VW 181 Facts & Figures

Paint codes

The paint code tag for VW 181s built in Mexico was a paper tag stuck on the body in front of the well near where the jack is stored.
In the table below all colours are sorted by paint code.

Name	Paint code (Sales Code)	VW part no.	Year(s)	Note
Steppe Beige	L10F (D2)	LKL010F00	Europe '75 (at least)	with black or fitchew grey (possibly also olive?) interior and top
Canary Yellow	L11E	LKL011E00	183 2346 525 up	with black interior and top
Sunshine Yellow	-,,-	-,,-	Thing 73, 74	-,,-
Lemon Yellow	? (D6)		Europe '75 (at least)	-,,-
Coral Orange	L22G	LKL022G00	187 2000 001 to 188 2032 030	with black or fitchew grey interior and top
Salmon Red	L30F (G4)	LKL030F00	up to 186 2115 959	with black or fitchew grey interior and top
Pumpkin Orange	-,,-	-,,-	Thing 73, 74	-,,-
Flamingo Red	L35G	LKL035G00	188 2032 031 up	with black or fitchew grey interior and top
Caribbean Blue	L41G	LKL041G00	187 2000 001 to 188 2032 030	with black or fitchew grey interior and top
Patzcuaro Blue	-,,-	-,,-	188 2032 031 up	-,,-
Pacific Blue	L55F/G (J7)		183 2000 001 up	with black or fitchew grey interior and top
Delft Blue	L55Z	LKL055Z00	Acapulco only	colour never confirmed by VW, thought to be correct
Malinche or Malintzin Blue	L57G (K9)		186 2000 001 up (Europe '75 also?)	with black or grey interior and top
Ivy Green	L60F	LKL060F00	up to 185 2248 015	known in France as Vert Lierre (M6) with black or fitchew grey interior and top
Avocado Green	-,,-	-,,-	Thing 74	-,,-
Tepetl Green	L67G (M9)	LKL067G00	186 2000 001 up (Europe '75 also?)	with black or fitchew grey interior and top
Cream White	L90C	LKL090H00	183 2000 001 up	with black or fitchew grey interior and top
-,,-	-,,-	-,,-	Acapulco	with blue/white striped interior and top
Blizzard White	-,,-	-,,-	Thing 73, 74	with black interior and top
Toga White	L90H	LKL090H00	up to 182 2000 001	with black or fitchew grey interior and top
Chrome	L91		up to 182 3200 000	wheel colour
Aluminium Grey	L97U		183 2000 000 up	wheel colour
Olive Green	L319 (N3)	LKL319000	all	with olive green interior and top military spec. vehicles (M63) also with olive wheels (M165)
Green	L510	LKL510000		used on German border guard VW 181s (M142)
Grey/Black	LD43		all	interior trim: seat frames, gearshift, handbrake, steering column

VW Mexico lists a total of 19 different colour names for production 1972-1980. With duplicates eliminated, total is 11 different colours.

Source: French sales brochure on the Volkswagen 181 Home Page - Belgium; Ken Crimmins (things-digest V1 #373); Ian David Harrison (e-mail of 97-05-02); Bob Miller (VW Thing mailing list digest 9.23.96 and e-mail 98-05-06, 98-06-07); Mike Woodhouse (e-mail 19-02-1999).

For details about the German Army camouflage scheme for the VW 181, follow this link.

Links

The formula for VW colour code L319 Olive Green (Olivgrün matt) is available from GLASURIT's paintline 22 and 81 - see their online database.

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Last update: 15-11-1999