What is the original color?

Jay R · Post by **Jay R** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 9:11 pm

I am a little uncertain of the color of my car. I can read the paint code in the truck. Can anyone tell from this pic?

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chinacat · Post by **chinacat** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 8:10 am

Try taking a look behind your dashboard or within your engine compartment. You can usually see what the original color was. You can then link to this page http://www.geocities.com/vwtyp181/181_2-4.htm
to figure out the actual paint code.

BobMiller · Post by **BobMiller** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:12 am

If you car is a 1974 THING, and that is a medium to dark green showing, the original color may have been 60F Avacado.

As chinacat mentioned, look under the dash for some original paint. The paint code was originally on a piece of paper and most, if not all are long gone.

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1966 MANX SR2 (Karma Coachworks), 1974 VW THING

Jay R · Post by **Jay R** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 10:53 am

I was thinking tropical green or cliff green, It is so faded it is hard to tell

BobMiller · Post by **BobMiller** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:45 pm

Avocado green was the only green used on VWofA THING's and it only appeared in 1974. If you want to find out what color your car is now, assuming it wasn't green originally, you only have about 500 different shades of green to go though in the master paint color index.
Good Luck

[This message has been edited by BobMiller (edited 03-12-2003).]