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On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 21:30, Terry Cost wrote: > Howdy all. > I've noticed that the earlier model T3's seem to have bluish-gray > painted engine tin, and later ones have black. When did the color change? I > kind of like the gray color, when I get to the point where I'm ready to put > in a new engine, I'm thinking about painting it that color. Where can I > score that particular shade? > > They were all painted semi-gloss black originally. It is just that the older they are, the more the paint dulls. I think that is what you are seeing. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org