Guest P15-D24 Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Any documentation showing interior colors other than brown, especially the door panels? In looking through the parts book it it shows tan, brown, black and burgundy snap connectors were available for fastening panels, but nothing mentioned about different door panel or seat colors. Bunn's book only refers to brown as the seat color and no mention of other door panel colors. Any sales brochures with interior options showing other colors? Any other information about interior options? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBNeal Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 FWIW, my '49 B-1-D had the brown seat, door panels & interior, similar to a '48 B-1-D I raided in OK. My '51 B-3-B has black cardboard panels, with a black seat cover. My B-4 SpringSpecial has the burgundy looking seat cover, cardboard & door panels. The interior of my '48 B-1-B was redone back in the '60s with a light tan vinyl seat cover and light tan door panels; most of the cardboard was gone, but there were a few scraps behind the seat that looked brown. The literature I have doesn't say explicitly what interior colors were available, but the B&W photos and color illustrations in the B-1 & B-2 brochures appear to show tan interiors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
townwagon Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I found a B-2-C once with a baby blue headliner (see attachment). I have also seen grey and shades of brown or reddish brown. Most trucks are brown though. If I went through my pictures I am sure I would find a couple of oddballs I forgot about, but right now the only one that really stuck in my mind was the blue one. From the picture that was clearly a paint job, but it caught me by surprise at first! Dodge actually used a blue interior in some years, it is rare but out there. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgeb4ya Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Don Bunn's B-Series truck book tells all about the interior colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desotodav Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Interesting find Eric. I recall Don spoke of black, rich brown, reddish brown and light-tan (grey) interiors. I don't recall blue ever being mentioned. Desotodav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
townwagon Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) I should have specified. Prior to the 60s, when blue became common, there were only a few blue interiors. One is an option for 1957, the other was a pre war color. I am not currently aware of any factory blue interiors on the 48-53 trucks. Eric Edited January 4, 2012 by townwagon punctuation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-T-53 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 I believe Bunn said in '53 the colors changed to maroon vinyl on the seats and visors with grey door panels and headliner. I've never seen pics of an original truck with this combo, though. And the pics in his book are all black and white. Before that was it all brown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy49 Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 My 49 had the moose brown headliner, black firewall pad, and pearl navy blue vinyl seat covers. I know the headliner and firewall pad were stock. The seat cover... no clue. Door panels were long gone, same with sunvisor and armrest. I'm keeping the blue seat covers (if the base cover is still good), the rest is going to be redone in various hardwood strips. Probably over Rod Doors ABS bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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