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Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:17 am

61SNRF wrote:

Common iowegian? Hardly.
I consider them an "error", and like baseball cards or mis-stamped money, they don't come up very often.
And, once again, my sarcasm button seems to be broken. :cry:

Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:49 pm

Here's my contribution, my all original paint '61. Deck lid doesn't appear to have ever been removed, no signs of another color on the underside, and a few different colors on the outside. My car was built December 10th, but didn't leave the factory until December 16th per the birth certificate...

Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:41 pm

Another example. This fender still has the same undercoating as the rest of the car. No breaks in it or mismatch. This car is extremely original and there is seablu under the drivers fender. The bolts have never been removed as far as I can tell.

Sun Dec 20, 2015 12:17 pm

I know it is not a beetle....but here is a pic of the front bumper on my '56 panel that has OG paint with palm green paint underneath the dove blue. if you look closely you can see it.

Sun Dec 27, 2015 10:42 am

Here is one more for the dead horse

Thu Apr 21, 2016 6:16 pm

Hey fellas, I see that this forum is for beetle 58 - 67. But I can relate to this topic with my bug.
Here's my 70 bug.

Thu Apr 21, 2016 6:30 pm

Wouldn't it make sense that they used same year paint as primer. Is it true they dipped the cars. I can imagine a process where they dipped the cars in the fresh batches and as the batches were used to some preset limit they could have used previously used batches as primer. Or may one days paint became the next days primer or under coats. It makes sense that as the cars were dipped the paint batch would degrade or become contaiminated. THere is always a method to the madness.

Thu Apr 21, 2016 6:36 pm

The decklid seems to have red underneath.

Sat Apr 23, 2016 5:56 pm

soupcups wrote: Another example. This fender still has the same undercoating as the rest of the car. No breaks in it or mismatch. This car is extremely original and there is seablu under the drivers fender. The bolts have never been removed as far as I can tell.

Good example that fits the profile exactly. A well loved original car with the outer layer of paint polished off :D

With your good reference picture it's worth noting that Ruby Red on '61-'64 cars doesn't fade as badly or to the same degree as '65-'67 cars do. Perhaps VW changed either their paint formula or vendor after the '64 model year?*

With the opening of the Emden factory for model year '65 they were both expanding and modernizing to speed production, but evidently both factories still had that special room full of repainted fenders, hoods and doors :wink: .

*IIRC this is just about the time period that fast drying acrylic enamels were being introduced.

Sat Apr 23, 2016 6:20 pm

72squareguy wrote: Hey fellas, I see that this forum is for beetle 58 - 67. But I can relate to this topic with my bug.
Here's my 70 bug.

Indeed it relates, and thanks for the pictures :)

I can only theorize in these Late Model examples, so you would be the best judge, but might that green be a '69-'70 color like L60B Peru Green?

. 72squareguy wrote: The decklid seems to have red underneath.

..and the red on the deck lid perhaps L30A Royal Red? (sorry no ref pic)

Sat Apr 23, 2016 6:58 pm

So there's no chance these mystery body components were minor fender bender replacements very early in the life of the car? I would think if that happened fender bolts would also be all old and corroded. If you watch old movies from the 60s and 70s beetles were already all dented up and beat to hell a lot of the time.

Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:25 pm

I think most posters in the thread would attest that the odd part has been painted with exactly the same gloss, texture, hue, etc. of the rest of the OG car. These days, a paint shop can't match a 2016 GMC arctic white and apply it the same as factory to a new truck. That is the essence of the thread- these parts can not have been painted by anyone other than the factory- and show the same aging as every other part of the car (unmolested bolts, alignment of beading, full known provenance, etc.).

Sun Apr 24, 2016 1:19 pm

Heres the original Savannah Beige tag in the bonnet and a shot of the original paint underneath the hood.

Sun May 08, 2016 7:20 pm

61SNRF wrote: 72squareguy wrote: Hey fellas, I see that this forum is for beetle 58 - 67. But I can relate to this topic with my bug.
Here's my 70 bug.

Indeed it relates, and thanks for the pictures :)

I can only theorize in these Late Model examples, so you would be the best judge, but might that green be a '69-'70 color like L60B Peru Green?

. 72squareguy wrote: The decklid seems to have red underneath.

..and the red on the deck lid perhaps L30A Royal Red? (sorry no ref pic)

The green is pretty darn close. The green on my hood seems to be brighter than that green. So I'm not sure on this.... confusseeedd! :?

Sun Aug 28, 2016 5:56 pm

here's the front driver side fender on my 56 beetle. The doors, fenders, hood, and decklid on the car is original black paint. This one fender has the green showing through, so i always figured it was replaced for some reason

Sun Aug 28, 2016 5:59 pm

72squareguy wrote:

Looks like Elm Green to me

Sat Sep 10, 2016 1:12 pm

Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:18 pm

I don't know if it's primer or not but there is a color that looks like lotus white under the black on my '67.

Tue Sep 20, 2016 4:07 am

https://www.flickr.com/photos/31392838@N04/albums/72157643419649715

Patina on 1962 VW Beetle :P

Fri Sep 30, 2016 3:32 pm

I was at Solvang last weekend and snapped a pic of this one, anthracite under gulf.