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carolinabusguy
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Just completed my 67 single cab
Thanks to Suebug for the inspiration
The Before
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suebug 
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Joined: April 13, 2006
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Location: The OC, SoCal, with my olympic cats
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Beautiful! Glad my SC could hang on your wall as inspiration!
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'67 Squareback
'66 Sundial
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brettsvw
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Joined: November 22, 2007
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Location: Florida
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velvetgreen
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Location: Canada
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buck
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Joined: May 31, 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 9:07 am Post subject: |
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| Has anybody ever seen or have pictures of a light grey swivel seat panel?? |
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M183kombi
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Joined: February 01, 2008
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Location: Kearns, UT
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M183kombi
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1960 L31 M183 kombi |
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M183kombi
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Location: Kearns, UT
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The seat & bulkhead (w/m-code plate) were quickly snagged up by reeves in salt lake...the rest is still in s dakota...
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1960 L31 M183 kombi |
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j.pickens
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Location: Exit 7, New Jersey
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| Has anybody ever seen or have pictures of a light grey swivel seat panel?? |
Here's one.
It was repainted back in the day for the Jewel Tea Company, but the interior is still grey.
The front seat mounts were added in, and subsequently removed by the current owner to return it to swivelseat glory.
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Artrizal
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Joined: June 30, 2012
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Location: Singapore
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:02 am Post subject: Light grey |
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Hi guys I'm restoring my 1960 bug
I'm going for grey and thought light grey L345 is nice however
When I got a spray sample it'd kinda looked greenish tinch grey
What would be a good light grey color?
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Thomas Pedigo
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Joined: July 03, 2010
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Location: Nine Mile Falls/Sunset Bay,WA
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:57 pm Post subject: Re: Light grey |
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Hi guys I'm restoring my 1960 bug
I'm going for grey and thought light grey L345 is nice however
When I got a spray sample it'd kinda looked greenish tinch grey
What would be a good light grey color?
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Rizal |
There shouldnt be a greenish tint to L345.If anything, its more of a beige tone.Perhaps your sample was squed.Good luck with your choice.
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Artrizal
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Location: Singapore
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| Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Is this the correct l345? This was the sample given to me. |
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BossGuitars
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Location: Los Angeles, CA.
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| Yep, that looks right to me. It is supposed to have a slightly greenish tinge to it. |
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TinCanFab
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Location: Waterford, California
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| Yep, that looks right to me. It is supposed to have a slightly greenish tinge to it. |
I agree, and as the paint fades, it's probably harder to see the green hue. I took a sample piece off my truck as well as a part painted with Wolfsburg West's rattle can version of the color. I found a color chip real close and here is what it contains in one single stage quart:
462.1 grams "mixing clear"
402.4 grams "strong white"
91.6 g black
77.3 g "ferrite yellow" (a very muddy dark yellow)
9.5 g green (very dark tonor of green)
7.9 g magenta
1.1 g blue
My version came out a little light, so I add 20g of black per quart and it looks dead on. With almost as much yellow, blue and green as it has black, it should have a slight green hue to it. There is no way you could make this type of grey with just black and white, there has to be a large quantity of another toner(s) to give it that tan look. I think my version uses the magenta to balance out all that yellow and blue and bring it back to more of an earth tone.
In bright sunlight:
Under florescent light (this can make colors look drastically different):
Sunlight, shaded:
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=658092 |
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Artrizal
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thanks guys
its been helpful
i'm just worried on colors |
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buck
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6voltbus
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Location: Nottingham, UK
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I stripped 5 layers of paint off my bus last year to get it back to it's original colour of L 345 Grey. I think it looks so much better this colour than the metallic blue it was before. It's about 60% original paint now with no bondo covering the dents.
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Artrizal
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Hi guys.. What's the white paint code that matches L345
The ones on the split bumper
What's. the paint code.?
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npbusguy
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Joined: February 08, 2006
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Location: Budapest, Hungary
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Anyone notice the position of the drivers seat back?
Cool bus Buck. |
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mandraks
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Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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Hi guys.. What's the white paint code that matches L345
The ones on the split bumper
What's. the paint code.?
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Almost all bumpers were silver white L82
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