A one-year-only colour in terms of Bay Window Buses, Titian Red was originally introduced for the 1967 Split Screen model year. As with many high pigment colours, Volkswagen reds in particular, it isn’t as UV resistant as other colours in the classic VW colour palette. However, if you’re a patina junkie like me, that makes a Titian Red Bay Window Bus just about the perfect starting point for a killer patina ride after it’s been left out in the elements for a few decades.
Another cool thing about Titian Red Buses that are imported from hot climates is that often the original white paint on the roof will still be intact, even when the red has faded almost entirely on parts of the rest of the Bus. This makes things interesting when carrying out repairs and trying to match the paint, but can really give a cool look.
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