Afraid it doesn't have an m plate as the passenger seat was cut for a swivel chair, we have the vw birth certificate which suggests it should be orient blue and pastel white, but it's just trying to distinguish and make sure we get the "correct" lighter version of the orient blue (it's original colour). And not its current darker colour (which is similar to that of the fiat's orient blue)
I had my van resprayed in Orient Blue about 7 years ago ( see my Avatar ). I have recently had touch up from Halfords quoting only paint code VW quote and it matches fine.....not sure what you mean by early /late Orient Blue.......not seen a mention in paint codes.
Oops, just posted on an old thread...........too much alcohol this evening !! Merry Christmas 2016 lol !
My m-plate reads as reef blue. Other general evidence (ie sales catalogue of buses exported to the states in 1976) suggests orient blue, which is slightly lighter. We did a non scientific colour match and came up with orient blue. We’ll most likely go with Orient blue as we like that shade - even if it wasn’t orient blue originally, it could have been (And was orient blue in an alternative reality!)
Orient Blue L53H was used ’73 to ’75, Reef Blue L57H is slightly lighter and used ’76 to ’79. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/colorstype2.php
I always hated the bland Neptune blue bus's back in the day, preferring the more brightly painted two colour bus's, but now I love it and you very rarely see an original one.
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