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Brigand

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Hi,

I've seen Tigers with the seats covered in smooth vinyl and with seats covered in textured vinyl. Which is correct, and if there was a change, when was it (my car was built in February 1965).

Also, some seats have colored piping on the seats while most don't. Was this an option or is it just due to after market seat covers?

Finally, what color trim should a car with paint code 58 have?

Thanks.
 
The coloured piping was on all the early alpines up to the round cornered SIV's the early MKI round cornered non GT interior Tigers had contrasting piping. Soe of the cross over body cars also had the contrast piping.. cant remember exactly when it stopped.. but by MKIA it was out.
 
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cars with color code 58 had either black interior or azure blue.
 
For SIV-V Alpine.. which is the same period for tigers:

Series IV

Embassy Black with Scarlet upholstry & Embassy Black seat piping. Scarlet carpets.
Moonstone with Scarlet upholstry & Embassy Black seat piping. Scarlet carpets.
Moonstone with black upholstry & Moonstone seat piping. Black carpets.
Carnival Red with black upholstry & Carnival Red seat piping. Black carpets.
Wedgewood Blue with black upholstry & Wedgewood Blue seat piping. Black carpets.
Midnight Blue with Azure Blue upholstry & Dark blue seat piping. Azure Blue carpets.
Balmoral Grey with Azure Blue upholstry & Dark blue seat piping. Azure Blue carpets.
Forest Green with black upholstry & Embassy Black seat piping. Black carpets.
Arctic White with New Red upholstry & New Red seat piping. Calypso Red carpets.
Mediterranean Blue with black upholstry & Embassy Black seat piping. Black carpets.

Series V

Embassy Black with scarlet upholstry. Scarlet carpets. (Special order only)
Carnival Red with black upholstry. Black carpets. (Early)
Midnight Blue with Azure Blue upholstry & Dark blue seat piping. Azure Blue carpets.
Forest Green with black upholstry. Black carpets.
Arctic White with New Red upholstry. Calypso Red carpets. (Early)
Mediterranean Blue with black upholstry. Black carpets.
Oxford Blue with black upholstry. Black carpets.
Comodore Blue with Azure Blue upholstry. Light Blue carpet
Holly Green with black upholstry. Black carpets.
Polar White with New Red upholstry. Calypso Red carpets.
Orchid Green with black upholstry. Black carpets. (RARE)
Signal red with black upholstry. Black carpets.
Terquoise Blue Metallic with black upholstry. Black carpets. (RARE Late Only)
Gunmetal Metallic with New Red upholstry. Calypso Red carpets. (RARE Late Only)


courtesy Ian Spencer SAOCA
 
Thanks for such comprehensive replies.

Interesting what you say 65beam as I have seem a few Tiger I with midnight blue paint and with smooth black seats with red piping, hence my original question. I want to get my car back to how it should be, but also prefer black seats to blue!

Thanks again.
 
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there are quite a few tigers and alpines in this area that were midnight blue and had black interiors. there are also black cars with tan interiors. someone will probably say it never happened but there are living owners that had these cars and a couple still have them.
 
My code 58 car was white when I got it with what looked like original all black seats in it. I ended up working with Martha to make me a one off set of seat covers---didn't want black again.
 
Dark colors

I know you are looking for correct, but man I have gone thru several red and black interiors in Calif. sun ravaged convertibles. If you drive em park em its towels or tonneau covers to protect them.

It is really too bad about dye lots and the materials they use some last and are better than others.

Black and red piping would be my choice, if you could get some red line tires...that would be sweet.

You could also get some of those easy to remove vinyl stripes in red cobra style then when you get too many speeding tickets you could pull em off:)
 
cobrakidz said:
I ended up working with Martha to make me a one off set of seat covers
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Glad to hear that worked out for you and to know she's still in the biz although I hear she isn't in to it big time. She did my interior and will have to find out if she's interested in a re-do of the back shelf carpet. It has faded with very few hours of exposure but that's not her fault. Everything else still looks fine after over 25 years. I have a tonneau on it now to protect.

I'm sure the OME upholstery was some kind of pleather but I had mine done in leather. If you go leather you want thru dyed and not surface dyed. The gray color I wanted only came in the later and all the mini-cracks show a hint of tan peaking thru. I find sun baked leather a lot more bearable than OEM to sit on.

Wasn't Martha a guest at an event recently? Anything of interest said?
 
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Martha was at the TE/AE united in Maryland this past October. she held a tech session on upholstery.
 
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