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JollieOllie
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 Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:23 pm Post subject: Turquoise Beetle & Bus |
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Please help me out here. Why do these two Turquoise VWs look so different? (Or is the Bus not turquoise?)
PS - What year is the bus?
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zerotofifty
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2025 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: Turquoise Beetle & Bus |
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Holy Smoly
My folks had a 61 Bug and a 63 Microbus, both Turkis color, AND our house was painted nearly the same color too.
I have them two cars, but the bus is all pulled apart right now.
That photo is bringing back memories.
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EverettB 
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58euro
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2025 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: Turquoise Beetle & Bus |
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| Bug could be painted in Pastel blue given that it appears to be a 61 but even that seems slightly off. |
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pastellgreen
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2025 4:40 am Post subject: Re: Turquoise Beetle & Bus |
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| That bug has not a VW colour, at least of that years. The colour on the bus has the rigt direction. Pastel blue, gulf and turquoise have another shade. |
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JollieOllie
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2025 5:49 am Post subject: Re: Turquoise Beetle & Bus |
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The engine lid was repainted and probably the rear fenders as well, but the roof paint seems pretty old and possibly original(?). It is definitely darker. I looked up 1961 turquoise VW Beetle on Google and the colour range in what came up is all over the place. Regardless, when I drive the Beetle, the colour is what gets the most comments and thumbs up.  |
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Dusty1
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:38 am Post subject: Re: Turquoise Beetle & Bus |
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Park the Bug next to a '93 GMC Sonoma painted '93 GMC Seafoam Green.
Maybe, I'm right, maybe I'm wrong.
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pastellgreen
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:22 am Post subject: Re: Turquoise Beetle & Bus |
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original paint pastel blue:
original paint turquoise:
bus looks more correct to me
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Rome
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2025 6:35 am Post subject: Re: Turquoise Beetle & Bus |
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For another comparison, here's the original factory paint turquoise from my friend Greg's '63 (63vwdriver), taken in 2017 but still looks this good-
I'd say that the OP's photo of the Beetle has a slightly more "intense" shade of turquoise, going to the generic "seafoam green"/mint shade.
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JollieOllie
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 11:51 am Post subject: Re: Turquoise Beetle & Bus |
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Thanks all for your thoughts and comments. 
Here is another photo of my Beetle. The colour looks different under different conditions:
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