Eric Portland, Oregon ***************************************************** Hello again:
A couple of months ago, we helped another IML member save a 1961 = Imperial. The car had been repainted, but the interior was mostly the = color that it was originally. However, upon opening the hood of the = car, there was a code stamped right on top of the upper radiator cross = member where your hood latch is (not sure of the exact name here), as I = recall. I looked the information up on the Imperial Club website, and = found that this was the code for the exterior color, which should help = you narrow down which interior color combinations that you could have = had in your car dramatically. If you study all of the color brochures = on the website for your car, I would think that you could determine what = is original and what isn't. I would think that Paul is right here, if = you have trim pieces that are Navy, your dash is Navy, and your rear = seat is Navy, then I would agree that Navy would be your original = interior color. In the case of the aforementioned 1961 Imp, the front = seats were not entirely original either, as was also the case with my = 1959. This is pretty typical since the front seats get the majority of = wear in a car and and owners would do something with them to keep them = useable longer versus going to the expense of reupholstering the entire = interior. If you do much looking around at old cars that have not been = restored, you find will a lion's share that have the front seats redone, = seat covers, or some other fabric has been stitched in hap-hazardly to = allow the user to keep using the seat without sitting directly on the = foam.
Teresa Smith 1959 Custom South Hampton =20