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Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:54 pm

I thought it would be cool to get an original ghia interior thread going
To inspire people to go og!
All years…Cabs and Coupes...
Please post up your pics – ideally pics showing original door panels, original seats upholstery, and original carpets…if this is contained in one picture, all the better
Condition is not important – as long as they’re og
Be top to list year, paint colour,Coupe or Cab…

I’ll start with these 4:

1960 Pearl White (L87) Cab

1960 Paprika Red (L452) Coupe
colour tbc

Notice the two 1960 Ghias above have the Lowlight door panels and the 59/60 ribbed dashtop. No bulkhead rubber mat

1961/2 Pampas Green (L384) Cab
colour and year tbc

1961/2 Black (L81) Cab
year tbc

The American owner of this Black Cab was now living in Sweden IIRC, and had brought his very original Cab over with him.
Check the patina on the top of the door, and that threadbare carpet…keep it!! We had a top little chat about the interior

All Ghias as seen at GMH05

Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:38 pm

Are you taking requests? I'd like to see some '56 red/black car interior pix.

Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:58 am

1956 Black (L41) coupe[b]

Here's a shot of my interior, the grey has faded over time and the seats are pretty fecked!

This is what it should look like, minus the red mat!

Tanya
:)

Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:04 am

thom wrote: Are you taking requests? I'd like to see some '56 red/black car interior pix.

yes, please request away
hopefully people will chime in. i don't have all the pics, not by a long shot

thom, mate, you need a Trout Blue interior pic anyway.... :wink:

KG56 wrote: 1956 Black (L41) coupe

note the chrome trim round the heater vent....original on the rubber bulkhead mat Coupes???

Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:09 am

thom wrote: Are you taking requests? I'd like to see some '56 red/black car interior pix.

Correct me if I'm wrong but L41 (black) never came with red in '56.

If we're not talking OG there must be a few out there.

Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:11 am

Thom means a Pelican Red or Brilliant Red body Coupe, with a Black roof.

Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:12 am

Ah ha! :)

Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:42 am

Found these in other posts

January 1956 to August 1957 Gazelle Beige (L376) Coupe

January 1956 to August 1957 Pelican Red/Black or Deep Brown? (L259/L41 or L377) Coupe grailoc

January 1956 to August 1957 Trout Blue (L330) Coupe Rockstock :D

I'll post a few of my orignial Trout Blue panels as well when I get the chance.

Sept 1957 to July 1959 Brilliant Red/Black (L353/L41) Coupe

Sept 1957 to July 1959 Aerosilver (L248) Coupe

January 1958 to December 1958 Graphite Silver (L428) Cab Broadacus

Shane

Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:45 pm

I have I 64 cupe, any picsss??? tkns!!
Red and off white if possible

Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:17 pm

1968 Regatta Blue Cab

What a top Cab...recently sold for around $16k-$17k, i think
33k miles, unrestored
I'd have liked this as my daily

Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:52 pm

RockStock wrote: 1968 Regatta Blue Cab

What a top Cab...recently sold for around $16k-$17k, i think
33k miles, unrestored
I'd have liked this as my daily

Rock....I almost pulled the trigger and bought this....Kev sent me over 100 pics and what a beaut! But in the end....it would have drained my account too much and I desperately want to get started on one of my lowlights....!!!

Wasn't that interior incredible? And the top looked as new as the day it was made.....

Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:10 pm

I'd like to see what 1959 Black (L41) came with, including the headliner :)

Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:14 am

Bone stock and all original (paint too). They don't come any cleaner than this...

Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:42 pm

68 Gobi Beige Cab^^^^(thanks chisari - nice Cab)

HouseofGhia wrote: Wasn't that interior incredible? And the top looked as new as the day it was made.....

yes micheal, very nice...

Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:14 pm

RockStock wrote: 1968 Regatta Blue Cab

What a top Cab...recently sold for around $16k-$17k, i think
33k miles, unrestored
I'd have liked this as my daily

Looks like hardware store indoor outdoor carpet was cut for the mats. Still, the rest of the interior is pretty clean.

Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:05 pm

karmann57 wrote: Sept 1957 to July 1959 Aerosilver (L248) Coupe

just for the record, redone seat centres

Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:18 pm

RockStock,

Great post! Thanks for the useful reference pics. FWIW, here are some shots of an 1959 Aerosilver interior that shows the color of knobs and a detail of the seat insert fabric:

It looks like the steering column, parking brake, etc., are "silver beige"... am I correct? The rubber is meant to be dark green, but in every example I've seen looks almost black. Of course, I'm a terrible photographer -- any clearer images showing the color of the rubber (which I think is the same in a Bamboo coupe) would be appreciated.

Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:55 am

What is that edge under the dash pad? My 1959 doesn´t have that.
Know this appears on later cars but haven´t seen it on a 59 year model. :roll:

Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:26 am

Burman wrote: What is that edge under the dash pad? My 1959 doesn´t have that.
Know this appears on later cars but haven´t seen it on a 59 year model. :roll:
good spot
that clamping strip must have come in before the 1960 model year...have you got a VIN, mr mercer?

Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:17 am

56/7 Pelican red interior..

56/7 Lizard green interior.. (faded)