Moving on up!!- My GLD has arrived

[Whubbsie]

anyone got a brochure from '79 that will solve it.... guess she's just plain old red for now.

[Retired]

You should have a paint code sticker on the boot floor. It will be under the false floor on the passanger side.

[gtimk5]

I had a mint 78 model years ago that was Mars red.
I will have to dig out my brochures.

[Whubbsie]

You should have a paint code sticker on the boot floor. It will be under the false floor on the passanger side.

checked last night didn't find anything will look again and email the seller to see if they know.

[Whubbsie]

what that saying... "assumption is the mother of all **** ups"

emailed the seller she wasn't much help on confirming what colour the car is and wasn't sure if the car had been resprayed or not, I'm guessing since it doesn't really look like any standard colour and the sticker which would tell me what colour it is is gone it probably was at one stage.

On top of that after washing it last night before putting it under wraps I found 4-5 more rust spots

any obvious tell tale signs I can look for that will give away a respray?

[DubSteve]

Tear up the carpets and have a look at the difference should be well noticable I think!

[Jarred]

Tear up the carpets and have a look at the difference should be well noticable I think!

yea undercarpets is a good un. also under the door cards too [a bit easier to do]

[Retired]

agree with both, also, take the rear cards in the boot off and have a look inside

[XXX-1.8T]

im still going with Mars red but has changed colour due to the Aussie sun

[XXX-1.8T]

bingo!

these should be pinned:

For Aussie Mk1's:

http://www.clubvw.org.au/colour_identification.htm

For Imported Mk1's

http://www.doppel-wobber.de/wbb2/golf_info.php?id=56

loks like its Mars Rot