My '66 Convertible was restored/redone in the early 70's. The car was painted red, dash black from its original Nightmist Blue and Standard Parchment interior. Tonight I was out piddling around with some more disassembly and found a piece of the original dashpad stuck under some clips in the dash (the dashpad was removed before I took ownership of the car). The piece of vinyl dashpad I found is blue, somewhat of a surprise to me. The metal part of the dash was obviously originally parchment and the previous owner painted the metal dash and dashpad black. Now I am left to wonder if the carpet and / or convertible top were possibly blue as well - or black, or parchment. I'm hoping someone here has seen an original car in this color combination and can give a direction to go from here. Thanks in advance!

 

Do a Marti report. http://www.martiauto.com/

 

From the Marti website:

"We are the priveleged licensee (contract #5012) to Ford Motor Company's entire production database for the 1967-1979 model years."

I don't guess this is available for my '66.....

 

I called Marti last week and they have nothing for 65-66. They can redo tags and have specification brochures, but nothing specific to your vehicle.

 

My understanding is that Ford did not save any of the records for Mustangs until the 67 production year - that's why they are not available.

 

I'd believe that, given as many as they made from 64.5-66 they probably didn't have time for recordkeeping. I don't think Ford was counting on the popularity of the Mustang.

 

Just my luck - it seems I'm on my own as to what color carpet & top I decide to go with......