Please post pics of " Beige Cream " Turbo Regals

[t-typinator]

I'd like to see if we could figure out roughly how many there are out there,or at least on this forum.
I also think it would be kinda cool to see the diff option combo's like t-roof cars,limiteds etc. in this color.

Thanks in advance.

 

[t-typinator]

mine

I'm going to try to get some better pics today,these are from previous owner.

 

[t-typinator]

I believe those are the orig floor mats turned upside down to preserve them, the line across the carpet is just the shadow of the window.
I have a feeling that the only available interior for this color would be the tan because i'm not sure any of the other colors would match very well,I'm thinking probably the browns also may have only been available with this color interior.
Thats part of the reason i want more pics of other cars ,to see if thats true.

 

[coach]

I love the tan interior with console and buckets. I wonder why the dash is sooo much darker then the rest of the interior? Man would it look even better if it all matched.

:biggrin:

 

[t-typinator]

I love the tan interior with console and buckets. I wonder why the dash is sooo much darker then the rest of the interior? Man would it look even better if it all matched.

:biggrin:

Yaeh the tan is my favorite interior.
But i'm not so sure it would look good all the same tone,I don't think the dash would look real good if it were light tan like the seats + i don't think i would like the seats to be darker.Pictures always seem to show more of a difference between colors,then in person also.
There is def a diff between the different surfaces but not quite as much as the pics look.
I've seen it too in other colors,i think maroon has a big diff between dash + carpet,dash is much darker,I think in general all the dashes are darker then the rest of the interiors.They may have started out closer to each other too, in tone but each material may age differently after time.but this is about as well preserved an interior as you will find,so this is what they look like,car only has 23k mi.+ has no sun fading.Different batches of carpets + or dashes may have been darker or lighter then others also,so some may be closer match then others.
A friend of mine who is a buick tr fan,told me the other day that all the interiors started out blue + were then died the diff colors ,can anybody verify this.
I just realized that a flash was used for that pic too which really plays with the light on the diff materials ,making the color diff more pronounced.

 

[t-typinator]

I love the tan interior with console and buckets. I wonder why the dash is sooo much darker then the rest of the interior? Man would it look even better if it all matched.

:biggrin:

I went out + looked at the interior,after you pointed out the diff in colors,+ it all flows together + looks right in person.(It definetly wouldn't look right all the exact same shade),
It almost looks like they designed it to be two tone.
The dash is darker + matches the steering wheel,kick panels,carpet, the carpet on the bottom of the doors,+also the little thin carpet strip just in front of the back window,+ then from the armrests up are lighter including,the headliner,a-pillars + other plastics, seats,console,upper door panels,etc.+ the seats have a slightly darker piping to tie in with the darker parts,It all comes together + looks great in the car.
The flash also did definetly mess with the lighting as i said,if you look at the passenger side kick panel it looks real light in the pic,but it's actually the same exact color as the dash,but because its at a diff angle the flash makes it look much lighter,look at the drivers side one it's identicle to the passenger side + matches the dash.
Also the seats + upper door panels have like a reflective quality to them,that reflects the light + makes them look even lighter.
I tried to find a tan interior pic to compare it too but couldn't find one,but if you look at a grey interior, its the same type setup.
The darker colors too, but i think to a lesser degree.It just doesn't show as much in the darker colors,+ is probably easier to get a closer match if its dark.
I don't think they could make it all match perfectly if they tried, too many different types of materials to dye + try to match,so instead they probably decided to make 2 diff tones,which i think really sets it off nice.

 

[coach]

PLEASE,PLEASE.PLEASE, Do not think I am picking on your car. I LOVE IT. My GN interior is the same way. Not all the grays match. The seats are more silver then gray. If all the plastic molded items are dyed the same, then its probably the way the picture took. I have never seen a bucket seat/ console tan interior in person. I want to purchase a car with this exact interior in mint shape for a future project. I need to post in case there is a wreck or car for sale with no drive train in it, parts car or whatever. I love the classy look of the tan. I love the 2 tone GN also. The other colors of turbo car interiors should have been 2 tone also. It would have really set them apart from the rest of the Regals. The blue with silver, or maroon with gray...I think would have looked really good.

GM even matched the inside colors to their surroundings, that when I had my headliner out last summer...its actually blue. When installed in the car and there is no direct light on it...it matches the rest of the gray panels perfect.

Awesome car.

Coach:biggrin:

 

[Phoff]

When the interiors were new they matched. Most interiors have faded somewhat even low mileage cars.

 

[troGNman]

Back in '87-88 I met a guy on the other side of my town who bought his '86 Cream Beige T-Type brand new. I drove past his house when he had the car out of the garage and was surpised to see that the car matched his vinyl siding perfectly!

