I'm not a VW purist, so the factory colors are not as important to me. I'm more about making a vehicle mine over stock restorations. I prefer satisfying my vehicle functionality needs over them being factory original. For example I nearly purchased a '70 Buick GSX one time because it didn't have the correct numbers matching engine. But that was back in my car racing days... Before you ask, this is one of the cars that I used to race:
But I have news as well. I bid on a type2, though I'm not holding my breath on actually winning it. I would prefer to not share a bunch of details so as to not get my hopes up, if you know what I mean....