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jwp67
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| L451 ruby red. |
L451 is Indian red, L456 is Ruby Red.
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TinCanFab
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Chickensoup
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Location: Good Hope, GA
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| Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:27 am Post subject: Re: What's your favorite color on a beetle ? |
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sea blue
Bahama blue
denka blue (not spelled right but who cares)
coral red
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iowegian 
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Location: Somewhere between Dubuque and Keokuk
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: What's your favorite color on a beetle ? |
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| Zundfolge1432 wrote: |
| L451 ruby red. |
I like Ruby Red with a touch of "patina". 
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calvinater
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 5:11 am Post subject: Re: What's your favorite color on a beetle ? |
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Bordeaux red
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scottyrocks
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: What's your favorite color on a beetle ? |
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Agave green is my number one choice.
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Raisedup58
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: What's your favorite color on a beetle ? |
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I’m partial to L245 light bronze. But my dream color is metallic blue.
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: What's your favorite color on a beetle ? |
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| L451 ruby red. |
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bwaz
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 4:57 pm Post subject: Re: What's your favorite color on a beetle ? |
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Coral! (Excuse the patina)
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Krink
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Location: Oldsmar, Fl
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| Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:41 pm Post subject: Re: What's your favorite color on a beetle ? |
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Beryl Green of course. Grows on you like a fungus.
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gt1953
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Location: White Mountains Arizona
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| Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:46 am Post subject: Re: What's your favorite color on a beetle ? |
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Real Patina
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smeag
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| Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:12 am Post subject: Re: What's your favorite color on a beetle ? |
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Fontana Grey
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pastellgreen
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| Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:42 am Post subject: Re: What's your favorite color on a beetle ? |
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For a split: pastel green
For a 61 -63: pearl white
but: some pages later, we have listed all colours, VW ever had... |
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Wayne S. Johnson
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vanity12
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: What's your favorite color on a beetle ? |
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| coral red |
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Split 1
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| Dolphin Grey, its actually a Porsche colour but was used on early Karmann beetles |
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Fifty-Eight Rag
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Oldnslow
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Split Black L 41
Early oval Iceland Green L213
Late Oval Coral Red L351
Early Big Window Gulf Blue L390
Late Big Window Bahama Blue L519
I’m not much into anything after 1965. |
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jhicken
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I'm in love with the Toga White on m '69.
-jeffrey
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NewVWFan
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| Im very partial to Zenith Blue & Sea Blue |
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