Hi all

A few months back I picked up a windowless smooth roof van a fairly early one as the vin no is 799. Its the usuall story of a shell and a dozen boxes of random bits and peices. Unfortunatly it had the interior stripped out and had been lost so had a different pair of seats with it. Question is what colour should the seats and trim be. the body colour is tartan red and should it have the white or black speedo housing?. With thr seats would it have have had the same stitching as say a K seat? would like to get this thing back as close to std as i can so any help would be great.

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66 Van 1275
69 K Sedan
69 K Van Teabag
66 austin Countryman
68van

The car numbers (it's not a vin) started again with each model change. I had a '66 van that was number 474...

tartan red is an early colour, the seats wouldn't have been the same as a K - they'd be the same as an early 850

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Hi Geordie,

I've got a 64 850 Van with Chassis No. 710 so it should be quite comparable to yours. Mine was originally Astro Grey and had red 850 low back seats, red trim and the silver backed speedo.

Although mine was grey and not red, I have a 63 Countryman in tartan red that also has a red interior. I'd assume they wouldn't have too many combinations for the commercial vans.

Hope this helps!

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1963 Austin Countryman Woody
1964 Morris 850 Van
1967 Austin Countryman
1975 Range Rover 2 Door
2004 Subaru Forester XT
2015 Potts Teardrop Camper
RIP 1990 Citroen BX 16Valve

My '60s Aussie van originally came with Tartan Red seats, door cards and dash cards.

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Thanks all that gives me what i need to work from now

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66 Van 1275
69 K Sedan
69 K Van Teabag
66 austin Countryman
68van

in the same position here. whats the go with original headlining? anyone got pictures of one.

Early van had the front half of a Mini 850 headlining

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