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Old Nov 6, 2019 | 03:53 PM
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56 F 100 interior color??

Hi guys, were all the 56 F100s the same color inside as out? I'm talking about the dash, inside of top, door panels, kick panel steel, around windshield, behind seat etc. I assume they were. I got my 56 as a basket case with very little paint left. The dash is black but most the rest of it is (was) Meadow Green. I plan to paint the truck Meadow Green along with the interior. Is that how they came new? Thanks for your help, Greg.
 
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I don't think there were any exceptions but I'm sure someone will be along to confirm. I do know that although they were broadly all the same colour it was not exactly the same paint used internal/external so there would be some small difference in colour.
 
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I don't know about the Paint being different for interior and exterior, but I really doubt it. They painted the whole cab inside and outside the same time, I would think.

53-56 interiors were body color. Now , of course , steering column, pedals, gear shifter were black. Trim was argent. I'll post a pic of a dealer brochure when I get to my laptop.
 
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Originally Posted by Greg Rogers
Hi guys, were all the 56 F100s the same color inside as out? I'm talking about the dash, inside of top, door panels, kick panel steel, around windshield, behind seat etc. I assume they were. I got my 56 as a basket case with very little paint left. The dash is black but most the rest of it is (was) Meadow Green. I plan to paint the truck Meadow Green along with the interior. Is that how they came new? Thanks for your help, Greg.
Excellent choice in paint color!!

Here are the pics of interiors from the Ford dealer color brochures i have.

54 Deluxe cab



1954



55 Custom Cab with green seat



1955



1955



55 Custom Cab with red seat



56 Custom Cab



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Here are pics of my 54 interior:




These are from my 55 F350. It is untouched, except I painted the brake and clutch pedals, painted the original firewall and heater and put in a reproduction floor mat.


I got the seat vinyl fixed and painted the seat floor supports and the seat runners and seat arm.
 
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Thanks Abe, that is just what I was looking for on the net but couldn't find, factory brochures. I agree with you, Ford probably painted the whole cab at once- in and out. That's what I will do only not all at once. I'll start adding to my basket case build when I start. I put it in the barn just in time, we got snow last night!
 
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Greg, hopefully your truck will done in time to come to the 2020 Central PA Mountain Truckstock.
 
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