64-65 USED Black carpeting..?? ya USED.

[WkillGS]

I'm looking at a 1965 DuPont color chip chart....
I'm seeing a 'Lt Gray' #9002 semi-gloss used on Buick and Cadillac, and a ''Dark Gray' #9195-LH flat used on Buick only. The dark gray has some texture and is likely the paint used on the thin strip between the windshield and dash pad.
The 'light gray' looks like a medium gray primer color with no metallic. Should there be metallic?

[dsags]

The paint Buick used on the dash was a Dark Gray Poly DL32471. When Buick used the term Poly in the description that was the code for metallic. The entire upper dash metal, including the area the dash pad covers, up to the windshield is painted the same dark gray poly. The picture is of the interior of my convertible. The dash pad was spruced up with a coating of SEM 15303 Graphite Flexible Color Coat.

[wheelz]

NIIIICE!  So.  Uh.  Yo, wheres your OLD carpeting??? hehehe.      I have another question.. I am considering polishing the white painted roof. Do the Gran Sport emblems have nuts inside under the sail panels?  or are these emblems snapped on with barrell clips?   

Wheelz, Tampa Bay   

[Mark Ascher]

They are held on with nuts. The inside trim panels need to be removed to get at them.

Mark

[wheelz]

ThanQ Mark!    Im happy I didnt try to PRY them off...       

[schlepcar]

Dsags..you really opened up a can with that interior pic. It has been said that the gray carpet had gray on the console,so in a consolette,is that gray or black. I have seen several colors before,but not in this combination. The car I am restoring is white with 154 white interior,the dash definitely looks gray, but is the four speed console supposed to be gray too?

[dsags]

Can honestly say I don't know. Never saw a finished white interior with a consolette. Like how the gray looks so that is what I went with. Believe the automatic consoles all came with a black plastic lower and black accent paint on the upper portion.

Dan

[wheelz]

Well guys, with Thansgiving holidaze and visitors from the great white north for the past few weeks, I havent had much time to heavily investigate this original 65 GS I picked up just a few weeks ago....however, all this chat about grey this and black that...I am going to thoroughly and closely take a good look at the grey? carpeting in my car... and what color the auto console upper highlighted painted portion really is...  you know, stuff like that.
So hang in there..  Pix and details coming soon. 

Wheelz, Tampa Bay

[mdkd]

All

Just to clarify Dans comment on the Automatic Consol Color always being Black.

I think the Automatic Consol was Black on both the Black and White interiors but color matching on the other interiors

I know both my Black HT and Red Convert had Red interiors with Red consol.

My current White HT has White interior and Black console

My Current White interior also has Gray upper and lower dash with Gray metal dash, Gray AC Vents, steering wheel, steering wheel column, carpet, door carpet inserts, seat belt retract covers I think- no sun here today in the workshop, tilt and directional wand plastic nobs.

I'm third owner and have contact with the previous two if need be.

I also found another Gray 4 speed consol that was Gray in the pictures.

Milton

[Loren At 65GS]

Can honestly say I don't know. Never saw a finished white interior with a consolette. Like how the gray looks so that is what I went with. Believe the automatic consoles all came with a black plastic lower and black accent paint on the upper portion.

Dan

The lower portion of auto consoles were color coordinated with the interior. I have blue, red, black and a goldish colored out in the shop.

All the chrome top areas have the textured area painted black.

  Loren

[dsags]

Loren and Milton,

Knew I could count on somebody to REALLY know to about the auto consoles.

GREAT pictures of the white interiors. Very valuable. Would almost kill for the shift boot in the 4 speed car but that should be proof of its originality.

Dan

[Loren At 65GS]

Milt,
 I will agree that the manual console could have been gray.
I restored  a'65 GS for a guy when I lived in MN. 
It was an original car, red hardtop with a white interior, power windows. four speed with console. The console was gray in that car when he got the car.

  Loren

[wheelz]

WOOOOHOOO... 3     Great information and thanks for the awesome collection of interior pix Guys!   You guys 

Wheelz, Tampa Bay

[Loren At 65GS]

We share.
That and the registry  is why 65GS.com exists.

  Loren

[65GS]

The gray carpet I just put in was from A.C.C. (American carpet co.), #158 Charcoal. $ was $166.00 +
 ship.
It fits like a glove. I think it was listed under Chevell?.

Al
I also have a piece of the orig., and this color is a dead match to it!!