My car has a bit of a mismatched interior - I think it was originally bone velour but the seats and door cards have been changed to red vinyl ones. I'm pretty sure they're from a mk2 as they have the headrests.
I've not really seen any other mk2 2000s or 2500s with red vinyl. Was this quite rare, or perhaps something for the Aussie market only?
Red vinyl on a mk2
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1977 2500S - White
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1977 2500S - White
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Re: Red vinyl on a mk2
Red was a relative common interior with Mk1 models in the UK, but was it an option only on early Mk2 models. It was Matador Red, and was an option with white, green (?possibly?) and grey cars I recollect.
I have a 1970 sales brochure which shows a red interior in a white saloon.
It was available in vinyl or the half vinyl/ half bri-nylon.
I have a 1970 sales brochure which shows a red interior in a white saloon.
It was available in vinyl or the half vinyl/ half bri-nylon.
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1967 Mk1 2000 in Gunmetal Grey
1969 Mk1 2000 in Royal Blue
1970 Mk2 2000 in Valencia Blue
1972 Mk2 2.5 PI in Triumph White
1973 Mk2 2.5 PI in Sienna Brown
1976 Mk2 2500S in Carmine Red
1967 Mk1 2000 in Gunmetal Grey
1969 Mk1 2000 in Royal Blue
1970 Mk2 2000 in Valencia Blue
1972 Mk2 2.5 PI in Triumph White
1973 Mk2 2.5 PI in Sienna Brown
1976 Mk2 2500S in Carmine Red
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Re: Red vinyl on a mk2
IIRC, the Mk2 PI used by Motor magazine for their 1969 road test was grey with a red half/half interior. I have also seen at least one early Mk2 in green with a red interior, but cannot say whether or not the combination was original.
I don't think that the Matador Red interior remained a catalogued option on UK-built Mk2 saloons/estates for very long - possibly no later than 1972. Australia I can't answer for, but those are clearly Australian-pattern door cards...
I don't think that the Matador Red interior remained a catalogued option on UK-built Mk2 saloons/estates for very long - possibly no later than 1972. Australia I can't answer for, but those are clearly Australian-pattern door cards...
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