James: I found the name I was looking for: Eliot Vancil and he lives in Midlothian. I am pretty sure he is the one that owns the original paint 55 23 window that was in the Ft Worth show. Might be worth looking him up and looking at his bus. It is origianal paint. --- On Wed, 12/2/09, James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Re: 23 window paint To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 2:18 PM Cool! I thought the red up into the white looked ridiculous and didn't want to do it that way. Thanks again Sammie. James --- On Wed, 12/2/09, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Re: 23 window paint To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 2:14 PM James: Looked in my David Eccles book, VW Transporter and Microbus, and there are about 4 photos in there that show what is shown on the samba ad that I linked. A couple of these photos appear to be original factory photos and are not real clear, but look like they are showing the same thing. Sammie --- On Wed, 12/2/09, James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Re: 23 window paint To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 1:53 PM Nice Bus. Thanks Sammie, this Bus looks like the majority of the ones I have been looking at. I'm pretty sure it's correct. Notice the inside of the door frames are white above the belt trim: http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/2917081.jpg That's what was throwing me off on that one from Lenny (still haven't heard back from him yet). As far as I can tell there is no definitive source to verify where the paint starts and stops. --- On Wed, 12/2/09, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] 23 window paint To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 1:18 PM James: Have no idea if they did it correctly or not; but here is a 59 23 that might give you some ideas on your paint questions. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=872108