I also discovered this color combo to use green cloth 51. I have not seen green cloth so I have no clue how this combo would look.......HELP PLEASE.....

glutamodo · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:24 am Post subject:

Hopefully someone will get you a picture of a car you can use.

Too bad VW didn't put color chips in their sales books and brochures in the early days.

Often when I come across scans of pages of paint color chips online, I'll save them to my computer for future reference. Plus I've got a couple of my own in there. Looking at them though I only found two that had that color included, computer scans are only as good as whoever scanned them and your monitor, but here's what those two chips look like:

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focuszx3r · Samba Member Joined: March 30, 2006 Posts: 299

My car was originally Iceland Green (great color btw). The outside got resprayed somehwat poorly, but the interior is still original. I can snap some shots tomorrow if you'd like. Those scans above look very close, atleast on my monitor anyway.
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Russ · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:29 pm Post subject:

my 55,
i think no matter how you look at it through a computer it will never look the same in person.
if you want more shots just ask

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1low55vw · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject:

Not much different than Agave L240 is it ?
Or maybe it's just me Confused

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Russ · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject:

GermanTin · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject:

Here is mine its Iceland green with red interior

vintagevolks · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:

Russ · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject:

nice car.
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54ovsemi · Samba Member Joined: April 15, 2008 Posts: 1818

WOW....speechless.......VERY NICE.....thx for da pics.....

AJ Quick · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:16 am Post subject:

I absolutely love this color.. but I also see a lot of people claiming to have Iceland Green.. but it is a much lighter green. Anyone know for sure? I want that color as posted above.. with a tan and red interior too. Wink

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Bruce · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:04 pm Post subject:

Trying to judge colours on a moniter is a waste of time. Every moniter will produce a different look. Just scroll up and down quickly between Russ' car and the AZ car. Doesn't the AZ car look like it has more brown in it? In reality, it probably doesn't.
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6Speed · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:45 pm Post subject:

AJ Quick · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:56 pm Post subject:

Its a bigger difference than seen in the above photos. I mean.. those two cars above are pretty consistant.

This car's owner claims it to be Iceland Green:

Its pretty dark in that picture, compared to the 2 above that are in sunlight.. but that color is completely different looking. I'm hoping that Iceland green looks like the 2 cars above in real life and nothing like that light green that I just posted.

But you are right.. I need a color wheel.. and color samples.
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Bruce · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:14 pm Post subject:

Russ · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:15 pm Post subject:

Bruce is right early ovals only had it.
also no amount of monitor or lighting will produce that colour from a real iceland green car.bottom line that car is NOT iceland green
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tasb · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject:

Iceland Green and Bamboo and several others in the light green family- stopping at Agave which is quite dark, are notorious for looking very different in different lighting. Its one of the appeals of the color. That light green one above looks a little too far out though.

An example of what I am talking about: look at the under bonnet shot above. The inside dash section looks very different from the rest of the car because it is not being exposed to as much light.
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