Tdub Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 I'm restoring my '70 that has an interior coded for sandalwood. The seats and door panels are clearly sandalwood but the dash, dash pad and steering column are a darker color. The color is sort of a tannish, greenish gray. I'm converting to buckets and console and thus need to convert the steering column. I have the pieces to replace the column shift I'm removing but I don't know what color paint to order to match what's original. Can' anyone tell me what color dash etc. would have come in a car coded for sandalwood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 I have both a 70 and 71 with sandalwood interior so I know the struggle of the several shades of colour in Sandalwood interiors. I also need to get a hold of some of that paint colour for the dash. One paint place i went to needs a smooth flat surface to take a reading from in order to mix the paint. Everything is either curved, has texture or is not a large enough flat area so no luck so far. I'll have to find someone who can custom match it someday. Here's my unrestored 1970 interior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Also note that if you order sandalwood carpet from a carpet supplier, you don't get the correct colour. I asked for swatches of several colours that looked like it could match and found one that matched the original carpet. I have yet to find a rear package tray that is the factory correct colour for 1970 Sandalwood either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Here's a few photos of the recent restoration (new door panels, front seat cover and carpet). The rear seat is original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdub Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share Posted November 1, 2017 If you figure out the dash color, let me know. Where did you get the cloth front seat cover? I searched high and low for a cloth sandalwood seat cover with no success. I'm going to have them made if necessary $$$$$$$$. If I didn't like the sandalwood color so much, I probably would have just switched the whole interior to black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdub Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share Posted November 1, 2017 By the way, Canuck, what color and brand of carpet did you ultimately end up with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 I got the seat covers from Legendary Interiors. It is listed in their catalog. Perfect match. As you can see above the front is new Legendary and the rear is original. You can't tell the difference. I was considering switching this car to buckets but the cost to do it was getting pretty high. Buckets were not available in Sandalwood in 1970 so there would be an extra charge for Legendary to do this custom order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 I got the carpet from Auto Custom Carpets. The fit is great but they need the usual trimming to get it installed. The important thing to note is not to do the final trimming on the outer edges until the seat, etc are bolted down to avoid trimming too much. I can't recall the colour that I ordered. I'll have to look that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 The carpet colour is Parchment that I ordered from ACC. I got the 80-20 loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdub Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 Thanks for the info. I didn't know you couldn't get sandalwood buckets. I still think I'm going to try to have them made using NOS material by a local Amish upholstery guy who's done some stuff for me in the past. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 They will look great. My 1971 sandalwood interior has buckets/console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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