Parchment Interior options

[hesmytaxguy]

Thanks Bill.

[Blitz]

Yep for '68 that interior pattern with the “basket weave” inserts was known as decor. The reason this trips people up is that this same overall pattern was the standard interior in '67. In '68 they came up with an even more basic / plain pattern which then became the standard interior, which is what I have. The existing “decor” pattern then became an extra-cost option. Part of the effort to lower the entry price of the Cougar in 68.

[BAust]

For the rear panels, you’re probably best off finding good originals so they’ll match your door panels pretty closely (only variable is different fade rates over the years in different cars). We (WCCC) have a pretty nice passenger side panel in stock here (pics are of the actual panel, I just took them).

For the kick panels, replacements are available in parchment (link). These are the plain flat version as found in Mustangs, without the speakers perforations that all Cougars came with. Close enough if you don’t plan on putting speakers behind them. There are also several versions with speaker pods that stick out, which you’d probably have to paint. I had some for a while but find them kinda ugly, my plan for whenever I finally put my car back together is to put speakers behind the panels (you can use these reproduction enclosures) and somehow re-create the factory style perforations in the flat kick panels.
Actually if you want my parchment kick panels with speaker pods, let me know, I won’t need them anymore. They’re actually the right color, not painted.

We carry a good flexible paint for vinyl & plastic which is a pretty good match, SEM Phantom White.

The seat upholstery is the tricky part. We’ve had some issues getting a good match from the manufacturer of our seat covers. The thing is, not every Parchment interior is the same. What I ran into is - I have a '68 Standard, and my Parchment interior was a plain, solid color. Whereas your '67 Standard Parchment interior (which became Decor in '68) probably has a “mottled” look to it, yes? Like when you look closely there should be a faint pattern in the vinyl (not talking about texture). In my case, the new seat covers I got came with the “mottled” version of Parchment, which wasn’t right for my car. After going back and forth for a while, I ended up exchanging them for a new set made with a solid white vinyl that’s a bit whiter than factory, but matches the repro headliner well. I got some extra material to re-cover the rear interior panels with, and found a different SEM white paint that I’ll try to redo my door panels with. Blugh.
That said, the repro Parchment may be a better match for you than it was for me since you actually want the “mottled” pattern. It still won’t be a perfect match, but that’s all that’s available right now. Also I see that you have Comfortweave - note that the original material is perforated and awesome, whereas the repro is not (they just took a mold of original stuff, so it’s kinda “imitation” comfortweave). I don’t see a listing on our site for the comfortweave version but I’m pretty sure we could get it made. Here’s the regular vinyl complete upholstery set for 67 std in parchment: link

Looks like you need a dash pad too - these new repros are very nice.

Here are a couple shots of what I was describing earlier on what I went though. Here’s the first kit I received with the “mottled” pattern:

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And here’s my original seat, just a plain solid color, and actually a little darker:

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So anyway, like I said, maybe the mottled look will match yours a little better than it did mine. Hope that helps!

Andrew I should have looked at this earlier. My '67’s front seats have a mismatch going on, as the driver’s seat is replaced/recovered with some of John’s CC stuff from the Mid/late 90s and it is extremely solid in color. I think your parchment kits for '67 will in fact do me quite well for the new red car!

I was going to do some fancy dying of the other seat from the old pair from John’s and see what I could get done to make it more mottled…but this looks exactly right! Whew…

That said…I only need one seat. If anybody wants to “go in” with me and also just needs one seat cover in Parchment (and for '67 they are reversible for driver/passenger seat) I’d love to save about 165.00

[Blitz]

Andrew I should have looked at this earlier. My '67’s front seats have a mismatch going on, as the driver’s seat is replaced/recovered with some of John’s CC stuff from the Mid/late 90s and it is extremely solid in color. I think your parchment kits for '67 will in fact do me quite well for the new red car!

I was going to do some fancy dying of the other seat from the old pair from John’s and see what I could get done to make it more mottled…but this looks exactly right! Whew…

That said…I only need one seat. If anybody wants to “go in” with me and also just needs one seat cover in Parchment (and for '67 they are reversible for driver/passenger seat) I’d love to save about 165.00

Oh cmon, do both… it’s gonna look weird if you do just one

[Huzer21]

I still haven’t touched the interior, but need to. It’d make driving it so much more enjoyable if I’m not sitting on crumbling foam, exposed seat springs, and a dash pad that looks like a sine wave. Why’d my son have to pick being a hockey goalie and steal money from the Cougar fund!