It looked just like the one in your pic but the '86 came standard with the blackout trim.

 

[87LimitedV8]

Im by no means a Tubo Regal expert but Ive owned several tan interior 80s GMs including cutlasses and RWD cadillac coupe devilles/ fleetwoods and have seen lots of 80's GM cars with tan interiors. The tan dashes in EVERY one I have ever seen has been darker than the rest of the interior. I have always sought out the cars with the tan interiors because I think they look the nicest. (Other than gray). The tan interior in my 87 N/A Regal with leather and mini console 37k original mile car is the same way. The full interior is more or a caramel color and the dash and wheel is a medium-light brown. I think GM did it so they could use the same dash in darker brown interior cars. I also had a chocolate brown interior coupe de ville once and the dash was noticeabley lighter. Probably the same light brown used in the tan interior cars.

 

[t-typinator]

When the interiors were new they matched. Most interiors have faded somewhat even low mileage cars.

I disagree this interior was never meant to match + never did match
This is not a case of fading.
Its clear when seen in person that this is how the interior was meant to look + came from the factory.
There is just no way that the seats, upper door panels, console,all the plastic,headliner etc. Faded about 10 shades ,from a brown like the dash,steering wheel etc. down to a light tan.

 

[t-typinator]

PLEASE,PLEASE.PLEASE, Do not think I am picking on your car. I LOVE IT. My GN interior is the same way. Not all the grays match. The seats are more silver then gray. If all the plastic molded items are dyed the same, then its probably the way the picture took. I have never seen a bucket seat/ console tan interior in person. I want to purchase a car with this exact interior in mint shape for a future project. I need to post in case there is a wreck or car for sale with no drive train in it, parts car or whatever. I love the classy look of the tan. I love the 2 tone GN also. The other colors of turbo car interiors should have been 2 tone also. It would have really set them apart from the rest of the Regals. The blue with silver, or maroon with gray...I think would have looked really good.

GM even matched the inside colors to their surroundings, that when I had my headliner out last summer...its actually blue. When installed in the car and there is no direct light on it...it matches the rest of the gray panels perfect.

Awesome car.

Coach:biggrin:

Thanks.
I Didn't think you were cutting down the car,this color interior is hardly ever seen so its not well known how it is suposed to look.I got curious about it too once it was pointed out.I had noticed the dash was darker before but didn't give it a second thought because it just looks right,but when seen in the pic it really jumps out at you.I flip houses for a living + i always take my vid camera with me when i go to look at a new property,+ it's amazing how things that I never noticed when looking at it,just jump out at you in the video.
The kick panels are the only molded plastic that is darker,(really a brown) to match the dash above it + the carpet below it.but all the rest is a much lighter color, (Tan) to match the seats,console ,upper door panels,headliner, etc.Two distinct diff colors,+ not a case of fading. Even if this interior wasn't like brand new ,it would be clear that this is how it came when new. I did see pics of another low mile tan interior today + its the same way.

 

[t-typinator]

Check this out ,does anybody else still have this on their dash surfaces?
You may have it + not even know it.
It's a protective covering from when the dash was made,
It was probably to protect the dash when handling + installing.
I would think that it was suposed to be removed either after installlation of the dash or when they prepped the car for delivery at the dealership.
25 yrs from now all this can be removed + the dash plastic will still look new.

Oh man I forgot that pic was smaller then the others,I'll see if i can get a better pic of it. Sorry !!!!

 

[coach]

Check this out ,does anybody else still have this on their dash surfaces?
You may have it + not even know it.
It's a protective covering from when the dash was made,
It was probably to protect the dash when handling + installing.
I would think that it was suposed to be removed either after installlation of the dash or when they prepped the car for delivery at the dealership.
25 yrs from now all this can be removed + the dash plastic will still look new.

Oh man I forgot that pic was smaller then the others,I'll see if i can get a better pic of it. Sorry !!!!

My dash still has the protective clear covering on every surface. It looks faded, but when I point it out, where I have a small corner peeled back, people are then impressed. I just started collecting the tan interior pieces. I can save them forever and when I find a nice roller or project car that needs finished, it wont matter what color the interior is. I can make it a tan interior. The T-top trim and console top will be the hardest to find in mint condition, I am guessing.

Post some more pics of your interior. There are not alot of them on the sight. Show it off!!!

One more question...Is the console top, not the base, really that much different in color from the dash? Look at the pic you put up to see what I mean.

:biggrin:

 

[t-typinator]

My dash still has the protective clear covering on every surface. It looks faded, but when I point it out, where I have a small corner peeled back, people are then impressed. I just started collecting the tan interior pieces. I can save them forever and when I find a nice roller or project car that needs finished, it wont matter what color the interior is. I can make it a tan interior. The T-top trim and console top will be the hardest to find in mint condition, I am guessing.

