I inherited a 1966 beetle and am about to start a resto. Unfortunately the chassis plate is missing (rusted away). The car was assembled in South Africa at the Uitenhage VW plant.
The car is (and has always been) a dove grey with red/white leatherette interior. My problem is as follows. I cannot find this colour in the standard ranges for 1965/66. Its definitely neither L360 (Sea Blue - this is too blue) nor is it L595 (Fontana Grey - this is too light and not blue enough).
The closest I have been able to get is L31 (Pigeon Blue) (see http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/chipdisplay ... en&smodel=) but this is not registered anywhere for 1966 year models.
As the car was manufactured in Germany, then shipped to and assembled in South Africa, shipped to Walvis Bay in South West Africa (now Namibia) and bought there in 1966 it might be an older model, only registered in 1966.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Nicholas
Help with colour code for 1966 resto
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I think you maybe on to something, but are you sure the car has not been repainted?Saffer66 wrote:Could it be that there were different colour sets for exports from Germany to South Africa?
The only way to know for sure is to get the birth certificate from Germany.
http://www.1966vwbeetle.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=41