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FAS
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 Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 12:11 pm Post subject: proper paint color on a 73 fat chick? |
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| I removed the front bumper on my 73, and was wondering the color to paint the round tubes that are between the bumper and the body front end,right next to the front bumper bracket.is it body color,think mine is blood orange?or would it be a black color? |
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kingkarmann
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:59 am Post subject: |
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If memory serves me correctly the tubes are painted body color. I think there is a big black rubber gasket that goes around the tubes then up against the body.
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FAS
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Yea, I have the rubber boots coming, just hoping to find the tube colors before I but the boots and bumpers on.How do I know the color code for a 73 bright orange ghia?? all sites don't really show a73 bright orange...check my gallery...signal? blood? a red? I will need touch up paint.. HELP |
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c21darrel
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FAS
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| yea tough to say,its not a red, but a bright orange,did VW do a signal orange in 73? cant find it in the books? |
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c21darrel
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FAS
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll look into it it a little more,thanks for the reply....lots of orange in my ghia, I would say signal,cant get much brighter orange than that! |
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Kmolenda
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Look under the back dash, mine was written in German I think under the cardboard dash deck so you could see it through the back window when the cardboard was removed., and yes the bumper nipple stupid things are the same color as the body with the black boots... Stupid american safety nonsense... |
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mstencel
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Factory orange colors for the U.S. in 1973 would be Amber or Phoenix Red. If it's truly orange, it's Amber. Phoenix red is a reddish orange color. Check the link below from the 1973 U.S. KG brochure.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/73ghia/ghia_back.jpg |
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