Correct interior colors for Azure Blue car

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Bringing this to the top.
I'm trying to research the correct colors for a 52 Azure blue deluxe zwitter.
Looking through the gallery and searching posts there are lots of things that may not be correct/ original.
Shifter knob/ door handle knob/ dash knobs
Steering wheel and tube
Shifter and base
What I have gathered is that a deluxe zwitter would have had L71 with ivory knobs, unless it's Azure blue. In which case it would have grey. But of course there are conflicting pictures and info..
Any help is appreciated.
SD
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so, what color does this steering wheel appear to be?

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I've been doing a bit of digging trying to figure some of these interior colors out, and it seems there are a lot of inconsistencies in what I find. I've edited this to delete my previous post that wasn't very clear.
I did ask Marcus (beetlekey) what he knew about the paint color for an Azure zwitter, and he said the VW color was very close to RAL 7036 which is platinum grey. Still, I'm curious to figure out what was on this car, so I've kept looking.
I've read that L71 and L278 were used as interior colors up until mid 1953, but not for the Azure cars. I've also been told that Azure car interior paint was L275 or L278. The 1959 VW lacquer book shows that L275 light beige was supposedly used from 1/54 to 2/55 so maybe not, but the color looks right (very grey depending on the lighting).
https://karmannghia.org/paint_chips/start_6.gif
Sadly, the book doesn't list L278 as the later updates have been lost. I cannot find a good chip or color picture of L278 grey beige anywhere.
The original column tube for my 52 zwitter was spray painted and then blasted bare, but a little of the original paint remained on top and under the rubber grommet

Here it is compared to the steering tube that came from a 55 I parted out, looks to be possibly the same color. Based on this I think it's possible the steering tube on my car may have been painted the same color as found in a later 54/55 car, the L275 light beige.
https://karmannghia.org/paint_chips/laq_8.gif
It also looks close to L75 light beige (hell beige)
https://karmannghia.org/paint_chips/laq_4.gif
but that's a type 2 bus color, according to the book.
https://karmannghia.org/paint_chips/start_4.gif
I contacted Temple paints in Cali, and they have the match for L275 in a spray can, and sent me several pictures of it sprayed out under different light, and it looks like it could be a match, so I ordered a can.
In the meantime, while I was checking out some paints at the local Sikkens dealer, their paint chard showed a Cessna beige that looked close to my steering tube, so I bought a pint. Looked ok in some light

but it's too beige and not enough grey under a cool light

Close, but not right. The paint shop said more red tint would get it close, but I'll wait for the paint from Temple before going further.
Also, in emailing / Facebook/ instagram I have messaged several owners, and it seems that many have a beige steering tube and wheel, with grey seat frames and shifter, but there are a few with grey steering wheel, or steering wheel and tube also. I guess there's no way to know if parts were swapped over the years, or perhaps interior colors were inconsistent during zwitter production.
FWIW, the 1959 paint book can be found here, it's a great reference.
https://karmannghia.org/paint_chips.html
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modok wrote:
Bent cranks are silent but gather no moss. I mean, ah, something like that.

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So it's been three years since I last visited this subject.. and I was pretty frustrated then. There was a lot of conflicting info out there on what would be the correct color for the seat frames, steering tube, and steering wheel (for an Azure blue zwitter)
I am fairly certain now that the correct color is L278 grey beige, but details of that color are lost. I have been getting closer with a match, and am close to spraying the seat frames.
But then this morning I got this page from Nico Kennis

Can anyone help with translations? I'm thinking it may help with some of the details..
Thanks
SD
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modok wrote:
Bent cranks are silent but gather no moss. I mean, ah, something like that.

[finster]

nothing there relating to seat frame colours

the first four in the left column are relating to the exterior paint and the various types nitro cellulose through to air drying synthetic resin. then the rest are relating to interior materials:-
teppichstoff = carpet
polsterstoff = upholstery material
unterstoff = lining material
verdeckstoff = sunroof/cabrio roof material
kunstleder = vinyl upholstery
unterstoff bei kunstleder = vinyl lining material
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Google Translate has an image translator too:
https://translate.google.com/

Click Images at the top of the screen there
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hellbeige = heat beige not bad, translation tools have humor

hellbeige = light beige

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This latest source gives a color for the convertible top. How do we know that this particular page applies to sedans as well? I've seen convertible color combos quoted separately from those of sedans, and yes, there are some differences in an open car.
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fyi, android phones can have a translation app for images. just point camera at the picture and it translates it on the screen. works pretty good.

I used it once when i switched my windows computer over to hebrew to test a unicode font printer. I had a hell of a time to switch the language back to something i could read...

but the phone app got me there.
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