1966 Mustang Convertible Interior Paint Codes

by Richard Willey
(Knoxville, Tennessee)

Hi,

I'm in the process of restoring a 1966 Mustang convertible. I'm going back with the original exterior color, Nightmist Blue.

It appears that I have two different colors of blue on the interior. A medium dark blue on the molding between the dash pad and the windshield and more of a silver blue on the remainder of the interior metal.

They don't come close to any of the paint chips I have been able to find on the web for 1966 Ford products.

Do you, per chance, have the paint codes on the interior blue paint?

Was the original interior paint all the same color or was it two colors?

Thanks

Answer:

I'm going to break this down in a couple of ways, so you can hopefully patch together, what exactly the 1966 Mustang interior paint codes you need to get back to the original interior color.

You'll see, in the above 1966 Mustang Paint Code colors (the blue ones), that there were five possible blue choices for Ford blue car interiors (at least according to Ditzler).

These shades covered the interior colors for Mustang coupe, fastback and convertible cars, but the Ford 1966 interior color chart also covers the interior choices for the Fairlane,Falcon,Galaxie, T-Bird, Comet and Lincoln Continental,

so it's understandable if someone got it wrong.

My list of Interior trim and code numbers doesn't say anything about two tone blue appointments.

Interior color choices came in several possibilities, depending on the decor group and type of seats installed.

For best results, you'll need to figure out your interior code and then match it to the interior style you have. I've broken it down as follows:

For your Nightmist blue (code K) exterior color,there are several listed possibilities, including both, standard and optional color choices.

Typically, there were two standard choices and one optional finish depending on the seat/interior combination (ie standard, pony).

In the case of the rare bench seat option, there was one standard color and two optional choices.

Here's how the 1966 Mustang convertible interior paint codes break down in that exterior color choice.

Standard Bucket Seats

The OEM information for Standard Colors was:

Blue (code 22)

Parchment with Blue appointments (code D2)

Optional Interior Colors:

Black on black (code 26)

Interior Decor Group Option Bucket seats

If you have this interior option,there was a choice of:

Blue and White (code 62)

Parchment with Blue appointments (code F2)

Optional Interior Color:

Black on Black (code 66)

Bench Seat Option

Standard Colors:

Blue (code 32)

Optional Colors:

Black on Black (code 36)

Parchment with Blue Appointments (code C2)

What I usually suggest now, to zoom in on the correct color, is to either take the car down to the paint store, or find some piece of the car that appears to have the original color intact and get it to them for matching.

If paint chips don't work, many places now have a kind of digital paint analyzer, which basically takes a picture of the paint and then matches it up to the correct paint replacement color.

You may also want to check out the pictures on the 1966 Mustang page.

You'll notice in the interior pictures, a car with a blue interior. If you look at the difference between the door panels and paint, or dash and dash paint colors, it may seem to be two toned.

But it's simply the difference in colors between the interior panels and dash and the hard painted surfaces.

Hope that helps!

B.




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