Color combo

[LbRex]

What’s your top 3 color combos on a 2002?

 

inka/black or brown?

taiga/black or brown?

Colorado/black or brown?

 

please share pics if you have one. Thank you. 

[Mike Self]

Truth be told, neither Inka nor Colorado came from the factory with brown/tan/tobacco/saddle interiors, unless someone special ordered it--and that wouldn't have been one ordered through the US importer.  IIRC Taiga is a squarelight only color, and I believe it did come with that "natural" or buckskin tan interior; not sure if I've seen a Taiga car with a black interior.

 

But of course you can swap interiors around to whatever color you wish.  Some manufacturers had some strange color combinations:  a friend's 53 Studebaker Starliner hardtop has a navy blue body, cream top and red interior.  And those colors are on the build sheet from the factory.  Think Atlantic with a red interior 2002...Go figure...

 

mike

[Son of Marty]

I think taiga was a tii only color on the roundies, atleast there was one that used to run with the pnw crowd back in the day.

[tech71]

Mint Grun/Tan is the coolest.

 

Edited July 11, 2021 by tech71

[LbRex]

2 minutes ago, tech71 said:

Mint Grun/Tan is the coolest.

Sample pic?

[esty]

6 minutes ago, LbRex said:

Sample pic?

google

[LbRex]

21 minutes ago, Mike Self said:

Truth be told, neither Inka nor Colorado came from the factory with brown/tan/tobacco/saddle interiors, unless someone special ordered it--and that wouldn't have been one ordered through the US importer.  IIRC Taiga is a squarelight only color, and I believe it did come with that "natural" or buckskin tan interior; not sure if I've seen a Taiga car with a black interior.

 

But of course you can swap interiors around to whatever color you wish.  Some manufacturers had some strange color combinations:  a friend's 53 Studebaker Starliner hardtop has a navy blue body, cream top and red interior.  And those colors are on the build sheet from the factory.  Think Atlantic with a red interior 2002...Go figure...

 

mike

So they just came with black? I’m trying to find a factory combo. 
 

Light green (linden green Mercedes color) with parchment (natural/buck skin) looks amazing. 

[Son of Marty]

My 75 came to me mintgreen with black interior, I feel the car was just used and not modified by the po's but i can't swear to it,  it was a automatic when I got it but no more. looks nice to me.

 

[LbRex]

5 minutes ago, Son of Marty said:

My 75 came to me mintgreen with black interior, I feel the car was just used and not modified by the po's but i can't swear to it,  it was a automatic when I got it but no more. looks nice to me.

 

It’s a nice color

[Son of Marty]

It is, on a sq/lite, not so sure it would look quite right on a roundie, but thats just me.

[1936spyder]

Taiga was introduced in ‘73 (I almost bought a ‘73 Taiga tii), perhaps ‘72, but was only available w/a black interior.

[LbRex]

Well. I guess tiaga is out lol

[Son of Marty]

Well it comes down to the amount of "corectness" your after, imo any color on the 02 pallet would be good enough, some want a more accurate restoration and restrict it to the colors used in their model year. It's up to what you want.

[LbRex]

I’m not that concerned, I’m doing a color change from chamonix 

[1936spyder]

17 minutes ago, Son of Marty said:

Well it comes down to the amount of "corectness" your after, imo any color on the 02 pallet would be good enough, some want a more accurate restoration and restrict it to the colors used in their model year. It's up to what you want.

Indeed! I’ve seen a restored ‘74 Taiga tii with a beige interior and it looked great. The Clarion builds fjord 02 had a parchment (not oyster) interior that was awesome as well.