<VV> Evening Orchid Paint/interior scheme help

Frank DuVal corvairduval at cox.net
Fri Apr 7 18:13:58 EDT 2006


I never saw in paint literature that Evening Orchid was not available on 
sedans. Is this in print somewhere?

Frank DuVal

Brown, David wrote:

>I have finally, after several years of whining that she didn't have one,
>bought a Corvair for my wife.  I think she will enjoy it if she can wait
>for me to restore it!  It is a 65 sedan, 110/PG that I will add A/C
>reclining seats & a nice stereo.  Anyway, I need help figuring out a
>color scheme for it.  She wants it to be Evening Orchid (not offered on
>sedans)- solid, no 2-tone.  I will have the original back seat, side
>panels & F*** Escort front seats upholstered in a fabric/vinyl combo
>stitched to somewhat match the original style.  She does not want a
>white or black interior color, but some sort of purple that will match
>the Evening Orchid.  I suggested black trim with a purple-ish fabric
>insert, but she doesn't want that, so far.  I liked the idea of black
>trim because I could use a Vendor's black dash pad & paint the metal
>dash & inside door frames "Corvair" black (the current color is blue).
>I am reluctant to have an upholsterer cover the dash pad in a matching
>vinyl since they are typically obvious from a distance (compared to the
>molded ones we have available from vendors).
>
>Does anyone have any pictures they could forward, or direct me to, of
>different interior combinations with Evening Orchid (sdn, cp or cvt)??
>
>Dave
>Corvair Houston
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