Interior Colour combinations

Hi, here is a list of the hides that I am aware have been used for the 365 GT4 2+2. I haven't come across an original cream leather interior, but cream was popular in the 400 and 412 (Connolly code Crema VM 3997). What is the serial number of your 365? Perhaps it had Sabbia (sand coloured or light beige) interior originally though it's by no means impossible that it was Crema.

Connolly Vaumol and Cogolo hides
BEIGE VM 3218
SABBIA VM 3234
TABACCO VM 846
ROSSO VM 3171
NUVOLA VM 3015
BLU VM 3282
TESTA DI MORO VM 890
NERA COGOLO (sometimes NERO VM 8500 was used)

Other hides used:
ARANCIA VM 3104
BIANCO

 

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BTW they happily provide free samples

 

I've just realised I know which car it is Tom as we've had some correspondence on FB and it is Sabbia VM 3234 hide that your car had originally.

Blu Ribot with Sabbia leather was a common combination - on the other hand you will also find Blu Ribot with Beige, Tabacco, Blu and Nero hides

Here's a link to some pictures of 19065 which is also a Blu Ribot/Sabbia combination.

https://www.artebellum.com/en/classic-cars-for-sale/26238-1976-ferrari-365-gt4-2-2-matching-numbers

 

Hello Tom!

For my part the previous owner just bought black carpets for daily use and kept the “matching number” ones in his garage...

if it were up to me I’ll change the leather colour...
Go with Arancia! So cool with Blue Ribot

 

Yes, VM 846 is a daker tan colour. Here's a comparison between Sabbia, Beige and Tabacco from a period Ferrari Connolly samples book, albeit from the 1980s so the colour tones do not precisely match the 70s shades Image Unavailable, Please Login .

 

There were no codes for carpets. These are the carpet colours usually found in the 365 GT4 2+2:

Beige
Black
Red (burgundy)
Light blue
Dark blue
Brown
Grey

365s with Sabbia interiors generally had Beige carpets like yours. A few had brown or black, to complement exterior colour.

Light blue carpets were common and attractive to my eyes, though were usually combined with black or blue (light or dark) interiors.

I haven't come across a 365 GT4 2+2 with yellow carpets thought I know that at least one 365 GTC/4 had them originally combined with Arancia (later known as Marrone) leather. There is also a 365 GT4 2+2 with green carpets (and yellow paint), though I'm not sure if the carpets are original.

 

So for the 400's that had the highlighted inserts stitched into the seats, were those highlights meant to match the carpets or door cards too? The highlights in my seats are dark brown on the tan leather. Some say I have to match the carpets with the inserts, though I've never heard it stated as fact. Does anyone have any insight on that?

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Hi Tim,
Many 400s and series one 400is had contrasting seat inserts and these always matched the inserts to the door cards (ie the door cards also had two different colours). I have seen only one or two exceptions to this. I had never thought about whether the colour of the inserts tied you to a certain carpet colour, though looking in my database where I have something like forty carb 400s with brown inserts, it seems the vast majority have brown carpets, and the ones that don't (of which most have beige and some have blue) I cannot be sure that their carpet colour is original.
David

 

This is the interior of #17233 and it looks to be Arancia VM 3104.

 

#17175 came with a Tabacco VM 846 interior originally.

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I like the lighter, the crema. The darker you go the more it turns into poopy peanut butter, like cuoio...which I personally hate.

Love blu ribot with crema. That would
be lovely.

 

Good day Tom,

World upholstery has some pics of the various leather colors:

https://www.worlduph.com/samples/connolly.htm

Sadly, colors rendering trends to be monitor specific, but also what kind of light was used when the picture was taken. I have 3218 on my car and I really like to color. I will take a few pics of the seat parts (interior is still out of my car) and post later.

Also, apparently some of the original Connolly family started another firm in Australia:

http://www.connollyleather.com.au/vaumolleather.html

You could also check with them to see what they have.

Cheers,

Sam

 

Thanks Tom!

If you follow this link you will find a 1976 365 GT4 2+2 for sale that is Blu Ribot with Beige VM 3218 leather (and beige carpets) for comparison.

https://www.autodrome-cannes.com/

Also I have attached a pic of my 412 which has original Crema VM 3997 leather and light blue carpets.

Note that both colours and textures have changed over time. So for example the Sabbia hides fitted to your car would not look exactly the same as Sabbia hides fitted to a 400i or 412, despite having the same Connolly leather code (though technically 412s have Autolux rather than Vaumol hides). HVL Exclusive Italian Interiors are often recommended on Fchat for sourcing the correct leather for vintage Ferraris (though I have no experience of them myself).

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