Official 1960-1961 registry and restoration guide thread.

[fotoroadie]

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[pastellgreen]

Also the area, where the trim once sat.

[cotegary]

This is my numbers matching Indiana Red 1960 Beetle. I bought this in the mid-90’s and have been chipping away at it ever since. It got painted about 5 years ago, and I even have everything to finish it. Somehow it got pushed to the side when I discovered I love split buses more. It has all the original parts, including the 36hp motor, beam, split case trans, wide trim running boards etc. It even has the original Sapphire I vertical push button radio with a dealer install tag from the dealership in Lake Tahoe. The original upholstery is in surprisingly good shape, but the stitching has let go. I’ll see if my upholstery guy can do anything with it. The door cards are in perfect shape too. I found a NOS SWF 6-wire turn signal switch in the late 90’s. I have an original aftermarket VDO electric gas gauge (looks like the later mechanical ones) but not sure if I want to put it in. Will be a fun car!

[jays58s]

[Big Bill]

This is a few shots of my 60 Rag Top India Red Beetle. I owned it in the mid 80s when the Cal-Look was the thing to do, bought it from the OG owner and removed all of the OG parts adn replaced them with lastest Cal-Look $hit . It is the one Beetle I wish I would have kept over the years.

[VWAdam]

My cousin got his first VW, a ‘60 ragtop on a ‘65 pan. It looks like an 80’s-90’s “resto” Anyway, the original VIN plate is gone. It has a Pennsylvania reassignment tag on the front riveted on. There’s a 6 digit body number stamped there too. Is there anyway to use that to find out a build date for the body? Everything points to a 60. Humpback tank, early style clip, H apron, etc
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[janerick3]

[jays58s]

I’m not sure if it’s been covered, but what in the world is the deal with the color L451? I’ve seen it called India Red, Indian Red, and Indiana Red.

[mukluk]

[jays58s]

[trektider60]

My sticker says INDIANA L451. I would attach a pic, but the image I have on my phone is to large. If you search for the 7,200 mile ‘60 on oldbug.com you can see a perfect sticker with INDIANA L451.
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1960 Indiana Red T1

[EverettB]

I'm not sure why they would use Indiana unless that was just for the USA or N. American market for some reason.
Possibly marketing, like using "Indian" wouldn't be favorable to US buyers?

Indian Red is an actual known color:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_red_(color)
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[EverettB]

The German word for India appear to be Indien though?
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[pastellgreen]

The colour was called "indiarot" in Germany. Normally, "indian red" would be the correct translation. Otherwise "indiarot" is not a commen word, if "indian red" would have existed first, a German would have naturally translated it to "indischrot"
Everett is right, the country is called "Indien", "indisch" is the adjective, "indiarot" does not really exist and is a made-up word, used by Volkswagen and is today rarely present as a name of a colour for several industrial products.

[mukluk]

As seen in the German language colour brochure from VW:

As seen in the English language paint & upholstery book from VW:

I've not seen any VW literature that called L451 "indiarot".
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1960 Ragtop w/Semaphores "Inga"

[jays58s]