Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Baby crap Beige - SEM interior sprays

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom, AMC used what was in the bins, and if not molded in that color for 
that vehicle, they would spray them. You end up with 'deviations' and might 
have a tan interior, but when new, you might have 3-4 shades of tan inside 
car. This 71 Matador with 14,000 original miles (I owned it for about 12 
years, sold it 2 years ago for $2650 on ebay) but it had mostly black parts 
originally inside...painted green. There was one tan part I found on dash. 
All original, but it was cheaper for AMC to paint the item(s) as oppsed to 
having it molded in a color. If they had every part molded in all the 
different colors they offered they would not have been able to sell them in 
the prices they did.

It was not until AMC bought Wheelhorse Products, whihc molded many of their 
interior pieces, that it started coming together, however, the painting of 
interior parts still continued simply due to cost effectiveness.

This is off my site:
AMC Molded their parts in all the correct colors.  False. I have parted out 
cars and restored ultra low mile AMCs with less than 4000 miles on them, 
making notes of colors, oddities (this is how this file came about I guess) 
and things that might help others. If you noted, the green 70 Javelin dash 
from early production A0C797x190116 Nov 69 build) the dash started it's life 
as black. AMC then painted it green to match rest of interior.

and:
This is a 1970 Javelin red dash that started it's life also black, but was 
painted red in December 69. You will find a myriad of colors when you 
disassemble the vehicle. They were painted to match that car's interior amd 
the workers would use whatever was in the parts bin that day. The line had 
to keep rolling or stockholders and others heads would roll. It is why you 
see some deviations in colors on some low mile survivor AMCs. It is not 
because of fading with time, it is because it was slightly off color when 
new. Oh, did I mention the ill fitting 70 AMX & Javelin dash would not line 
up the the defrsoter ducts AMC used from 68-69 so AMC simply shoved small 
spacers in there to cover up the holes. Yup, that is the small spacers shown 
in front of the upper defroster ducts.  I believe this is how many AMC fans, 
myself included have come to love American Motors and all it's quirks.

AMC Used

If the links do not work, here they are:

http://www.planethoustonamx.com/restoration/70_dash_red1.jpg



http://www.planethoustonamx.com/restoration/70_dash_red2.jpg



So in 2007, I always simply tell people to do like AMC did. Granted, many 
times you have color swings in your car, but most are due to UV rays taking 
out the pigments in it. Simply repaint them to match as close as one can in 
their vehicle, not hard to do however, good luck,

Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom H" <bigrigbear@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Baby crap Beige - SEM interior sprays


> Thanks
> I will have to check out their colors.  I just hate
> the two tone upholstery of kinda-Beige and sorta-Tan
> with its almost matching door panels.  Add in the
> not-a-good-match painted door tops, slightly-off kick
> panels and tray-shelf, coupled with the WTF headliner,
> its easy to miss the rather nice shade of brown that
> the dash cover is!  Is it just time or where they this
> poorly color matched when new?  I can remember some
> pretty sloppy workmanship in other 70's cars. Speaking
> of which, AMC seemed to have far and away the best
> material in its dash covers and arm rests.  30 yrs in
> the sun and not a trace of a crack and it still seems
> flexible.  Compare that to a PINTO or VEGA/mONZA-they
> usually had a split in their dashes before you made
> the 2nd payment...
>
> Tom
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