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Reply #15
I guess they used the same 2 tone concept with the red and probably the rest of the colors
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Reply #16
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I bought a spare panel that goes directly below the steering column from a dealer. My interior is grey, they had a tan color. I told them I wanted "grey", they said that was the only color available. (I think they were lying.)

At that point...they probably weren't. When the cars were new you could order any interior part in any color. As the years went on, Ford's supah-awesome warehouses ran out of some colored parts and only those which were in decent supply were listed for ordering from then on. I was told in 1989 that, if I wanted a third brake light for my '84, a common thing for people to do at the time, I had to order it in Smoke Grey only (they were listing for an '86, paint to match). This was only three model years after the '86 was new. Door cups were the same way...in 1992 I bought a new pair and they were Smoke Grey only, paint to match. So it's not just you...it's just the way that Ford in their infinite (un)wisdom stocked parts.

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I guess they used the same 2 tone concept with the red and probably the rest of the colors
Generally, yes, but there have been some exceptions. I believe 1985 was the oddball year, with some solid colored dashes. In 1986 they theoretically all went two-tone and that basically continued through 1988. I have seen lots of examples of solid-colored dashes though, mostly in Smoke Grey but sometimes in Canyon or Porno Red also. It seems there was no rhyme or reason with that as well. My dealer books outline what color was supposed to go where. That doesn't mean they all were like that, though. This is Ford we're talking about, and you know how things are with Fords:



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The theory behind the darker dash top was to keep the sun's reflection on the windshield from becoming too glaring. It worked well...but at the expense of the darker color holding in heat, and thereby warping then cracking the plastic dashboard.

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Reply #17
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thanks, guys.  In looking in the local JY's, I have yet to see another car with light grey.  But, if they're out there, I'm looking for some interior pieces to make my cougar interior work in my TC.


The Cougar with the manual windows was gone... there were two other 87-88 Birds though. You need anything else? Ill see about the gray interior. these had red and other one was brown
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Reply #18
my 88 sport has the light grey panels also
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Reply #19
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I have seen lots of examples of solid-colored dashes though, mostly in Smoke Grey but sometimes in Canyon or Porno Red also. It seems there was no rhyme or reason with that as well. My dealer books outline what color was supposed to go where. That doesn't mean they all were like that, though. This is Ford we're talking about, and you know how things are with Fords:


None of the 14 '87-'88 TC I've owned had a two tone dash or any different color in the interior, excepting for gray headliners in the raven interior cars...

Thinking back they've all been red, blue(some of each in leather and cloth), or black(all cloth)... I've seen the gray/raven leather and also all sand beige interiors(never seen one of those in leather, least that I remember)... Remember I'm talking TCs...

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Reply #20
BOTH Cougars I've owned had 2 tone dashes.  This one (smoke grey interior) and my old V-6 with the red interior.
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Reply #21
I believe the 1987-88 dark blue dashes were monochromatic...makes sense. I don't recall seeing an all-Smoke Grey dash. Some of the reds were two-tone, some weren't. Taupe...those might have been all solid. 1985-86 Regatta blue was definitely two-tone. 1985 Charcoal...that's in Ric's car, that was one color I think. The tan was definitely two-tone.

Basically if the dash was all dark, it didn't get a darker top so it was all monochromatic.

I'll double check my literature.

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Reply #22
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Here's my 2 tone red dash



I am looking at getting those same gauges,how do you like them?

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Reply #23
My dash is two tone, grey and raven.  The rest is all grey.  Unfortunately the dash now has 3 hairline cracks in the top.  I may experiment with a different dash in the future.  But right now the easiest route to go is grey for me.

And thanks for the replies.
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Reply #24
I don't think the light gray was available on a TC, only LX and Cougar. I've got the original Ford interior/exterior color manuals out in the shop, so I guess I should scope them out and see what they say.
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Reply #25
Mike, I think you're right.  Noone has stepped up saying they had a grey in their TC.    Perhaps I could be the first, lol.
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Reply #26
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I am looking at getting those same gauges,how do you like them?

They're OK. a little small, but you just need to see the needle position anyway.
Didn't know they still made them. when the car goes back together I'll get the square digital gauges.
I only got those because they had the same colors as the dash gauges.
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Reply #27
From the 1987 Cougar dealer book:

INSTRUMENT PANEL
Dark Smoke/Smoke
Dark Scarlet/Scarlet
Shadow Blue (one color only)
Buckskin/Sand Beige
Dark Taupe/Taupe

Presumably these would be the same on Thunderbird Base/LX/Sport.

The Turbo Coupe should have been all Raven in color.

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Reply #28
Interesting.

Both my '87 Sport and my '88 T-Bird, both with porno-red interiors, had the two-tone dash and I didn't even realize it. Everything else was bright red, but the dashes were definitely two-tone. You can see it in the pics below.

My old '85 'Bird was a medium grey (not as dark as raven, but not light grey either) and it was one-tone. I remember that for sure because my buddy's '85 T-Bird had a two-tone beige/brown dash with beige interior and I thought it looked weird. Both of our cars were light sage green metallic, and I remember him being jealous of my grey interior (which, I later found out, was very rare in a light sage green car).

My 88 LS had the same colour interior that the '85 T-Bird had, and I'm pretty sure its dash was one-tone as well. Truth be told, though, I wasn't even aware that my porno red cars had two-tones until I read this thread and looked at the pics of my cars :hick:

It's possible that Canadian cars had different colours available as well. I know GM offered different colour options on Saturns in the USA - we would often be surprised to see a two-tone SC2 roll in, with US plates of course, because two-tone wasn't available here. If GM did it I wouldn't be surprised that Ford did.

Also, original interior plastic panels in Saturns were cast in their colours, but replacement panels were always grey and "paint to match". I, as well as all Saturn mechanics, have much experience with this because Saturn interiors were remarkably flimsy and clips were always breaking off, making entire panel replacement necessary. Again, if GM did it I wouldn't be surprised that Ford did as well.

My only-just-now-dicovered two-tone porno red dashes (the one with the floor shifter was the '87 Sport):
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Reply #29
Paint it whatever color you need till you find the part you need.
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