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PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:16 am    Post subject: Upholstery ID help - Light brown (55-58) or caramel (58-61) Reply with quote

Anyone help me out on this one?

I've looked at the Tech paint/upholstery and i'm not sure what the difference is between the Light brown (55-58 ) or caramel (58-61) upholestery.

They are listed with a different name but both with number 76.


Here's the details taken from the Tech section;


March 1955 up to July 1958
From Chassis Number 20 117 902 up to 374 810

Upholstery
Standard light brown (76)
Upholstery
Deluxe light brown (76)


August 1958 up to March 1961
From Chassis Number 374 811 up to 749 000

Upholstery
Standard caramel brown (76)



Heres a link to pics of the seat itself; http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1048468

Sorry its a link to my ad but i've had people asking if its definitely caramel and i don't know for sure, so any ideas on this would be much appreciated.

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Neil (Jonesy)
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not an expert, but that looks like Carmel to me. Also, It has white beading, I think Beige/earlier seats would have the black beading.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Upholstery ID help - Light brown (55-58) or caramel (58- Reply with quote

Jonesy wrote:
Heres a link to pics of the seat itself; http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1048468

Sorry its a link to my ad but i've had people asking if its definitely caramel and i don't know for sure, so any ideas on this would be much appreciated.

They look caramel.

Especially since the rear seat is clearly a Standard Microbus seat and not a Deluxe seat.

55-57 Standards are Green, not Brown.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

that seat is certainly a caramel seat.

for reference:

the color is different, but they are both brown.
the grain on the vinyl is different between the two.
the piping is brown for the light brown seat.
the piping is white for the caramel brown seat.

and for the ultra rare wildcard, there were non-deluxe light brown seats in special paint postal yellow standards. perhaps other color special paint buses.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Upholstery ID help - Light brown (55-58) or caramel (58- Reply with quote

EverettB wrote:


Especially since the rear seat is clearly a Standard Microbus seat and not a Deluxe seat.



What differentiates a deluxe/non deluxe rear seat?
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Non Deluxe have a protector strip screwed into the back top of the seat

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Deluxe rear seats have 3 sets of mounting holes to mount the upright brackets for the luggage bar
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks alot to all of you for your replies, caramel it is then Very Happy
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