Been meaning to grab a few pics anyway ... each time I get over there with a camera there's been something preventing getting a good snap. Last time there was a big truck parked in front of the car, time before that the car wasn't there, and so on .... <sigh>
When I saw your message I went over to the site to poke around. I will send him a pic once I can get a few. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Sam Jost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 11/6/2004 12:20:17 AM > Subject: Re: Polo Harlekin - was Re: A fracion of a Rainbow > > As far as I read it up it seems to be a limited production from 1995/1996 > with four different colorful schemes. > > There is someone collecting pictures and sightings of these cars, I think > he'd be grateful if you send him a sighting of one at your place and even > more if you could provide a picture. > His email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sam > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Interesting. There's one living not far from me. I always thought it was > > either a custom paint job (there are lots of odd and colorful cars in > > Berkeley) or one of those deals where the car had been smashed up and > > different colored body panels from the wrecking yard were used as > > replacements. How neat to know it's a regular, perhaps limited > > production, > > VW. > > > > Shel > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Sam Jost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 11/5/2004 10:28:52 PM > >> Subject: Polo Harlekin - was Re: A fracion of a Rainbow > >> > >> > Second, there's a VW Golf here in Toronto, Canada, with the same > >> > paint job as the one on your street. I always thought that the one > >> > here was some sort of "custom" job, but now I wonder. > >> > Are there others like that in Europe that you've seen? > >> > >> a lot. VW had an ad campaign a dozen years ago where they used this paint > >> job to show you could order this car in lots of custom colors. I met a > > few > >> people saying 'if they would make it this colorful I'd buy it', and there > >> must been a lot more since after some time they offered the colorful > >> version. > >> > >> The paint job even got a name: Polo Harlekin. > >> > >> It's quite common here, there used to be a fan site for it but it's down > >> right now due to hacking or something. > >> > >> Sam > >
