Satin paint on interior of 71 cuda?

[gotcuda]

My 71 cuda is ready to paint and will get shot tomorrow.  Can anyone confirm that the interior metal was originally a satin finish?  and that the engine bay was the same finish as the exterior of the car?  thanks

[MEK-Dangerfield]

On you questions, I am fairly certain you are correct on the first one, I am positive you are correct on the second one. 



  Mike

[70challengerrt]

If you mean black for the satin on the interior yes use SEM interior paint Landau Black, part number 15016 its a dead on match. I know its for plastic and vinyle but I have used it on many metal dashes and never had a problem.

[gotcuda]

The car is a B-5 Blue (Dupont True Blue, 5251 exterior, 9833 interior), and was looking to paint the metal parts of the dash, trim around the rear window, etc, all the origional blue.  When I got the car, none of the interior metal was painted black, am I missing something?

[FY1Cuda]

No, a blue interior is supposed to be blue. He was just assuming that it is black because so many are done that way. Here are some charts from a '70 Challenger book that shows the colors of the different components.  They called the satin finish "suede".  I don't know offhand if Sem makes a blue that is close, but it seems to be the standard for doing the interiors.  Maybe a paint supplier can mix up the B-5 in a satin, but having it in a spray can would be a lot easier. Good luck with your project.

[PlumCrazy]

No, a blue interior is supposed to be blue. He was just assuming that it is black because so many are done that way. Here are some charts from a '70 Challenger book that shows the colors of the different components.  They called the satin finish "suede".  I don't know offhand if Sem makes a blue that is close, but it seems to be the standard for doing the interiors.  Maybe a paint supplier can mix up the B-5 in a satin, but having it in a spray can would be a lot easier. Good luck with your project.

70 and 71 interior paint codes are totally different.

[70challengerrt]

Yeh I was assuming it was black. I never ran into blue interior I cna't help. Sorry.

[30below]

Rob at Mopaints may be able to help with the suade or satin finish.Went thru this problem with my 73 Cuda with B5 interior.

[Challenger6pak]

You are looking for Light Blue Poly if you want the correct color.  The Ditzler number for it is 14120.  I went back and looked over the manual.  I wrote the wrong code.  The code is 14120.  While there is 2 colors of low-gloss blue.  Only the code I just posted was used in the Challenger. 

[PlumCrazy]

At least two shages of blue were used in the interior.