Ruby Interior Question

[cortina-city 141]

thanks for the replies everyone, steve thanks for pic, wolf thanks

 

hmmmmmmmmmm

 

well im well underway with the dash rebuild (pics soon)

when peeling back unfaded vinyl on the seats, its brighter than the same unfaded equivelent on door card.

[ChristinaGXL 23]

Well you can't dispute that!

[bortaf 93]

I had a newly coverd set of ruby seat a few years back, they were way brighter than the door pannels BUT the door pannels had been in the dirty air and sun for 30 more years than the seats? and paint reacts very differant on plastic than it does on metal or leather?

Usually new cars are black but the seats rarely match the plastics after a few decades in the sun/smoking/grubby bums on seat, the black seats go grey (lighten), the plastic stays black.

As an aside it was 3 months before LOM came out and i got £120 for the lot, they were lowbacks but brand new :tears:

the plastic trim matched the doors not the seat covers :unsure:

[bortaf 93]

Not a good picture but built this one some time ago black plastic basket weave gxl style with ruby highbacks, looks really good

 

 

 

Is that Dels car Steve ?

[do it sideways 41]

Yes mate few years ago I know,, but his first one, do you remember it rob?

[bortaf 93]

Yes mate few years ago I know,, but his first one, do you remember it rob?

 

Remember it very well mate :thumbup: i dropped it back to you and him a few times for servicing, allways drew a crowd on the woolwich ferry when it was on me truck :afro: went like poop off a shovel and rode so well, he said take it for a spin one time,,, i was gone a while :rofl:

 

Here it is on me truck :D

 

[cortina-city 141]

thanks rob

[do it sideways 41]

Blimey yes mate, I have got loads of pictures of the build, but before camera phones so actual pictures, the ruby and black trim looked really well. Just as a note that car had Sierra rear suspension and slipper, happy days ay rob,,

[phorbiuz 38]

Thought this attachment might help you further.

[do it sideways 41]

Ruby trim looks the dogs!!

[markymarkthree 178]

Thought this attachment might help you further.

 

MK3 PORN.

[cortina-city 141]

thanks for pics

if youo look seats are lighter then cards which is what i have found here. Not due to fade it looks like its made that way. I lifted an unfaded pice of seat from bramble and an unfaded piece of door card.

 

swampy however is all in the same shade of marquis but i think the carpet was a darker blue to get a contrast.

 

thanks for all your help on this !!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

great guys

[cortina-city 141]

SOLVED

 

thank you for all your help everyone.

just to put all your minds at rest and to enlighten everyone:

 

I got out the ford parts catalogue and looked up all the parts in the soft trim section.

All colours are listed etc with trim options and colours.

 

RUBY is a 2 tone scheme.

by getting the catalogue you can read off what is 2 tone.

they list items as:

 

RUBY (light)

RUBY (dark)

 

same applies to tan

and to olive.

 

black is black of course

and intersingly MArquis blue is all one colour.

hence swampy all over blue scheme

 

 

so i now have a definite list of all items in ruby light and ruby dark.

 

i also now have the swatches for both colours and have sent the samples off to vinylcote

 

so yes, ruby was 2 tone.

its not connected to UV fade as we first suspected, though a good theory, its proved via the parts catalogue that some items are finished in alighter tone to achieve (i presume) an overell ambience.

 

im quite pleased about this discovery as it means i can now commit to my colour scheme on PROJECT RUBY

[cortina-city 141]

im also into spot weld counting.................:-)

 

its good fun and gives an enermous sense of well being

 

:-)

[Pete-H 69]

im also into spot weld counting.................:-)

 

its good fun and gives an enermous sense of well being

 

:-)

 

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