Beetles with Multi-Colored body parts

[stale air]

From the classifieds...

Agave under Capri on the lid.

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[buck]

After reading through this topic the door that is on my oval would appear to have been done at the factory. I see zero sign of any kind of respray work even under the window rubber is diamond green . Can't imagine someone going through all that to replace and repaint a door after the fact. Also seems to have original chalk marking from factory?

[jays58s]

[House]

The whole color palette!
Could it be Beryl Green instead of Yukon Yellow?
Doesn’t make sense at all why it would be painted Yukon when it isn’t a convertible part…
Original Morse car? I’d like to see more of it!

[jays58s]

These pictures got deleted from my previous post a while back because I posted them through photobucket, so I figured I’d repost them and host them on the samba. This is the engine lid on an original paint Ruby red 1961 Vw Beetle. It has Ruby red, Turkis, pastel blue (61 only color), black, and what appears to be Yukon yellow, which was available for 1961 convertibles apparently.

[splitjunkie]

[jays58s]

Gulf blue under original black on my old 1961 ragtop that was built November of 1960.

[AlteWagen]

Here is a pic of late fenders from page 7

VWoA had an amazing parts network, my guess would be a few central hubs that would stock then ship to individual dealers when parts were ordered. It is correct that many dealers did paint primered replacement parts and you can tell. Most of the time the paint color or type does not match and fades/cracks quickly. Unfortunate really as genuine factory paint was still available but Im sure price drove the quality.
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[stale air]

I posted this way back on page 6, but thought I would throw this back in the mix, due to the conversation above...

[Blue Baron]

But would those replacement parts be stacked on the production floor, or shipped out directly to distributors? (I haven't heard of pre-painted factory parts being available from a dealer, at least not in North America. All NOS parts I've seen are in primer. This would require distributors to stock fenders, doors and lids in every color rather than simply letting dealers paint them. It's a great idea, but I'm not sure it would get past the bean counters.)

Fun topic!

[splitjunkie]

[Blue Baron]

[61SNRF]

Thanks for the photos and comments guys, all good info!

Myself and my friend also saw an original paint beryl green '62 driving up the freeway recently with two of these fenders showing through, one on the right front and on the right rear, sadly could not get a picture of it as we rolled by.

One day I'd like to have any one of these parts just to hang on the wall as a conversation piece. Anyone knowing of one for sale please let me know
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

[splitjunkie]

[splitjunkie]

[Blue Baron]

Here's another interesting photo, this time from the 1950s.

Here we have freshly painted bodies, with the rejects apparently being repaired in the background.
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[Blue Baron]

Here's your smoking gun, folks. These bodies were plucked from the assembly line by inspectors. Parts substitutions were made and they were popped
right back on the line. Note the shelves of single fenders in the background.

It makes sense that the repainted parts would then go right back on the shelves.
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[61SNRF]

Nice photo Big Bill, thank you!
Saw this one today at Hot VWs Drag Day in Irwindale Ca.
OG L620 blue 1970 with L20 Clementine showing through on the left rear fender.

Edit: fixed photo link
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-Bruce

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

[Big Bill]

I found this photo on FB it is supposly where cars with defects were repaired. A lot of the cars are ragtops so that confuses me, but some of the cars are missing the front trunk cover and a fender or two. The poster of this photo said it was a line where cars damaged at the factory were brought up to spec. I can also make out a few door card and tail lights in the parts stacked in the photo. It was on FB so it has to be true....right .

[richparker]

Here’s my ‘65. It was originally black, looks like it was painted a bunch of times before it sat in a field for 25 years. I’m leaving it as is.

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