Re: [T3] my newest toy...

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@type4.org>]

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On May 15, 2005, at 05:09, Jim Adney wrote:

> On 14 May 2005 at 15:47, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
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> > It's also called Marinogelb in the german sales program I have from
> > 1974. The name "Chrome Yellow" seems to be a US marketing thing -
> > wonder why :)
>
> Not that VWoA wasn't above such things, but the little stickers  
> with the color
> names and numbers were affixed at the factory.

Yeah, those stickers are from the factory, and I suppose they didn't  
want to buy a different sticker just for US-spec cars...  Still  
wondering what the thinking was. Maybe they thought Americans would  
get confused because they had a Marina Blue on some other cars of  
that period? ;)

jens

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