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68 FB Parchment Interior Paint Contrast

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68GTFastback:
Should the parchment paint be an exact match with the vinyl on the seats, doors, etc? I have seen a contrast in the painted colors on some cars. I have also seen cars with a satin black used on the overhead metal work, trim, and trap door. My car was built at San Hose in Sept. 1967.  THANKS,

J_Speegle:

--- Quote from: 68GTFastback on January 11, 2018, 11:00:17 AM ---Should the parchment paint be an exact match with the vinyl on the seats, doors, etc?
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Exact - likely no but way off - don't believe so



--- Quote from: 68GTFastback on January 11, 2018, 11:00:17 AM --- I have seen a contrast in the painted colors on some cars. I have also seen cars with a satin black used on the overhead metal work, trim, and trap door. My car was built at San Hose in Sept. 1967.  THANKS,

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Are you referring to "restored" cars?  Not often a guide you want to use IMHO for restoring a car.

On 68 Ford choose to change what had been the practice in earlier years and finished the upper painted panels (from the thin molding upward) to a darker color. The trap door originally would have been painted (both sides) to match the panels to the left and the right and would be the lighter (in your case parchment)  from everything I can find on unrestored cars on both fold down and non-fold down equipped fastbacks that year

A12pilot:
Jeff,

 Not to Hijack this thread but with related topics, my 68 Saddle interior has what you said as well:  all the panels above that thin interior belt molding are, what I think look like, black.  Would they be black or are they a dark charcoal or something like that?  Is there a color code for those upper panels on the fastbacks?  My panels are pretty faded from the TX sun where the car sat outside, so the true color is not shown. 

Cheers

Dave

J_Speegle:

--- Quote from: A12pilot on January 13, 2018, 09:37:21 AM ---................. Would they be black or are they a dark charcoal or something like that?  Is there a color code for those upper panels on the fastbacks?  My panels are pretty faded from the TX sun where the car sat outside, so the true color is not shown. 

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Dave great point that I overlooked mentioning. I would say yes they were most likely painted the same color (those panels) as the "black" interior fastbacks so in fact dark charcoal metallic  for the OPs request

Thanks for the reminded and making this  a more complete and helpful answer to the OP's question

ruppstang:
I was thinking on a 68 saddle interior the upper panels would have been dark saddle not the charcoal color like a black or parchment interior?

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