Factory two tone paint

[John Miller]

I'm doing some research getting ready to have some paint put down and while looking for factory paint codes in the Technical Section I ran across this:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/68ghia/back.jpg

If I'm reading it correctly a factory two tone roof option was an option in '68. Since my wife's car is Cherry Red the color option would be Albatross White? I looked in the Gallery and was able to find one '68 with a factory optioned roof and it was black. Am I reading this wrong?

Also I see no paint code for Albatross, any help there?
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The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle

[snookerdude]

my 68 is red with a white top. it is not however a factory option. i'm the second owner and the po gave me the original invoice. the roof was painted by the dealer for $17. i've never authenticated a "factory" two tone paint job although back in the 70's i saw several blue with white top ghias that i liked a lot; even took a test drive in one that i decided i couldn't really afford.

[John Miller]

Since it's in a sales brochure I'm thinking a dealer add-on.

Any chance of getting close up pics of the color breaks?
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The 68 Ghia
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[wolfgang klinkert]

Hello John,

do you know already this colour-listing for Karmann Ghias


http://www.karmann-ghia-archiv.de/farbarchiv.htm

Cherry-Red (German = kirschrot) with an Albatros White roof was available from August 1967 until July 1968
A BLACK (German = schwarz) roof was available for Cherry-Red from August 1968 until July 1969
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With cordial "Karmann Ghia"-greetings from Germany
(O = i = O) ~~~ Wolfgang Klinkert ~~~ (O = i = O)
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[John Miller]

Wolfgang,

I wasn't aware of that. Thank you so much for posting it.

Regards
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The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle

[jyrie]

Ssoy to hijack, but the kirschrot colour, i cant find it from the modern day colour catalogs, were did you get that paint?
What brand? Dupont?
I would like to know where to get the mixing code nowadays to get that tone... Othervise would be better to get a different colour that i could find, but i just got to get the original paint to this 'vert of mine. Can you help me? Thanks. Jyri

[John Miller]

My local place carries PPG brand paint. The PPG code is "71511". Any other paint mfg. should be able to cross reference.

Here is a good site to bookmark:
http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/
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The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle

[jnr356]

mine was original 2 tone from factory as described on birth certificate,although the blue paint was over the black later on.
i took the car back to all black,but took these pics in case i ever wanted the white roof again

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[John Miller]

Great documentation. Thanks for posting it.
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[c21darrel]

Ditto^^ thanks for the outside and interior pics!