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Yellow Rabbit
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 Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:51 pm Post subject: Beige Vanagon appreciation thread |
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I got this idea from another thread. Beige is definitely a love it or hate it color. Let's see them. I'll start.
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climber2377
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i think i would consider my 84 named Wilson to be beige. sure is better than that turd/diarrhea brownish orange color that is out there.
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NxNWesty
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I love my beige!
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Stevie Ray Van
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: Beige Vanagon appreciation thread |
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| Yellow Rabbit wrote: |
I got this idea from another thread. Beige is definitely a love it or hate it color. Let's see them. I'll start.
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That is a good looking' machine there. I would own that in a heartbeat. 
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photogdave
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shadetreetim
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: Beige Vanagon appreciation thread |
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| Yellow Rabbit wrote: |
I got this idea from another thread. Beige is definitely a love it or hate it color. Let's see them. I'll start.
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My wife and I have always called this "old man tan". Beige by any other name is still pretty when it's displayed like this.  Although I must admit if I could pick any color it would probably be the Assuan Brown.
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climber2377
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Meet Wilson if you haven't already. He has been very good to us on this adventure, our first. NY-FL with stops in VA, TN, and NC. one photo is in FL and the other is at Watauga Lake in TN.
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climber2377
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i think the color of Wilson is called Damuso White... i have to check the paint code though.
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Farfrumwork
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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Nevada Beige
In its element.
Love it!
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BitterBeerFace
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Damn right!
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Zeitgeist 13
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Damn right!
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This one originally looked exactly like that...same year, color, wheel covers and everything
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dhaavers
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Damn right!
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Hmmmm...new set of CLK's since your run around the big lake? Looking good!
- Dave
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BitterBeerFace
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Nope, nothing changed... well, actually, RA08s have changed since then... Might've washed it before the photo...
And my van has hauled ladders, lumber, t-posts... but never on the outside like that! You'll never find me going to town on my van with a sawzall... well, ok, maybe for a minor mod 
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hans j
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Savannah Beige Metallic (LH1V) in it's natural habitat.
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Terry Kay
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On a car lot the name of the color is "No Sale Beige"
With a nice set of wheels, and a little fluffing and buffing the color of sand can be made to look nice--
I myself had a new 76 Monte Carlo the same color as the last westy pictured with a half white vinyl & top white interior.
You get used to it after awhile --
It's OK
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Terry
Some how I can picture you in a Monte Carlo with a few Vacuums in the back seat and Stainless pipes sticking out of the trunk and a "High Lift" style jack bolted to the front bumper .
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photogdave
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ithinkso
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Fellow beige owner here. I didn't like the color of mine when I bought it but had a change of heart. One day I was climbing in Joshua Tree and noticed the van parked in the distance. I thought to myself, "Hey that van looks nice in the desert." 
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82WestyMan
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Here's my Westy
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