Biege interior paint colour/code (Danbury/Factory)?

Hi All,

Don't suppose anyone knows what the colour name or code is for the biege colour paint applied to the inner rear posts, window surrounds, floor etc of my Danbury camper?

It's a 72 crossover, Neptune blue on the outside and inside at the front back to the B posts and seat bulkhead panels, however the rear has been overpainted with a flat/satin biege colour and I'm certain this was done from new - either by the factory or by Danbury as part of the conversion?

If there is no official info on this has anyone ever found a close match?

Cheers :wink:

L275 Light Beige was painted in cargo area of kombi / panel vans at the (VW) factory. It is a satin looking finish.

I was trying to find out something similar for my Dormobile interior colour (with no luck so far) mines a satin light grey which at first I thought was VW applied, but further investigation has revealed that ther is beige underneath the grey. The Transporter Spec book is where I confirmed that this beige is L275.

Hope this helps, maybe a Danbury expert will come up with the colour

Good Luck

FS 8)

Hi FS,

Thanks very much for the info as I really wasn't sure were to find this out!

Much appreciated

Dan

Hi All,

Just found the following on TheSamba which lists two possible colours for the interior cargo area - confirming Light Biege - L275 as mentioned by Fortunate Son (thanks) and also Ivory - L567.

Pretty sure mine is the Light Biege, but for any of you that haven't seen the info on The Samba, it is well worth a look.

August 1968 up to July 1970
From Ch. N. 219 000 001 to 210 2300 000
Load compartment interior: L 275 light beige, Mod. 271, 274: L 567 ivory
Wheel disc, rim: L 581 cloud white; Hub cap: L 70 X grey silver; Bumpers: L 581 cloud white, Mod. 271, 274: L 567 ivory
Steering column tube, gearshift and hand brake lever: L 41 black; Seat frame: LD 43 grey black

August 1970 from Ch. N. 211 2000 001
Load compartment interior Mod. 211-216, 231-235, 261-268: L 275 light beige; Mod. 271, 274: L567 ivory
Wheel disc: L 91 chrome color; Hub cap: L 91 chrome color; Bumpers: L 90 D pastel white
Steering column tube, gearshift and hand brake lever: L 41 black; Seat frame: LD 43 grey black

Hello Dan

I've dug my book out, and I can only find the one colour at the momment, and that agrees with what Fortunate Son says, L275 Light Beige.

I think I remember seeing a pic of your van's interior at some stage, and it did remind me of my folks' bus, which was also a crossover Danbury.

Here is an interior pic I took of my folks' van, which we had from new. Not very good quality I'm afraid, as it was taken 20 years ago, just before we sold it!



Doug

Hi Doug,

Thanks very much for checking and the picture is great too..... reminds me of exactly how mine was when I first bought it!

Pretty sure that the interior paint colour of mine is L275 Light Biege... although the next challenge now is to try an find details of the mixing formular so that I can get some made up.

I checked on the Glasurit website but no luck!

Does anyone know this or where it might be listed? :?

Many thanks!

Found this off a thread on the samba

L275 Light Beige, Light Brown, or Lichtbeige:
VW - L275 1950-1955
LICHTBEIGE AD2224

22-275 Date: 15.03.00 PG: I

M+A Farben 200 g 0,3 l 0,5 l 1 l 1,5 l

M0 21,2 35,7 59,5 119,0 178,5
M60 66,0 146,8 244,7 489,3 734,0
M5 28,3 194,4 324,1 648,1 972,2
M974 11,5 213,8 356,4 712,6 1069,0
M6 3,0 218,8 364,8 729,4 1094,2
522-322 70,0 336,7 561,1 1122,3 1683,4



Thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55345&highlight=l275+light+beige

Hope this helps

FS 8)

Excellent.... thanks FS.

Just to wrap this up.
I recently spoke with the guys at the following company http://www.martinbrownpaints.net. They were very helpful and when I explained that I needed L275 Light Beige but in a satin finish, they did some investigations and told me that they would do their best to get as close as possible colour match and mix some up. I received a couple aerosols earlier this week and tested them on an inconspicuous area and once dried the match was perfect.

So L275 it is... and now I have some to refresh a few worn areas/edges.... excellent!