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PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 4:50 pm    Post subject: 61 pearl white. Reply with quote

Please post few pics of ur pearl white including inside as I go on with my 61 restoration. I want to make sure I have correct colors. Thanks!
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I found this in the "readers rides" section. It may help.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=432970&highlight=pearl+white
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks still I need pics of inside
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

April 1961 ragtop pearl white, repainted steering wheel after I bought it in 1987, after market seat covers, side carpets with wrong heat outlets

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

alex857 wrote:
April 1961 ragtop pearl white, repainted steering wheel after I bought it in 1987, after market seat covers, side carpets with wrong heat outlets

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What color is the carpet? Any more pics of the inside? I am still confused about the seat cover because they are leather. I am seeing some cloth seat covers?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey, the carpet is beige (light brown) and (with the exception of the heat outlets) supposed to be the original color and material. The seat covers are cloth but not original. For upholstery look here:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/paintcodestype1.php
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

one more

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks! Headliner is silver beige? The rear luggage area carpeting is same biege color?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yes headliner silver beige cloth (Oppermann); rear luggage compartment beige carpet, same as in the front area.
Note that the emergency flash switch and the ignition lock are not original either, but had to be installed due to German law.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks good!
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for your help. I wonder when you said wrong heater outlet. What does an original outlet looks like on the 61?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

'61s did not have sliding covers over the footwell heater vents.

Original leatherette seat covers for U.S.-market, L87 '61s were silver beige with heat-formed pleats.

The hardest interior part to find (if you don't have them) will be the kick panels under the rear seat. They don't have the heater vents and the color (brownish gray) is a close match to the carpet. I don't believe these are being repro'd.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

the holes for the heat outlets in the carpets are originally kind of oval and have a plastic rim. It is correct that they donīt have a sliding cover.

The description of the kick panels is also correct (no heat outlet), but I would describe the colour as grey-greenish...
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 12:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Luckily I do have the kick panels. I see I guess ill have to try to find same fabric for just that area with heater outlet and make a hole just like the original. Plastic rim, that is chromed correct? Could split bug be simliar since the heater outlet isnt square shaped?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

'61-'68 used the same style plastic grommet around the footwell heater outlet and the color should match the floor mats.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I meant to dig this up a few days ago and got sidetracked. This was a customer's car of the shop I used to work at - some stuff like carpet and headliner had been redone, but the door panels and steering wheel/column I think were all still original.

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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2013 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello,

I'm new here and own a total original pearlwhite beetle with sunroof from June 1961. All paint, carpets and cloths are original.

This is the right cloth for the seat covers:

http://www.steufmehl.com/product_info.php?info=p659_Sitzstoff.html

The right headliner is "beige" from oppermann.

The right carpet is not the one, showed by alex857, it has to be darker, you'll get it at the same address as the cloth for the seats. When I have the time, I'll take photos. Do you need photos from special corners?

Can someone tell me a good address, where to get a very good white sunroof cover in vinyl as original, without the sewed edges?

Nico (Germany)
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