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Lind Samba Member
Joined: November 06, 2000 Posts: 9905 Location: idaho
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:42 am Post subject: Mouse Grey / Pearl White Buses |
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it seems that a few other color schemes have their own topic, so I think that it is time for mouse grey / pearl white to represent.
this delightful color scheme was introduced in april 1961, and carried on through the end of july 1964. so there are four model years which this color scheme was available, (just like turkis green / blue white). it is an interesting span of years and body styles, from dollar taillight buses all the way up into fat hatch buses.
mouse grey was available on four models (like most of your better two tone color schemes) so you could get a westy, a standard, a deluxe hardtop or a deluxe sunroof in mouse grey pearl white. since the color spanned the '64 model year body change, you could get a 15, a 23, a 13 or a 21 in mouse grey.
'61 mouse grey buses had the earlier style of paint, where the dash was painted the same as the lower body color. so for four months only, the buses had mouse grey dashes. so far, I have only heard of five mouse grey '61 buses, and all of them were european delivered. four tourist delivery buses, and one european market bus. I would sure love to hear or see of some more '61 mouse grey buses.
on the M-code plate, mouse grey/ pearl white is represented by one of the following codes depending on year, model and delivery market:
M GREY
M GRAU
MGR PW
431380
SK1022
523??? (someone with a late mouse grey westy please post up this code)
lets all post some photos of mouse grey buses.
here are a few standards that I have picked up over the last year or two: (all in "as found" condition)
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77ducci Samba Beer Head
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 408 Location: Gathering the Missing Parts
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:00 am Post subject: |
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The code that is on mine: 523717 |
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campingbox Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2000 Posts: 10192 Location: Petaluma, CA
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:14 am Post subject: Re: mouse grey / pearl white buses |
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Lets see some more photos of this one. |
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sled Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6171
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:19 am Post subject: |
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wow that last one is amazing, I want to see some pictures of it cleaned and buffed out
was there ever such a thing as an all mouse bus? a kombi or something? special order? _________________ drive your split. |
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Aaron Samba Luddite
Joined: November 20, 2002 Posts: 1838 Location: WA
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:35 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the post Lind, I'm digging these model/color specific, information based threads. |
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davebuckholts Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2004 Posts: 2173 Location: South GA
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derv Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2005 Posts: 2600 Location: Oak Park (Chicago), IL
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:36 am Post subject: |
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Let me know when the bullet mouse comes up for sale, Lind.
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campingbox Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2000 Posts: 10192 Location: Petaluma, CA
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:38 am Post subject: |
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derv wrote: |
Let me know when the bullet mouse comes up for sale, Lind.
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Lind said at Kelly Park that he "will NEVER sell this bus". I can only recall him saying that about two other busses, the rolled deluxe and his mango bus. |
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derv Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2005 Posts: 2600 Location: Oak Park (Chicago), IL
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:39 am Post subject: |
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everything is for sale, its just working out the timing that is the difficult part. _________________ Jack
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Mr. Hido: To post your bare ass to virtually all hardened bus enthusiasts casts thick, a slag not easily ground smooth. |
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bloovw Samba Member
Joined: April 21, 2007 Posts: 459 Location: Hereford England
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:40 am Post subject: Re: mouse grey / pearl white buses |
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[quote="davebuckholts"]
campingbox wrote: |
Lets see some more photos of this one. |
x3.. |
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Erik G Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2002 Posts: 13247 Location: Tejas!
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Long-roofs Samba Member
Joined: March 20, 2002 Posts: 2295 Location: Millwood, Wa
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:03 am Post subject: |
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'64 original paint before:
Polished up:
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Major Woody Samba Enigma
Joined: December 04, 2002 Posts: 9010 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:17 am Post subject: Re: mouse grey / pearl white buses |
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campingbox wrote: |
Lets see some more photos of this one slammed on earlies! |
Easy now, just kidding... |
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KILLERWATT Samba Member
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69733 Location: Phoenix Metro
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vw7266 Samba Member
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KILLERWATT Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2003 Posts: 3298 Location: Vero Beach
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:57 am Post subject: |
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That's jacked up. |
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Lind Samba Member
Joined: November 06, 2000 Posts: 9905 Location: idaho
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject: Re: mouse grey / pearl white buses |
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campingbox wrote: |
Lets see some more photos of this one. |
I got a chance to hose it off and to start the deskankifying process yesterday.
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crofty Judas of the North
Joined: August 09, 2000 Posts: 19670 Location: Land of Whine and Phonies
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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That was a nice bus.
Starting with the bumper. _________________ Your Vanagon sucks, Stop waving at me.
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tlaama Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2004 Posts: 289 Location: Sarasota ,Florida
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:46 pm Post subject: 62 westy mouse grey pearl white |
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/434529.jpg
I couldn't leave my bus out of this thread. Lind. Odd thing about this color scheme is for a long time I never liked mouse grey pearl white. It just looked boring-no color . But then over time it grew on me now it is my favorite color except mango is a great color too. |
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