67 Teal Replacement Carpet

[Douglas L.]

I'm replacing Teal carpeting in a 67 coupe. Whose teal carpet is closest to original in color and thickness?

Knoch

ACC - Regular Teal

ACC - Dark Teal

So far, I am leaning toward ACC - Dark Teal. Can any judges give me a perspective on this?

Thanks,

Doug Lee

[Gene M.]

Re: 67 Teal Replacement Carpet

None of them are even close to the original teal. Started out with lighter teal from ACC. I used inking dye and dilute with alcohol and applied with a rag little at a time to get correct color. This took hours...........

Do this inking with pinch welting removed. Also restored and sew on original pinch welting as replacements suck.

[Douglas L.]

Re: 67 Teal Replacement Carpet

Gene,

I knew there had to be someone else out there with the same frustration I'm having.

I was told by one vendor that there may have been two different Teals used in 67. I don't know how that coule be substantiated.

Here are a couple of pics - one showing original faded carpet versus unfaded around the jack cover. Look closely and you will also a small piece of the Knoch Teal laying on the front side of the jack compartment as a comparison.


And this picture is the best I could do showing(in natural light) the different shades of the three teals found so far.


I am kind of leaning toward the dark teal because in natural light, it looks good.

Thanks for your comments on your solution.

Doug Lee