65 Monaco - Correct Trunk Color

[65 Monaco]

Looking for some information. Going to look at / buy a 1965 Monaco this coming Saturday. The current owner has sent me some pictures and I noticed that the color of the trunk interior is not the same as the outside of the car. I found a couple other examples of this online and was wondering if this was the way the cars were originally made back in '65. Iv'e included a pic of the car and a pic of the trunk interior. Thanks in advance for your replies.

 

[Big_John]

The floor has been painted, probably with a rust paint, like POR-15 or similar.

The rest of the trunk looks like it's splatter painted. Hard to tell, but that's probably stock.

 

[Bryan]

Inside the trunk of my 65 Chrysler is body color body plugs are unpainted black. I couldn't imagine Dodge doing it differently. That looks to me like a tan or gold car that was repainted black.

 

[CanCritter]

looks like they used rust bullet...good stuff

 

[Big_John]

They did a sloppy job on the floor and painted over the plugs. But the rest looks right. I don't know what prompted splatter paint v. body color, but I have seen it both ways. My Dad's brand new 68 300 had a dark splatter paint in the trunk. We drove that one right out of the showroom.

Here's an example I found online.

 

[Big_John]

Here's a thread with pics of Red's 68 Monaco 500 and a couple of Dave's cars. Original splatter colors.

painting the trunk, any advice?

 

[65 Monaco]

Here's a thread with pics of Red's 68 Monaco 500 and a couple of Dave's cars. Original splatter colors.

painting the trunk, any advice?

Thanks for posting this. I feel a little better now.

 

[Bryan]

They did a sloppy job on the floor and painted over the plugs. But the rest looks right. I don't know what prompted splatter paint v. body color, but I have seen it both ways. My Dad's brand new 68 300 had a dark splatter paint in the trunk. We drove that one right out of the showroom.

Here's an example I found online.

Interesting.... Kind of looks like it depended on who was working the paint booth that day. Now that I think of it, I had a friend with a 66 Plymouth VIP that had a spatter painted trunk, but my 65 doesn't even have a hint of it. As I remember, my 69 300 trunk was body color too. Maybe Chryslers weren't spatter painted if they came with the cardboard wheel well and quarter panel liners in them...

 

[65sporty]

If you buy it remember to update us and PLEASE include pic's. We all love pic's

 

[65 Monaco]

If you buy it remember to update us and PLEASE include pic's. We all love pic's

Absolutely. I've always wanted a 60's muscle car and have been wanting a '65 Monaco for probably 10 years or more. My dad had one when I was a kid (I'm 59 now) and always thought it was a great looking car. Not many cars had a console that ran all the way through to the back seats. Plus, I never saw another car that had the wicker or rattan inserts on the back of the front seats and along the sides of the interior. Truly unique.