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Derek Cobb
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| Zenith blue. Definitely Zenith blue. |
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Thomas Pedigo
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Location: Nine Mile Falls/Sunset Bay,WA
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Ceramic Green.
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KTPhil 
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Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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| I like Zenith Blue, too. Both mine and my brother's '67 were that color. Clean, modern, but with a lower saturation, unlike later colors, so it takes on a different look depending on the lighting. Not too dark to be hot in the sun, either. Looks good with the black beading and rubber, as well as white interior trim, now that color-coded pieces are so hard to find. |
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txoval
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Joined: January 23, 2004
Posts: 3868
Location: The Woodlands, TX
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Stratos Silver
Ultra-maroon is nice as well |
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Nevada Notch
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Location: Carson City Nevada
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Really Friggin Orange of course!
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DrKeck
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Location: Texas
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sea sand on a '66
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Zylinderkopf
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Location: SE Oklahoma
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Ruby red
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madmack
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Location: Indiana
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Bahama Blue 
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hitest
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Location: Prime Meridian, ID
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From a guy who bleeds Turkis, Gulf Blue is my fav.
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1961bluebug
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Location: Czech Republic, Europe
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I like this one:
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HippyTom
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Location: Florida, West Pasco
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| I always liked orange bugs for some reason, but my favorite is split between Coral Red and Sea Foam Green. I really like Gulf Blue too. Ironically, neither of my bugs are any of these colors. Guess I'll have to buy more. |
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Volktales
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Location: Nanaimo, B.C. CANADA
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I second the Stratos Silver too. Someday I will own a VW in that colour.
I like bright colours and Beryl Green is my favourite colour from that era. Here is my 1962 Beetle. This colour changes a lot under different lighting...
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1964 Ghia, ongoing project 2007-
1962 Beetle Beryl,original paint survivor 2012-
1970 Savannah Beige Beetle 2012-
1992 16v GTI, 100% stock 2006-
1991 "Terseo", wife's old daily 1995-
1969 Chevrolet CST/10 (family owned since new)
1965 Gold Corvair Monza 2021-
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Beryl Green
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Location: Warburton, Australia
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| Definitely Beryl Green. No surprise there. Mines a 61 and quite faded. |
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itskyle
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Location: Plainfield, IN
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Pre 1968
Parl white. L87
Herbie stripes and gum balls if you must.
Post 68-79
Tuxedo black. Especially if a super beetle.
New beetles?
I would avoid purple, pink, and perhaps yellow, but that's because im a guy.
Oh wait, the one exception to all of this-
Any convertible should be l87. White white and white. The triple white convertible look vw came up with always struck me as being a beautiful sight to behold.
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fassed
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I second the Stratos Silver too. Someday I will own a VW in that colour.
I like bright colours and Beryl Green is my favourite colour from that era. Here is my 1962 Beetle. This colour changes a lot under different lighting... |
I agree, too 
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physast
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| Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:19 am Post subject: |
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| VW Blue and Sea Blue. Also many others.... But those two are likely my favorite, at least for today. |
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NewVWFan
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| Im very partial to Zenith Blue & Sea Blue |
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jhicken
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Location: Fallbrook, CA
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I'm in love with the Toga White on m '69.
-jeffrey
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Oldnslow
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Location: Idaho
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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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Fifty-Eight Rag
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