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XR_Strider_GuY · 02-25-2002, 13:44

On my way to work i can't help but notice some bad exterior colours and interiors of earlier model falcons. I saw 3 of the Sky blue (very very light blue) EA falcons and all were beaten up.
Since day one when the EA was released i always hated that colour.
Alsdo another thing i'm not a fan of is brown/tan interiors no way will i ever have it a falcon/fairmont. Some say that grey/black is gloomy boring but i have to say i love it, doesn't get dirty easily and looks trick after a detail.
I guess Ford made the right decision to go the dark interiors on the later models, Warm Charcoal and Dark Graphite.

No offence to anyone owning that colour EA or a brown interior.

Whats everyones opinion.

Falchoon · 02-25-2002, 14:02

I hate the brown interiors too. Some of the early Commodores had a maroon interior, yum!:dead:

MrPlow2 · 02-25-2002, 14:44

there were some shocking interior and exterior colours in the 80s and early 90s. even AU1 forte interior looked shocking! i say black or charcoal is the way to go, or dark gray. brown makes me wanna puke!

Jesmol · 02-25-2002, 15:29

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Originally posted by Falchoon
I hate the brown interiors too. Some of the early Commodores had a maroon interior, yum!:dead:

That was a lovely colour, I was working at Holdens during my Uni breaks, and there were a few of the colour interiors made on the VN. went really well with the beige/cream exterior colour ..... NOT.

btw the colour was called mulberry, and GM ressurected a similar colour called Garnet for the VT Saudi variants, looked ummmmmm interesting.

Got to drive about 20~30 VN Group A SS's whilst @ Holdens, that was pretty good.

Jesmol · 02-25-2002, 15:31

Forgot something else, GM had a finish we used to make on the ashtray called "Dot Green", it was a pewter colour with a very slight green dot screen print under the varnish. Now that looked crap!!, used to cost them an arm and a leg coz we had to get it done in the UK

XR_Strider_GuY · 02-25-2002, 15:41

Yeah i've seen an EF Futura Heritage Green with tan interior and it didn't look right.

eb_5litre · 02-25-2002, 15:49

Didnt some VK's have GREEN interiors ??? awful.

FM · 02-25-2002, 15:59

Any dark interior colour is fine with me. I was happy with my AUI S but I do like the AUII dash better.
VT/VX dash is ok too. Both a functional which is the key IMO..

MrPlow2 · 02-25-2002, 16:00

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Originally posted by eb_5litre
Didnt some VK's have GREEN interiors ??? awful.

THEY DID! light green i think! HORRIBLE!

Falchoon · 02-25-2002, 16:35

VKs had a Dark Green as well which didn't look too bad, though I still prefer a Dark Grey.

I own a Series II EB Gli and it has the light Grey interior which is OK, but the Series I has the darker Charcoal Grey which I actually prefer. I thought about changing the interior over (buying s/h from wreckers) but decided it was too big a job and could actually de-value the car so I 've decided to leave it alone! Plus the door speakers are smaller in the Series I.