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Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:42 am

it seems that a few other color schemes have their own topic, so I think that it is time for mouse grey / pearl white to represent.

this delightful color scheme was introduced in april 1961, and carried on through the end of july 1964. so there are four model years which this color scheme was available, (just like turkis green / blue white). it is an interesting span of years and body styles, from dollar taillight buses all the way up into fat hatch buses.

mouse grey was available on four models (like most of your better two tone color schemes) so you could get a westy, a standard, a deluxe hardtop or a deluxe sunroof in mouse grey pearl white. since the color spanned the '64 model year body change, you could get a 15, a 23, a 13 or a 21 in mouse grey.

'61 mouse grey buses had the earlier style of paint, where the dash was painted the same as the lower body color. so for four months only, the buses had mouse grey dashes. so far, I have only heard of five mouse grey '61 buses, and all of them were european delivered. four tourist delivery buses, and one european market bus. I would sure love to hear or see of some more '61 mouse grey buses.

on the M-code plate, mouse grey/ pearl white is represented by one of the following codes depending on year, model and delivery market:
M GREY
M GRAU
MGR PW
431380
SK1022
523??? (someone with a late mouse grey westy please post up this code)

lets all post some photos of mouse grey buses.

here are a few standards that I have picked up over the last year or two: (all in "as found" condition)

Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:00 am

The code that is on mine: 523717

Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:14 am

Lind wrote:

Lets see some more photos of this one.

Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:19 am

wow that last one is amazing, I want to see some pictures of it cleaned and buffed out

was there ever such a thing as an all mouse bus? a kombi or something? special order?

Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:35 am

Thanks for the post Lind, I'm digging these model/color specific, information based threads.

Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:35 am

campingbox wrote: Lind wrote:

Lets see some more photos of this one.

X2

I think the Speedster would look good all mouse grey. May have to use a primer that color to see what it looks like.

Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:36 am

Let me know when the bullet mouse comes up for sale, Lind.

8)

Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:38 am

derv wrote: Let me know when the bullet mouse comes up for sale, Lind.

8)

Lind said at Kelly Park that he "will NEVER sell this bus". I can only recall him saying that about two other busses, the rolled deluxe and his mango bus.

Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:39 am

everything is for sale, its just working out the timing that is the difficult part.

Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:40 am

[quote="davebuckholts"] campingbox wrote: Lind wrote:

Lets see some more photos of this one.

x3..

Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:55 am

1964

Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:03 am

'64 original paint before:

Polished up:

Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:17 am

campingbox wrote: Lind wrote:

Lets see some more photos of this one slammed on earlies!

Easy now, just kidding... :P

Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:43 am

Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:44 am

My ex-'63 Standard:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/scrapbook/63std/

There are a couple Mouse Grey 15-Windows out there as well.

I'm assuming someone jumped on the '62 walk-through 15 that was in the Classifieds last week:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=595586

Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:49 am

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=553166

i remember seeing this one in a pic of when the owner found it in a barn or under a shed roof or something...was og paint...but now you can see its ummm custom...

Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:57 am

vw7266 wrote: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=553166

i remember seeing this one in a pic of when the owner found it in a barn or under a shed roof or something...was og paint...but now you can see its ummm custom...

That's jacked up. :evil:

Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:19 pm

campingbox wrote: Lind wrote: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/243292.jpg
Lets see some more photos of this one.
I got a chance to hose it off and to start the deskankifying process yesterday.

18 5 1
374 139 156
UT 221 M GRAU

Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:39 pm

EverettB wrote: My ex-'63 Standard:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/scrapbook/63std/

That was a nice bus.

EverettB wrote: I'm assuming someone jumped on the '62 walk-through 15 that was in the Classifieds last week:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=595586

Starting with the bumper.

Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:46 pm

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/434529.jpg

I couldn't leave my bus out of this thread. Lind. Odd thing about this color scheme is for a long time I never liked mouse grey pearl white. It just looked boring-no color . But then over time it grew on me now it is my favorite color except mango is a great color too.