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asagodowns Samba Member
Joined: January 29, 2004 Posts: 156 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:37 pm Post subject: Did 73 Thing come OG Red? |
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Was the 73 Thing available in red? I thought the colors were orange, yellow, and white. _________________ 74 Orange Thing
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Buckly Samba Member
Joined: September 14, 2004 Posts: 1030 Location: Spokane, WA
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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73-74 Blizzard White 90H, Sunshine Yellow 11E, Pumpkin Orange 30F
74 add Avocado Green 60F.
Ive seen the orange start to look red. I love that your asking, makes me think you want your thing to be og. check the m-code plate to see what color it came og. I guess I'm a bit of a purest. _________________ Cool runnins,
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asagodowns Samba Member
Joined: January 29, 2004 Posts: 156 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Right on Buckly....I am holding out for some"Thing" OG or at least painted the color it was originally. It seems so many have been painted otherwise. _________________ 74 Orange Thing
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edgy Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2003 Posts: 424 Location: Bel Air, Maryland
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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As far as I know it never came in red. _________________ 62 Single Cab (Work Truck)
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kubelmann Samba Member
Joined: April 13, 2003 Posts: 3266
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kubelmann Samba Member
Joined: April 13, 2003 Posts: 3266
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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Although my last post may seem to give an answer to your question, after I posted I realized I did not give a direct answer.
So, here goes:
In 1978 VW produced the following Thing with the following color (red)
Flamingo Red 35G LKL035G00 Black/Grey From 188 2032 031
My friend and owner of OE VEE Dub recently purchased such a thing from Berlin and it is red and it is a factory original paint job.
So simply stated.. Yes, there are factory painted Things that are red.
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edgy Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2003 Posts: 424 Location: Bel Air, Maryland
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry for the apparent mis-statement. In Berlin, the 181 would not have been called a "Thing" particularly not in 1968. I lived there not long after that and don't recall seeing any in the American sector. _________________ 62 Single Cab (Work Truck)
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asagodowns Samba Member
Joined: January 29, 2004 Posts: 156 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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This question came about because I saw a 74 Thing on Ebay that was being advertised as og red, I emailed the owner and he said that he thought it was imported from Germany and not Mexico. _________________ 74 Orange Thing
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