What were they thinking ?
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Admittedly, I'm prejudiced towards originality, especially on what sounds like a well-documented car - and though I've done a color change a couple times, I'm not "getting" this one. Granted, some folks just don't like triple green, but this seems like a lot of work & expense to end up with...well, you decide... And then there's the asking price... https://www.hemmings.com/listing/1969-plymouth-road-runner-399121?
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Re: What were they thinking ?
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I like the car and I get switching from triple green, but high impact colors on cars that did not have them available just look out of place to me. This is sort of a restomod thing, so I would imagine that buyer's market won't care and may even like the color.
I can live with the earth tone greens as long as there's a complimenting or contrasting interior, stripe, top (if vinyl), etc. Brown/tan, on the other hand, nothing helps other than a color change.
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Re: What were they thinking ?
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Also, the dash/column should not be white/lime green, door uppers/lowers are terrible in lime green, etc. Black interior would've been a better choice.
On a sublime (or similar) car with white interior, what color would those items be from the factory?
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Re: What were they thinking ?
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Yeah, the dash & column are too weird for me, and would also reflect light into the windshield.
White interior schemes differed between '68 and '69-'70 in the interior door frame ("UDF") colors.
The "accent color" on white interiors (carpet, dash, etc) could be black, green, blue, or red.
Barry's Hamtramck_Historical site has the interior schemes, along with a TON of other info.
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Re: What were they thinking ?
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$95K....for a 383 auto car.... with a horrible dash.... I think nope...
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Re: What were they thinking ?
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Re: What were they thinking ?
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Re: What were they thinking ?
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Also, the dash/column should not be white/lime green, door uppers/lowers are terrible in lime green, etc. Black interior would've been a better choice.
On a sublime (or similar) car with white interior, what color would those items be from the factory? Suede black paint for the dash and column stuff. Door frames should be white I think, but have seen cars with back door sill frames and white door panels also. They wouldn't have painted any of the interior metal sublime like the outside. https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/rkm/1/4344/296209/1920x1440/1970-plymouth-road-runner.webp
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