Colour-Coded Sunroofs Gallery

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from blue baron - not sure what the colour is as it has quite a pink tone, diamond grey?

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[RUNKLE]

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Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof

Type 3
1968 Squareback

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Nice
Probably Anthracite
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Similar…Anthracire or Shetland Gray?

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Discussion on Bus sunroof headlining rods:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=123882

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Beetle 2-fold sunroof: Where the headlining rods sit

^They sit below each trailing bow

^In full width pockets above where the trailing bows sit in their sleeve

^Sewn in at each end so the headlining stays taught across the full width of the sunroof opening, with no unsightly gaps. Remember to use rubber end caps, to help prevent the rods poking a hole through the headlining

^A rod in position in an original sunroof car

^So the rods sit here, above the seams. Remember the two screws too! No gaps…
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[finster]

from the classifieds

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"we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut

nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect...

[finster]

atlantic green 53

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"we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut

nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect...

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^We approve. Stylish coded board mats too

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Cool period pic of an early Alpine Split Rag

(colourised)
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[stale air]

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WANTED: Henry Veale Santa Rosa plate frames
WANTED: Brittsan Motors Fresno plate frames
WANTED: Any Georgia plate frames

[finster]

weirdly not a colour coded red roof on the streets of wolfsburg...

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"we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut

nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect...

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Outlier!
Non-coded seem to have been an option in some years (1958/59?) for red cars

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VW Informationen magazine Issue 33, 1957
US Spec 1956/1957 Ovals lined up at the docks

Interesting to see the colour spread
I can only see 2 sunroofs

It’d be a Coral for me
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[RUNKLE]

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Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof

Type 3
1968 Squareback

[RUNKLE]

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Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof

Type 3
1968 Squareback

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^Cool couple of pictures. I do like those early big-window off-white cars

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VW Informationen magazine Issue 42, 1959
Euro spec 1956/1957 Coral Oval by a river
Which country?

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Getting Shell petrol at a dealership
1955, Switzerland
Cool picture, which auto-colourised well

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Alpine train ragtop. Maybe Fjord Blue or Glacier Blue?
Post-Oval 58/59 due to the ice-pick door handles.

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