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Old 12-17-2014, 06:00 PM   #1
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Interior colour, looking for your opinion

Hey guys,
I am getting ready to restore my console and bucket seats. The truck is a 67 small window and is the original orange colour. I am debating between saddle brown and black. If I go black I would do black carpet, dash pad, visors, and door panels. Should I do the same if I go saddle?

Such a silly thing to be stuck on, but I cannot make my mind up.

Look forward to your advice!
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Old 12-17-2014, 06:19 PM   #2
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

I vote saddle brown

black and orange probably looks nice too, but all I can think about is halloween
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Old 12-17-2014, 06:21 PM   #3
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I vote saddle brown

black and orange probably looks nice too, but all I can think about is halloween
Didn't even think of that....good point.

What about the carpet, visors, dash pad and door panels. Would I go black with those?
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Old 12-17-2014, 06:24 PM   #4
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

I'd probably go black carpet, and the rest brown I say black carpet because it wont show stains as bad (but it does show fuzz)
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Old 12-17-2014, 06:26 PM   #5
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

Plenty of black out there. Seems the go to color.

I vote saddle
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Old 12-17-2014, 07:20 PM   #6
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

saw a orange with black interior Saturday . looked good . I don't think saddle would look right with orange.
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Old 12-17-2014, 07:29 PM   #7
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

I agree, not sure how the saddle would look with orange. My dad had a orange blazer as a kid and it had black interior I loved it.
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Old 12-17-2014, 11:52 PM   #8
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

Of those choices I'd vote saddle - what was the original interior color?
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Old 12-18-2014, 12:04 AM   #9
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

Saddle is my vote
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Old 12-18-2014, 12:52 AM   #10
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

I vote for saddle. Here is a pic of my dads truck. I know it's not orange but it does have a saddle interior. Saddle dash pad, door panels, carpet, visors and saddle and black houndstooth seat.
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Old 12-18-2014, 01:56 AM   #11
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

Bllllaaaaaaacccck just a clean look. Post pics with what you do in the end
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Old 12-18-2014, 02:17 AM   #12
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Old 12-18-2014, 02:34 AM   #13
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

I vote black.. You could also use a black and orange Houndstooth seat cover but i'd be concerned the orange paint and orange in the seat cover may be different shades..

Curious tho, would it look all that bad to have a saddle seat, door panels and dash pad to go along with with a black carpet, black dash and matching gloove box lid?? any photo shoppers out there??
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Old 12-18-2014, 03:35 AM   #14
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

I know it wasnt listed as a choice but how about white? A member on here had a pic of i think a green truck with white houndstooth and door panels, black console and carpet. It looked great. Just trying to toss in an option
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

What a response! Thanks guys, seems like a 50/50 split.


heavyD I have thought about white/parchment but I don't think I would be able to keep it clean enough.
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

What a response! Thanks guys, seems like a 50/50 split.


heavyD I have thought about white/parchment but I don't think I would be able to keep it clean enough.
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Old 12-18-2014, 09:52 AM   #17
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

I vote saddle on all of it
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

Black is nice but definitely the most common. I'd vote saddle. The saddle houndstooth seat cover like pictured above is one of my favorites.
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All saddle,,,,
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Old 12-23-2014, 05:21 PM   #20
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Re: Interior colour, looking for your opinion

So I've made my mind up....going all black. Thanks for all the input.

But this is going to be a lot more difficult and timely than I thought. I bought these seats unseen with the word that they were rot free. The driver side is amazing....the passenger seat is well....take a look.

It will need the whole bottom half rebuilt, I've never done this type of metal work so I think it will be a good time to try considering it will be hidden. I'm open to advice and suggestions on how to tackle this. My thoughts is to sand blast and use the good seat to make all the templates for the bad one, and lots of time and frustration

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Old 12-23-2014, 05:27 PM   #21
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Thinking maybe I should've kept the bench seat haha

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