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sxuxrxf
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Joined: May 18, 2005
Posts: 1338
Location: Oceanside, CA
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My old '68...
My old '69...
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vwstef
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Joined: April 13, 2010
Posts: 23
Location: leiden Netherlands
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Thanks again for al the help. The bus is finally painted! Neptune blue. Really happy with the color. Weird to have a freshly painted bus in my small work place after al these years. Before i was never that worried about scratching it. Now i don't even dare come close.
The guy who painted it was a real saint. He did al lot of extra work for nothing extra. A small list of al the stuff he did extra:
Sand and paint the whole inside!
The seams at the back of the car were gone. He got them back.
Welded my rear engine lid/rear cargo hatch/sliding door trim (he found some small holes)
Fixed some dents in my dash
And the price we agreed upon was already low. About half the price of other painters i spoke to.
Next week he's gone spray my friend t2b as well.
And some friends of mine are thinking of taking there cars/mopeds to him. Here's the result. (sorry for the quality of the pictures)
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sxuxrxf
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Joined: May 18, 2005
Posts: 1338
Location: Oceanside, CA
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Very nice 
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jtauxe 
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Joined: September 30, 2004
Posts: 5780
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Where is your painter located? I might have a job for him...
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1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
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vwstef
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Joined: April 13, 2010
Posts: 23
Location: leiden Netherlands
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| jtauxe wrote: |
| Where is your painter located? I might have a job for him... |
I think i have to update my profile. I live in the Netherlands, that would be a long drive for you. Would be a nice road trip. |
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kokopelli1973
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Joined: April 18, 2014
Posts: 35
Location: Baltimore
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beautiful dude, I was googling Reef Blue VW and ofcourse stumbled upon these page's  Love your choice, can't wait to get my brown '77 bus painted |
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richparker
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Joined: November 24, 2011
Posts: 6982
Location: Durango, CO
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| beautiful dude, I was googling Reef Blue VW and ofcourse stumbled upon these page's Love your choice, can't wait to get my brown '77 bus painted |
Brown 77'? Is it a champagne edition?
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bellabus
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Joined: June 23, 2012
Posts: 52
Location: Seattle
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Neptune Blue and Cloud White
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bellabus
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Joined: June 23, 2012
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Location: Seattle
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Oh. Im too late.
Your bus looks superb.
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Gregg in the 603
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Joined: April 13, 2013
Posts: 404
Location: New Hampshire, USA
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My first '79
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thebusandus
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Location: Alaska
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What blue is this?
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Brian
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Joined: May 28, 2012
Posts: 8340
Location: Oceanside
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aeromech, I can't see the tail lights so I assume its a '71
And if its an og color; L 53 D (05) niagra blue
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alikatcraig
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Joined: September 09, 2007
Posts: 556
Location: Anaheim, CA
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PT Cruiser blue and Mercedes silver!
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Goshen
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Joined: April 03, 2012
Posts: 833
Location: Miami. FL & Cartagena
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Goshen
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Joined: April 03, 2012
Posts: 833
Location: Miami. FL & Cartagena
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skills@eurocarsplus
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Joined: January 01, 2007
Posts: 16879
Location: sticksville, ct.
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left rear corner trim belongs on the right rear
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danfromsyr
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Joined: March 01, 2004
Posts: 15144
Location: Syracuse, NY
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 11:08 am Post subject: Re: Need pictures of Blue Busses! |
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mine is a BMW blue of some sort,
it will get a tone white top over BMW blue when I fix the paint on the roof.
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Urglegrew
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Joined: February 21, 2014
Posts: 76
Location: Bay Area California
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My 1973 bus is Orient Blue...here are a few pictures of a single stage repaint of some areas. The rotted out battery tray was removed and a new one welded in, and I re-sprayed the engine compartment while the engine was out at the same time I sprayed the repair area. The PPG paint was a good match up, and done by catalogue numbers. The rest of the bus had been rattle canned, but the new paint was a dead-on match for the untouched area under the license plate on the engine compartment hatch. There is some orange peel, and I need to cut and polish it, but I put the lights in for the photographs. Sorry it's not in direct sunlight!
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This is beautiful! I checked a local paint store by sending the color code and for a gallon with hardener/activator comes to about $460.
Was it any cheaper to get a napa paint match? |
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Shonandb
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Joined: January 12, 2019
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Location: Vancouver, BC
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oscarsnapkin
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Joined: October 22, 2013
Posts: 558
Location: Bucks County, PA
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My first '79
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Man I miss the 90’s. This is a picture of my first Bus back in 1996, a ‘77 sunroof. Got it for free. I remember it had like-new interior. It was blue so I figured it’s relevant.
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