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anything else but blue |
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bright colors only |
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EVfun Samba Member
Joined: April 01, 2012 Posts: 5446 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:06 pm Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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As much as I love metalflake it’s easier for the home builder to shoot solid colors. My first buggy had seen its years quickly, born in metallic purple it was painted dark metallic blue TWICE. Around those owner choices it was also a bright nonmetallic blue and metallic ruby red. I sanded a lot of old finishes off to repait it solid bright purple — in my 1 car garage from my first place in 1992.
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YDBD Samba Member
Joined: February 25, 2017 Posts: 890 Location: Bavaria, Germany
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:08 pm Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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Doesn't really matter...owned two buggies
My Dad's was a green metal flake, not my favorite color, but still looked good, he repainted it yellow and it still is even with an in between back to green wrap.
My other one was flat white and rattle canned for years before painting it cobalt blue
It's your own flavor of fun. _________________ '56 pan Dune Buggy since '69
don't live in the past...but when I did:
'67 bug
'64 baja
'60 dune buggy
'73 Personenkraftwagen Type 182 "Thing" |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12632 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 4:28 am Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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Glenn wrote: |
oprn wrote: |
I too am very fond of metal flake in any color. It doesn't come in yellow though... |
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Close Glen but it still looks more gold to me than yellow. Maybe not in person? _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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Don&Gonzo Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2023 Posts: 2 Location: Missouri
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 7:24 am Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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The point is to get people to look at you right?
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12632 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 8:33 am Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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True, not only for the fact that we are driving something different but also for safety. We are pretty vulnerable in these cars. _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76760 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:40 am Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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oprn wrote: |
True, not only for the fact that we are driving something different but also for safety. We are pretty vulnerable in these cars. |
Not sure how i'd feel, driving the interstate surrounded by large SUVs.
You'd be nothing more than a speed bump. _________________ Glenn
74 Beetle Specs | 74 Beetle Restoration | 2180cc Engine
"You may not get what you pay for, but you always pay for what you get"
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12632 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:56 am Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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Mind over matter. (If you don't mind dying it don't matter.) No different really than a motorcycle. That's the mindset I take anyway. Color is one of the arrows in our quiver to combat that disadvantage. _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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jspbtown Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 5152
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 1:51 pm Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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I've done blue, yellow, orange.
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Luftwagen 2180 Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2020 Posts: 49 Location: Ontario Canada
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 3:59 pm Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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I started out with a green/gold metal flake. It was the colour that the guy who bought it chose. It grew on me. That was 51 years ago. A little over 20 years ago an evil Camaro pulled out in front of me and cracked the tub. Berrien wasn't making metal flake at the time so solid was the only option. The (ex)wife voted for red but the kids and I voted for the green. Now they make flake again, but switching bodies...…? However I've noticed that blue really seems to be a common colour. I'm tired of it myself.
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12632 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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There is the bright green one I was talking about earlier! Thanks!
Years ago blue was the #1 color choice on cars, then it shifted to white was #1 and blue slipped back to #2. I have no idea what the present color preferences are. We just went through the "color blind faze" in the mod 2000's up to about 4 years ago when every vehicle on the road and dealership lots were white, black or gray.
Thank God we are past that!! Chrysler and especially Jeep seemed to head the shift in that welcome change. I am feeling like I have normal vision again! _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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MrGoodtunes Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2012 Posts: 849 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:13 am Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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oprn wrote: |
... every vehicle on the road and dealership lots were white, black or gray.
Thank God we are past that!! ... |
Amen. Any vehicle looks better in bright color, bike, trike, truck, trailer, or VW:
I still prefer primer gray for my KIT car to fulfil its fundamental principle of being "easy to take apart and re-assenble" (for paint, it means "easy to sand and re-spray"). |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12632 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 4:35 am Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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Years ago the paint on the roof of my Audi Fox was cracking and flaking off so I stripped it and painted it with grey primer. In about 3 years the whole thing had rust seeping through. That was when I realized that primer was a bit like a sponge. Not water proof at all. On fiberglass it would not be apparent. It also goes chalky real bad but again grey primer is already kind of chalky colored so not an issue for you.
Back in the mid 70's I repainted my sister's type3 wagon and I wanted a chocolate brown. It turns out that red oxide primer was the exact color I was after. When I was done the bodywork I sprayed a coat of red oxide primer over the whole thing, sprayed on the graphics in gold and red pearl and gold metal flake inserts on the sides then just clear coated the whole car. It lasted for many years and the color of the primer never even faded! Looking at it you would never know that the brown was not a top coat. _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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Dangib Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2011 Posts: 95 Location: pittsburgh
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Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 9:18 am Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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Ive had an orange, black and now blue buggy Loved the orange, the black was so lame I sold the body and bought a new acme blue body. But ya blue is lame lol the flake is so deep you get lost in it
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jsturtlebuggy Samba Member
Joined: August 24, 2005 Posts: 4496 Location: Fair Oaks/Orangevale, CA
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Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 12:00 pm Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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Orange metal flake, great color, but has become to popular since I did mine in 2010. _________________ Joseph
Fair Oaks/Orangevale, CA
Elrod Motorsports
Motion Tire Motorsports
Having fun with Dune Buggies since 1970
Into Volkswagens since 1960 |
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Dangib Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2011 Posts: 95 Location: pittsburgh
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 4:43 am Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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jsturtlebuggy wrote: |
Orange metal flake, great color, but has become to popular since I did mine in 2010. |
Wow what a great pic |
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slalombuggy Samba Member
Joined: July 17, 2010 Posts: 9131 Location: Canada
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 9:16 am Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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SBD Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2012 Posts: 3269 Location: SOUTH DAKOTA
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 9:18 am Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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vwracerdave wrote: |
I personally can not stand any vehicle painted green. Ever since I was a littlre kid I always hated green cars. Any brand or model green cars are just ugly. |
Green is my favorite color. 😁 _________________ "Just $99 down and $64 a month for 36 months buys you a brand new Volkswagen Beetle!"
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I wouldent waste $ or thyme on building a small motor. build it big so it dosent have to work hard.remember it's only as fast as your foot alows it to be unless you build a small turd then it just stinks as it squishes up through your toes when you step on it. |
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isucorvair Samba Member
Joined: April 28, 2013 Posts: 59 Location: DeWitt
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 10:26 am Post subject: Re: Buggy colors |
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The WORST part about my Manx 1 is that it was originally 15E Blue!
I want to keep the original (though worn) gelcoat...so I'm not changing it, and it took me forever to find a real Manx body....but still. Blue.
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