So many suggestions! Thank you everyone.
The Paint Code is 69, does that tally with any of the colours mentioned?
I'm looking at the paint codes for the 1600A;
Mario, I cannot find a VW paint code for delftblue
Peter, the Editor of the Type 3 & 4 Club in the UK describes the car as an enigma, since it has such an odd history, I felt that it was unlikely that an ordinary East German would have bought such a car in that specification for use in the GDR, so can only assume that it was bought by the GDR Government for some reason I cannot fathom. I understand the German Postal Service used to purchase right-hand drive vehicles, but it does not explain the mph Speedometer and Headlamps for left hand traffic.
If it was an East German Border Police Vehicle I am unaware of any country bordering East Germany at that time in history that drove on the left-hand side of the road, but the underlying paint might indicate that a particular service, Postal, Police, or otherwise might have instructed VW to paint the car in service colour. Sitting here in England I've no idea of these details and cannot investigate.
I think a Spy is an interesting suggestion, except that the car was only first registered in the UK in 1992, and the story I have, that it spent 15 years in Greece before being driven to Scotland, would seem to make this more unlikely (again why RHD, mph Speedometer, and headlamps for left hand traffic in Greece?).
Jürgen, turkismetallic would appear to be paint code 82, and the other colours you mention already have a paint code, so why did they not use them, and why did they record paint code 69.
This has been extremely confusing, and I was hoping as this Forum has members that are somewhat closer to the problem, that someone might know the answer.
Hopefully one of you may have further ideas on this car, and for that I thank you all.
Wayne
PS I picked up the 412 LS Variant today, its now sat on my drive, but I've again spent 50 Euros to Generate a VW Birth Certificate this evening, since the seller tells me that the ID number of the car indicates it is built in October 1973, yet was first registered as a new car in the UK on 6th September 1974. As our Government has decided that cars manufactured before 1st January 1974 are exempt from Road Fund Licence (Tax) as Historic Vehicles, a Law enacted from 1st April 2014, its important I officially declare the manufacturing date to keep my money in my pocket.
