Colour code CLR719 Wattle

Inski

Looking for photos and 240 series examples with this colour in original condition. Only see weathered and faded examples.

arebee

Hi Inski,

Another way to get a look at it would be to purchase a can from https://varietypaints.com.au/products/d13971-clr719-wattle-vw-acrylic-touch-up-paint-300-grams

CLR 719 Wattle was a Dulux colour code used on Australian assembled cars in Victoria (if I recall correctly). The cars assembled there included VW, Volvo, and I think also Datsun, probably others as well. The point being, that the cars assembled under this roof often shared the exact same paint codes. This should enable you to get a real proper look at it. As far as I know, the colour was used on VW's around 1972 / 1973.

Good luck with it.

Major Ledfoot

@OldnDecrepit's Viktoria is Wattle, I believe. Pix in his thread.

https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/7280/introducing-viktoria-1974-volvo-164e/p1

OldnDecrepit

It's going to be hard to find examples that aren't weathered or faded as it was only used in the 1970s. I took the rear bumper off at one stage and took a picture of the paint hidden from view. You can see how much fading there is. But even this does not tell the full story as I have purchased cans of CLR 719 and the colour is brighter still. I am going to paint the front spoiler at some stage so I will post pictures of that.