1960 Postal Yellow Double cab find

[GLHTurbo]

decals suck! lol

What stripper are you using? Looks like it's doing a great job.
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1957 Beetle
1966 Bus

[ronjonlasvegas]

[Cuñado Wear]

keep the pictures coming. great job! Can't wait to see this in person one day.

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[GLHTurbo]

[Wolfsburg Classics]

Super cool find, liking the Postal Yellow as a fresh change on a D, and a seamed gate at that..uber cool.

Lovin' the 544 M code.

[aa390392]

Back in the 70's I had DC with Olive drab, military green, unfortunately I sold it
Didn't mean to hijack just wanted to share.
Lucky you, great score
Thomas
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getting grumpy & less tolerant!


55 ragtop
56 delux sedan
56 Kabriolet

[Malokin Martin]

Monster paint/logo/model combination. I remember someone here protected their logos with tape while pulling the paint down to the OG color

[ronjonlasvegas]

[andre b]

cool bus..what do the logos read?

[ronjonlasvegas]

The only logo I have uncovered so far reads SIGNS. The one on the rear gate says something else, but I need to strip some of the grey off to read it. I think this truck was owned by a sign painter as in addition to the SIGNS, it also had "Decals Suck" painted just behind the third door. It has another spot on the top of the passenger gate where it says Orange A Boom, I am not sure what that means. Maybe that was the owners nickname? It has been in Las Vegas, NV a really long time so maybe that was a sign painter here 30 years ago? I will try to ask around and see if anyone remembers it.
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September 1964 Standard Sunroof walk through SWR/BG original paint.

[andre b]

[ronjonlasvegas]

Yes,

The logos came later in the life of this truck. It was originally postal yellow and had a repaint in another darker shade of yellow, then it was painted red and then finally grey. It is a real grey, not a primer. It looks like the sign writing was over the grey. It was probably sold by the painter and someone else painted another coat of grey over the sign writing before I got it. Between each layer of paint was a layer of primer.
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September 1964 Standard Sunroof walk through SWR/BG original paint.

[SamboSamba22]

I must admit, I'm not a huge fan of the yellow, but for the Double Cab, I think it will look nice. It's good to be different, and also to know that people knew of more than Dove Blue with Volkswagen in regards to buses and trucks.
Thanks for the tip on the Citrus Strip, I'll give it a try.
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The Bus Barn Ltd. Co.

Oct. ’67 Double Cab (’68 Crew Cab)
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March '69 Delivery (Panel Bus)
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[cru62]

I buy Citri-strip at Walmart by the gallon. It is usually cheaper than Home Depot.
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Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.

Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery!

[ronjonlasvegas]

Thanks for the tip on the stripper.

Signs, signs everywhere are signs.

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September 1964 Standard Sunroof walk through SWR/BG original paint.

[ronjonlasvegas]

Rear Gate before I stripped the first layer of paint off.

Rear Gate after I stripped the first layer of paint off. You can see the yellow dots of original paint under where the rubber gate bumpers were. Yes someone cuts out holes for the tail lights.

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September 1964 Standard Sunroof walk through SWR/BG original paint.

[62DoKaGuy]

That tailgate before picture tells the tale (see what I did there) of how I feel when people draft behind me in my double cab...

The effort you're putting into uncovering the layers is admirable - you are patient!
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[ronjonlasvegas]

[zuggbug]

Wow, hard work pays off
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