[T3] Paint

David Hall dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk
Wed Jan 20 17:05:21 PST 2021


That’s Alaska blue metallic, and is a ‘73 colour.   Code is L 96B.  VW produced several metallic colours that year, including the silver like Keith’s!

Dave
UK VW Type 3 and 4 Club. 

> On 21 Jan 2021, at 00:25, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Yea, that kinda sorta looked like a metallic.
> T3 never had a true metallic blue stock...
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
> Topnotch Restorations
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
> http://www.topnotchresto.com
> 71 Squareback  “Hothe”
> 65 Notchback  “El Baja Rojo”
> 93 RX7  “Redstur”
> 13 Subaru Outback "Blendin"
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org <type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org> On Behalf Of Phil Hof
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 4:36 PM
> To: type3-vwtype3.org at lists.vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Paint
> 
> I replied in your Samba thread, though I couldn t find the color identified specifically.
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=749013 <https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=749013>
> Looks like TheDDB is long gone, maybe not a bad thing, judging from the seller feedback.
> Good that you are getting a sample, because the metallic variations will be huge and a color match isn t enough to truly match.  It also lets you see it in many types of lighting.
> -Phil
> 
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:16:12 -0700
>> From: Max Welton <max.welton.2k at gmail.com>
>> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
>> Subject: [T3] Paint
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>> I found a picture of a car in thesamba gallery and I'm trying to 
>> figure out the color so I can use it on my 67 fasty.
>> 
>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=94311
>> 
>> The poster was TheDDB and has not logged on since 2009. Can anyone 
>> help with what that color might be or is there a way to contact 
>> TheDDB?
>> 
>> Max
>> 
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