What color is this ?

[vwengguy]

Never saw this color green before... anyone know what it is?  Is it forest green ?





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[CatskillSmoker]

Nice looking 18. Date code?

[vwengguy]

Don't have a date code.. it's for sale on a local CL type site here in The Netherlands.
I never saw this color green here before.


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[CatskillSmoker]

Definitely looks different then this EE. I like it. Go get it @vwengguy

[charred]

I didn't know the "old" green made it to the OTS models.

[Neil_VT00]

It's an early shade of green.  Here is the best picture that I currently have my my N-Code.


@Craig knows a lot about how this color changed over time. Here's one of his green comparison shots comparing a 78 and 99.

[vwengguy]

Ja... that looks closer to it.
Does @Craig know if it gets lighter or darker?
I'm not in the market for a green.. it's just the color caught my eye as not the normal hunter/forest green that I have seen before.


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[Bob BQ]

That's a rare shade of green, especially for an 18. I'd love to have that.

[Neil_VT00]

Over time the greens went from lighter to darker.

On a side note, you should go buy that grill @vwengguy

[brewtownbeatdown]

I refer to it as John Deere green (falls between forest green & kelly green). I believe that shade of green was from '78-'86.  The OTS sweep dates this as '83, or later.

Looks to be in great shape. I also think you should add it to your collection.


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[RottiGuy]

Hell ya, grab that baby up!!!..That's a beauty!!

[vwengguy]

It went real fast.. I guess someone else saw the color and wanted it.
I wasn't really looking for one in that color but just spotted it as not a standard green.


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[charred]

Oh yeah, now I remember craig's beauty. CRS sucks.

[Ken/Washington]

I'm not sure what shade of green...

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[Craig]

Hi guys! Sorry I've not been as active lately as I'd like to be. That 18 is a sweet shade of green! Yes the "old" or early dark greens were lighter than the later-current greens. The color didn't really darken to the really dark forest green until around 1995-1998 timeframe. I have greens ranging from 1978-1999 and believe me as @Neil_VT00 points out in the photo I took earlier, there is a big difference. That 18.5 from the OP should be at least 1983 (E code) or later.