66 Dark Blue Interior
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St. Jude Donor '05, '09, '15
66 Dark Blue Interior
I purchased a new 66 dark blue carpet for the the 65. At first I thought they sent the black instead. I took it outside for a better look and it is dark blue. Man really dark blue! That's OK I like it. Question is, are the dash pads and other dark blue trim parts on a 66 just as dark as the carpet?
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St. Jude Donor '10
The originals were almost black, a lot of the repo stuff is a little lighter. Last year I talked to a man who had just purchased a Laguna Blue/dark blue 66 coupe. He had the car for two days and still thought the interior was black. Seat belts in those interiors were either black or blue.
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St. Jude Donor '05, '09, '15
The originals were almost black, a lot of the repo stuff is a little lighter. Last year I talked to a man who had just purchased a Laguna Blue/dark blue 66 coupe. He had the car for two days and still thought the interior was black. Seat belts in those interiors were either black or blue.
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St. Jude Donor '10
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I have told this story before, but when I first went to look at my 66, I thought it had black interior. It was in a dimly lit warehouse and I took a ton of pictures inside, outside, under, you name it, but until I downloaded the pics at home that I noticed the flash lit up the blue interior. I felt pretty stupid. See pic below, the dash pads are original, as is the carpet, I think. Both are darker than the replacement seat covers and door panels, as you can see. I would like to find some good dark blue floormats. Joe
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Of COURSE a classy guy like you would go with the "tuxedo" interior look.
Rich
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St. Jude Donor '05, '09, '15
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Tom,
I,m jealous, I really wanted to go with the dark blue in my 65, and waffled between the 66 style covers and the 65. I finally decided on the original 65 style, with the original maroon because dark blue was not available in 65. I think either would look good with my new silver pearl exterior.
I,m jealous, I really wanted to go with the dark blue in my 65, and waffled between the 66 style covers and the 65. I finally decided on the original 65 style, with the original maroon because dark blue was not available in 65. I think either would look good with my new silver pearl exterior.
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The originals were almost black, a lot of the repo stuff is a little lighter. Last year I talked to a man who had just purchased a Laguna Blue/dark blue 66 coupe. He had the car for two days and still thought the interior was black. Seat belts in those interiors were either black or blue.
Last edited by rayvaflav; Feb 19, 2009 at 10:16 AM.
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St. Jude Donor '05, '09, '15
Tom,
I,m jealous, I really wanted to go with the dark blue in my 65, and waffled between the 66 style covers and the 65. I finally decided on the original 65 style, with the original maroon because dark blue was not available in 65. I think either would look good with my new silver pearl exterior.
I,m jealous, I really wanted to go with the dark blue in my 65, and waffled between the 66 style covers and the 65. I finally decided on the original 65 style, with the original maroon because dark blue was not available in 65. I think either would look good with my new silver pearl exterior.
Yeah I like the 65 seats the best as well. I was considering C3 or C4 seats but they are just not in the budget. I already have white 65 covers and new seat foam. All I need now are the seat heaters and I'm ready to recover.
