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Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:40 pm

Hello,

in time i will need my complete interior refurbished

Does anyone have any pictures of the interiors that came with the color l351 coral red?

Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:05 am

What does your vehicle birth certificate say?

Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:21 am

Coral57 wrote: Hello,

in time i will need my complete interior refurbished

Does anyone have any pictures of the interiors that came with the color l351 coral red?

that picture is correct- two tone gray with ivory piping

Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:34 am

Hey,

my birth certificate says "light beige or leatherette light grey"

my front seats are in some sort of white color with greenish sides
rear seat is brown striped cloth with green sides

panels are black repro's

here is a picture of my backseat
dont mind the silly cat :wink:

Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:27 am

Coral57 wrote: my birth certificate says "light beige or leatherette light grey"

so does mine! the cloth interior would be the beige polka dot.

here's my original seats:

here's a closeup of the fabric with the sample card from wolfsburg west:

my original rear panel:

the carpet is "beige grey"

the headliner is "beige cloth"

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/wolfsburg_new/interior/headliner_seats/headliner.cfm

check out the cloth interiors in this thread:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=337455

you will find restored examples like this:

but notice margaritavillain's vinyl inserts on the door panels are a light beige color...mine are a brown color.

Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:08 am

flyertim wrote:

but notice margaritavillain's vinyl inserts on the door panels are a light beige color...mine are a brown color.

I wish I would have known the darker color was a possibility as the lighter is too much IMHO.

Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:04 am

Thank you Flyertim!
you really cleared up alot of stuff for me :D

Recently i have also seen some original oval seats,
with Coral colored vinyl sides
And white vinyl on the sitting area.
at a market website.

im guessing that would have been the leatherette version.

Also there are alot of different interiors in the gallery for the Coral Red cars

So i was confused with what would have been the original.

Thanks again :!:

Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:16 pm

My former L351 '57 had the original interior, which was light gray leatherette (Garwood called it Special Order color K169) with white piping. There was no two-toning, which I think was '58-'60 only. The coral red '56s and '57s had stitched pleating, not the heat-formed pleats found on '58 and later leatherette seats.

The other interior color offered on U.S.-market coral red ovals was "optional" K171 Light Beige leatherette (again according to Garwood).

However, since your car has semaphores, it most likely originally came with beige cloth as found on Flyertim's oval. Cloth interiors on U.S.-market, dealer-delivered VWs after 1952 are rare.