jeremyw - 6/29/2010 11:44 AM

....PS--Since some of the colors on Harald's page are a bit visually different from the colors in real life(ie Agave Green), would anyone be interested in a compilation of "real life" colors to compliment Harald's color charts---like is done on the VW page? If so, I'd be happy to compile this data/pictures to act as a reference guide for future W460'ers. I think there's enough of us w/ different colors to get a good start on pictures of colors in real life....

hipine - 6/30/2010 7:22 PM



To twist a hollywood movie phrase, "If you compile it, they will use it."

That sounds like a great resource to have. Maybe start by pulling together what you have at hand, or can easily get, and then see if others have more to add.

Welcome aboard, man!

-Dave G.

jeremyw - 6/30/2010 11:34 PM

...Do you have a good pic of your G before the two-tone that I could use perhaps?

hipine - 7/1/2010 9:50 AM



You're not even allowed to refer to my G and the word "original" in the same sentance.

Mine was originally red, but I don't think even any of the red that's there now is original. The silver was put on by the first owner in Saudi Arabia. The second owner had it pretty completely retsored some time in the mid 90s when it got all new red and silver paint. And now it's such a horrible hodge podge that I wouldn't really know where to get a picture of "original" paint. I might be able to find a piece of the floor under the center console that I could clean up or something.

Taking pictures of paint is a real challenge though. The camera manufacturers have so many tweaks built in to how they render colors, just to try and get you to buy their camera, that you never know what you'll really get.

I'll try to help if I can, but I'd think the way to go would be facotry brochures scanned under controlled conditions. If you think a picture would be helpful, I can take one though. I have to admit I never looked at the VW site so I'm not sure what you're trying to duplicate. I should have a look at that I guess. But at any rate, let me know if a pic would be helpful and I'll try to get one.

-Dave G.

needamerc - 7/1/2010 1:53 PM

Jeremy.

I am happy to supply photos of old and new/correct paints. Including Agave Green, Carmine Red, Astral Silver Metallic and more.

Also non-G, like DB040 Black, DB158 Weissgrau.

Just need as easy way to upload please.

Regards.

Eddie.

DUTCH - 7/1/2010 2:25 PM

I have the original color chart from when I ordered my 280GE in early 1984. I'd be happy to scan it for you in 24 bit TrueColor RGB.

There were five (5) standard colors, eight (8) optional non-metallic colors and four (4) optional metallic colors. PM me an email; and I'll send the scans.

hus55 - 7/14/2010 11:41 PM

brilliant idea jeremy, should add pics here or to your pm so you can compile?

hipine - 7/15/2010 9:21 AM

Nice work! Really cool. I think it's one of those things where you had a vision and knuckleheads like me really couldn't comprehend what it meant and so when you asked if we'd like it, you just got the internet equivalent of slack jawed drooling idiots (at least me anyway). Thanks for showing the example. Super cool.

The ones I really like are the factory brochure pictures of the trucks with the various striping and graphics they featured. Some of them were really interesting from that era when Disco was dead, but designers didn't really know where they wanted to go from there. I might have some scanned images of one of those brochures around.

-Dave G.

hipine - 7/15/2010 11:41 AM

Well you brought back some memories there. When I was in college a buddy had one of those rabbit pickups for a while. Our best memory of it was probably deciding one evening around dusk that we needed to drive from our fraternity house in Flushing, MI to the tip of "the thumb" - of Michigan's "mitten" shape. It was a great trip and we had some good memories of trying to keep that truck together. Jeff was the best man in my wedding and the little rabbit pickup was part of forging the bond between us that survives across a lot of miles, even today. A Scirocco, Merkur, CL350 Honda, 71 Firebird, and '78 Impala figured prominently in there along the way too. Good stuff. I'll see if I can dig up those brochure scans. I might have to mail you the CDs if the files are big. But at any rate, I'm sure I can find them.

-Dave G.

PS - My wife taught her best friend to drive on a rabbit diesel too. My neighbor has one of his beetles for sale in his yard right now. Everybody's life has been touched by a Volkswagen, I think. Maybe there's an ad campaign in there somewhere. Or there would have been in the '70s. Now-days it seems to be more about making people think their cars can pump up their ego to believe they're better than someone else. :)