68 ranger interior style

[freek454]

I am restoring my 68 ranger to stock and need to know interior style? did the bench seat come with a cloth or vinyl insert? should the insert be a different shade from the seat color?. The stock dash, door panel and steering wheel are in the truck should the carpet and seat match or did the seat come a shade different. Should everything match other than the seat insert that would be a different shade? thx.

[FORDification]

Take a look at the factory '69 brochure, paying special attention to the pictures and descriptions on Page 4 and 5:

http://www.fordification.com/lit/69-fact-brochure.htm

[freek454]

thx keith looks like in 69 everything was the same color except the cloth insert in the seat which was a shade lighter than the seat.

[FORDification]

It's been my experience that if the truck was black, blue, green or red, the dashpad and steering column were that color. All other truck colors had a black dashpad and column. However, my truck was originally white, and it did have a white 3-spd column...the only white columns I've ever seen have been on '67s and '68s.

[freek454]

my truck exterior color is a two tone sky view blue and a wimblton wht. The interior metal parts are skyview blue and the dash door panels and steering wheel and collum are a dark almost midnight blue.

[CH3NO2]

I have a 68 Ranger C/S. I recovered the orginal seat approx 2yrs ago It was parchment .The inserts are vinyl although they look like cloth. If you look at the 68 litature;magazine advertisments the top center pic is the collor of my int. I think the bottom pic 2nd page shows the color of your seat. Either way in both pics right behind the girls shoulder there is a 3" by5/8" chrome doodad . I have both still with some insert material left on them if you would like them to make your seat as original as possible. P.M. me I'll send them out.

[dcbullet]

My 68 ranger is lunar green and wimbleton white. Dash, seat, and door panels are black.

[Crazy_B]

My 1968 Custom Cab is Holly Green. according to the build sheet and the way it was when I bought it. It had a custom beige interior. All that was beige though was just the column, the headliner,and the visors. the dashpad is black and so is the armrests. the seat is green. I take that back. Whats left of the seat is green vinyl. the rest is just foam. Now it has a 0.75" wooden headliner, and a black column out of a 74. The previous owner had the ragjoint welded up solid because the cab mounts were bad and they kept tearing out. After about 6 months of me driving I was turning a corner in town and the column and gearbox splines stripped out. So I put power steering in it then. Thus the black column. When I get it redone the interior will be black. The metal and exterior will be Holley Green.