Post some more pics of your interior. There are not alot of them on the sight. Show it off!!!

One more question...Is the console top, not the base, really that much different in color from the dash? Look at the pic you put up to see what I mean.

:biggrin:

yup,the console is setup to match the lighter color of the interior,not the dash.
The top of console is a soft material + the lower is molded plastic,2 different materials,so they are slightly diff in color,but not as much as the pic shows,again the flash really makes any diff in shade look much more then it is.
I just went out + looked at it and could only see a slight difference when i took a droplight + aimed it at the console.
when i get a chance i will take some pics without a flash + post them up.
Check out the gold colored t-type on e-bay it has the tan interior too + you can see the diff between the dash + console in one of those pics,but his are taken outside on a nicely lit day with no flash so the interior just has ambient light, where if you look in my pic it is dark in the back ground + the bright flash on everything.but you can still see the console matches the seats in his too + not the brown dash.
you can see the plastic on the sides of the seats is a darker color then the seat itself too,just like mine.his is a low mile car too.Its kind of a bummer to see it all caged up like that on that rare color combo,+ mint interior.
I still think that in any of the brown cars light or dark + also cream cars, the tan interior is the only color you could get,+ that on certain other colors you couldn't get the tan because it wouldn't color co-ordinate very well.

 

[t-typinator]

Also found out last night that the actual name of this exterior color may not be beige cream,which never seemed right to me,(I'll have to look some more later at diff sites.)
One site ,the one that is trying to get a pic of each color + model tr called it beige cream.
But this color is actually yellow,as a matter of fact i pulled out some old pics of some old mopars + it is basically the same as an old hemi coronet i used to own,+ also a 69 charger,
It was called sunfire yellow,+ also a 67 vette i had decades ago,+ that also was called sunfire yellow.
On the turbo regal website it lists paint code 54 which is what my car is,as Yellow Beige.not Beige Cream,now i'm not sure which is right but yellow beige sounds more correct because it is Yellow.
Also found out from the same site that the official name for this color interior is light saddle,option code 62b

 

[strikeeagle]

Your car is indeed Cream Beige. The following 12 exterior colors were available for 1987 Regals:

Black
Cream Beige
White
Brown Metallic
Dark Blue Metallic
Dark Red Metallic
Gray Metallic
Light Blue Metallic
Light Brown Metallic
Light Sage Metallic
Rosewood Metallic
Silver Metallic

A number of these colors are often mistakenly referred to by the uninitiated, such as "gunmetal gray" and "chestnut", compounding the misinformation surrounding our cars...

 

[t-typinator]

Your car is indeed Cream Beige. The following 12 exterior colors were available for 1987 Regals:

Black
Cream Beige
White
Brown Metallic
Dark Blue Metallic
Dark Red Metallic
Gray Metallic
Light Blue Metallic
Light Brown Metallic
Light Sage Metallic
Rosewood Metallic
Silver Metallic

A number of these colors are often mistakenly referred to by the uninitiated, such as "gunmetal gray" and "chestnut", compounding the misinformation surrounding our cars...

Where i got that was actually a site that is giving the codes,break down,(The turbo regal website)it wasn't just someone calling it that, in a thread or post.
I'm not saying that your info is right or wrong, or theirs is either,because at this point i don't know, i'm going to look into it further.
But where did you get your info on this? Is their another site or code breakdown listing,i'd like to see the different info out there on the colors/codes.
Does anybody have any 86-87 order books or brochures.
I've always seen it in the past called cream beige or beige cream.So i think that is probably the official name,but now that i saw it on the other site as yellow beige it made me curious.
Because this color is definetly a yellow,it is identicle to 67 corvette yellow (Sunfire yellow)but that doesn't mean that cream beige isn't the actual name buick gave this color. It's actually a little more yellow then in most pics too,the color gets a little washed out in pics. It's about the color of smiley boy right here:smile:

 

[87gninpa]

strikeeagle is correct, the color is Cream Beige. I did a lot of research on that particular car a few years ago when it was for sale in Jersey. The info I came up with pointed to the color being Cream Beige. Let me know when you're gonna sell it, I still want that car...:biggrin:

 

[t-typinator]

Post some more pics of your interior. There are not alot of them on the sight. Show it off!!!

One more question...Is the console top, not the base, really that much different in color from the dash? Look at the pic you put up to see what I mean.

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If you google 1987 turbo regal color pics,there is a good pic of a tan interior.
+ it shows the console same as mine with the top a bit lighter then the base,because of the two diff materials,+ the whole console in tan like the seats, + much lighter then the brown dash.

when you google it,It should be the first listing at the top,its the one with 4 diff pics of tr's,just click on that, + the interior pic is down 4 rows in the pics.