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kiki
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.Single cab 1963
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.Microbus 1962
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Red Fau Veh
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Location: Prescott Az.
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That is gorgeous, awesome setup, what is the canoe made of? 
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey
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kiki
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fiberglass
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.Single cab 1963
.Panel 1959
.Microbus 1962
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nebkv
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Joined: December 22, 2004
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Location: Serbia
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:50 am Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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1964 L345 & 1961 L31 
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TinCanFab
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Red Fau Veh
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Location: Prescott Az.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:08 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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I love it! The old grey color sure is cool, it is the anti bling. I mean everyone loves the other colored buses but this basic color is just sweet even though people say to me "are you going to paint it?" I think non bus people don't see it the way I do, they want it shiny and new looking. They want to see reds and blues and chrome, grey isn't the first choice for these folks. 
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey
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mandraks
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Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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not mine, but it is arguably the best original paint light grey crewcab out there?
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junichi
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Location: brentwood bay, bc
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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| Red Fau Veh wrote: |
| I love it! The old grey color sure is cool, it is the anti bling. I mean everyone loves the other colored buses but this basic color is just sweet even though people say to me "are you going to paint it?" I think non bus people don't see it the way I do, they want it shiny and new looking. They want to see reds and blues and chrome, grey isn't the first choice for these folks. |
I hear that. If my OG paint won't come through, L345 is the only choice for a respray!
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1964 Kombi- http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=640048
Sold: 1985 Transporter Doka,1978 Westfalia, 1975 bay x 2, 1986 syncro vanagon, 1965 beetle, 1980 vanagon, 1967 deluxe bus, 1988 golf |
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TinCanFab
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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| Red Fau Veh wrote: |
| I love it! The old grey color sure is cool, it is the anti bling. I mean everyone loves the other colored buses but this basic color is just sweet even though people say to me "are you going to paint it?" I think non bus people don't see it the way I do, they want it shiny and new looking. They want to see reds and blues and chrome, grey isn't the first choice for these folks. |
My favorite colors in general are grey and blue. I lean more towards grey though..... When I saw my single for sale covered in postal yellow with basically only the M code in the original color and that big ass word GREY stamped in it, I was sold. I totally agree.
I will say that most average people won't care for your faded out grey colors in general. It just makes them think of primer. Trust me Red, they notice this color when it is fresh and deliberate looking. People say they like me truck, so I ask- What do you like most about it? Most people say they love the color! When they see it in it's glory, it really stands out against modern metallic greys. After all, grey is STILL a popular color for new cars. But they all look the same, so people get jaded to it. Then POW they see L345 and they just stare.
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Check out my truck brought back from the dead... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=420762&highlight=sprayed+blood
They're never really ever finished 58 rag build...
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=658092 |
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Red Fau Veh
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:51 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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Are light grey buses and trucks the only vw's that came with light grey hubcaps? I see many more of the dove grey caps, and I think they came on several different colored buses, is this correct?
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey
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sled
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:20 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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No, dove grey only came on dove blue buses. All other commercials after 58 got light grey caps unless Mcoded for chrome caps.
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squareweave
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Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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My old 60 single cab. An original Vancouver delivered truck.
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mandraks
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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nice!
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sled
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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VERY nice..
Too bad you don't still have it?
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Red Fau Veh
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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| No, dove grey only came on dove blue buses. All other commercials after 58 got light grey caps unless Mcoded for chrome caps. |
Huh, that's hard to believe because no one ever has the light grey for sale but you see the dove grey caps all the time and they re pop the dove grey ones but not the (supposedly) way more common light grey? Doesn't seem right to me. Here is a light grey double door swivel seat bus to keep the thread going.
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey
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tyzel
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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not mine, but it is arguably the best original paint light grey crewcab out there?
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That is nice looking! This OG paint DC ain't bad either though  (also not mine)
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squareweave
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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VERY nice..
Too bad you don't still have it? |
Sold a while back
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RHD Notch
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:34 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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Here's an OG paint DC I snapped a pic of at OCTO June 2014...Wide 5 Sprint Stars, Westy rack and hoops & canvas = Bad-O-Dee! 
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suebug 
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Location: The OC, SoCal, with my olympic cats
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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Here's an OG paint DC I snapped a pic of at OCTO June 2014...Wide 5 Sprint Stars, Westy rack and hoops & canvas = Bad-O-Dee!
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I spy a real nice Sundial in the background. (hee hee it's mine!) Am I supposed to have light grey caps since it started out as a panel?
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tyzel
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: L345, show your light grey busses! |
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| No, dove grey only came on dove blue buses. All other commercials after 58 got light grey caps unless Mcoded for chrome caps. |
Huh, that's hard to believe because no one ever has the light grey for sale but you see the dove grey caps all the time and they re pop the dove grey ones but not the (supposedly) way more common light grey? Doesn't seem right to me. Here is a light grey double door swivel seat bus to keep the thread going.
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What, look here man......
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=211601151
And Sled is right, only dove blue had dove grey caps, all other's had light grey. |
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