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PRE-73CLASSICS Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2008 Posts: 41 Location: LEWES ENGLAND
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:12 am Post subject: Let's see your Coral Bugs |
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lets see all those coral red bugs my 59 is going coral red one of the best colours out there happy christmas to all and a happy new year |
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NOTAHONDA Vegas Don
Joined: September 30, 2006 Posts: 1410 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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my65rhd Samba Member
Joined: March 11, 2003 Posts: 1212
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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PRE-73CLASSICS Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2008 Posts: 41 Location: LEWES ENGLAND
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:52 am Post subject: corals |
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love ther cars can't wait to get mine finished 59 euro rag top |
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Steve. Stinger Specialist
Joined: August 05, 2003 Posts: 1086 Location: Monterey Park, So. Cal
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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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JOHN C. GFK'S
My fav color! _________________ '64 Java
'66 Deluxe
Wanted! East LA Atlantic VW license plate frame! |
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:39 am Post subject: |
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to the top...difficult to beat a Coral Red oval
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vwrabbitjunkie Samba Member
Joined: October 01, 2006 Posts: 112 Location: Gilbert, AZ
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:49 am Post subject: |
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my old oval, the day I sold it
_________________ You either love the utilitarian approach the VW engineers had in the earlier days, or you don't. If you don't. . . buy a Honda. |
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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^Perfect. Was it the original sunroof cover? All original paint? Any more pictures?
I have uploaded the picture to The Samba's Gallery so we don't lose the link.
Here's an Aussie one that was on Ebay a while back. Euro bumpers, semaphores. Unusual red (with black piping) door panels and seats. Usually you see grey or beige. The red interior may be an Aussie only thing?
Coral Red was used on Ovals from April 1956 to July 1957 (16 months) and 1958 model big windows (August 1957 to July 1958). _________________ -StockRocks- |
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vwrabbitjunkie Samba Member
Joined: October 01, 2006 Posts: 112 Location: Gilbert, AZ
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 6:21 am Post subject: |
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The top was a TMI replacement. It was the OG paint. It was white when I got it. I wet sanded it back to the OG Coral.
I also made a 1:18 replica of it.
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:27 am Post subject: |
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Top job!
I see there is a picture of in the Gallery from the 2009 Copperstate show.
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vwsonmybrain Samba Member
Joined: March 21, 2007 Posts: 702 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:14 am Post subject: |
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My '57
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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Blimey, another sweet one. Clean, straight, original looking
Is it original paint?
Background story?
Do you have any interior pics? _________________ -StockRocks- |
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vwsonmybrain Samba Member
Joined: March 21, 2007 Posts: 702 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:47 am Post subject: |
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RockStock wrote: |
Blimey, another sweet one. Clean, straight, original looking
Is it original paint?
Background story?
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Thanks! Probably about 80% original paint. Had to do some blending and some repaint on a few removables.
This one pretty much followed me home one day while driving home from work in another 57 I had...or at least the previous owner did. He was another VW nut and we kept in touch and became friends. I had to sell the oval I had and ended up buying this one from him. It had been off the road since the early 90's. He got it from his father, who, if I remember the timeline correctly, got it from Billy May, a big-band trumpet player and composer, who was a friend of the family. (I'm sure I'm butchering the story a bit, but I think that's the jist of it.)
I don't have any good current interior photos other than the dash at the moment, but it's not too much to look at...missing headliner, torn seats, etc. But It's all original paint in the interior and came with the original door panels and floor mats. Really dry car. Here's a photo of what it looked like when I first got it. I had to peal away the primer and a previous, faded yellow respray:
And a driving pic:
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 10:05 am Post subject: |
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^these boys are showing the way! Great stuff
Anyone like to guess how many Coral Red ovals were at Bad Camberg 2015 at the weekend?
With ovals probably being the most common VW there?
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:15 am Post subject: |
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One. But nice.
Correct wheel colours. Correct fade out running boards. Colour coded sunroof.
How many accessories can you count? I think I get 26 or 27 (not including the seat throws or sunroof)
Update: Cheeky hot motor in there too
More accessories! Loaded _________________ -StockRocks-
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:42 pm Post subject: Carlos Sanchez's Oval |
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Revamped GFK Coral Red Oval about to appear on the cover of the next Airmighty (19)?
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Deeds Samba Member
Joined: September 12, 2012 Posts: 4 Location: France
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Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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It's a coral red 57, not og paint. She has been resprayed a little darker than the l357. |
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Patty B. Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2005 Posts: 2181 Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:44 am Post subject: |
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I love coral best on bugs but just look at the georgeous colours of the cars in this era seen in this pic--just beautiful!
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:22 am Post subject: Carlos Sanchez's Oval |
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:28 am Post subject: Thomas' Oval |
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Another sweet sunroof...from Sweden
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