Mango Interior Lovers Unite!

Junkman

Junkman

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It is an established law of nature that people who want their Rover P6 interiors orange are punished for their lack of taste.
The stuff is rarer than hen's shit.

However, I heard it through the grapewine, that there are now at least two other rather eccentric individuals, who cherish being surrounded with psychedelic soft trim.
It is my humble proposal, that we should unite. The lone wolf approach to finding Mango interior bits may be commendable, but I think a concerted effort might yield more fruitful (pun well intended) results.
For example, should the unlikely thing happen and one finds a car with some useable components in Mango, he might not need all of them. So we could start to pool what we find and who knows, maybe everyone gets what he is looking for in the end?

And here is my call to all Mango interior haters:

If you have lying around, or come across, any interior parts in Mango, please let us know. Our gratefulness is assured and I would think there will always be a way to compensate you somehow. Beer at the very least.

Cheers,

The Junkman
 
I think mango is fairly acceptable! I certainly wouldn't remove it from a car if it already had it. That said, a friend of mine, with a 2200TC has just taken a black leather interior out of it, and fitted a mango one instead, in boxpleat leather. It's certainly striking. :shock:
 
Another vote in favour of Mango! I think it suits the S2 P6 Perfectly!

Mine is actually black, and because it is herrinbone cloth flat pleat, superbly comfortable - so I guess I'm going to enjoy that for a good 10 years or so!

Chris
 
Is Mango even a colour? not a descriptor of industrial waste colours :LOL:
I do like black but prefer the doeskin or champagne colours in leather though on the local auction site there is a P5B in burgundy red which normally I dislike but this one looks very very good..... maybe because it seem to have had little wear.

Graeme
 
I think the black is just an association i have with cars i've had that are always baking hot inside....

It does look good i think, just dont like it on a car i own :)
 
The red (is it toledo) is my favourite i think though i've never owned it... Maybe if i ever got sleipnir a retrim....;)
 
rockdemon said:
The red (is it toledo) is my favourite i think though i've never owned it... Maybe if i ever got sleipnir a retrim....;)
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Here is the link

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =525540189

Yes as much as black does look good it is the heat that stops me from owning a car with black leather, my current modern has cream leather and white paint with dark tinted windows, such a realief in summer never hot even on the brightest of days.

Graeme
 
I like the black interiors in P6s, because they seem to age the most gracefully. The light coloured interiors in P6s, unless well-kept by previous owners often let an otherwise very smart car down. My black seats I have at the moment have a nice lived-in look, which I think you only tend to get with darker coloured interiors. I like smart buckskin, or toledo red that isn't faded. I think buffalo looks good, but I've only seen it in one real car!
 
Not to sure on the interiors of P6's, i keep reading about boxpleat and allsorts but never studied to see what it all means! I picked up some P6 bits in the summer and a couple of the bits look a bit orange but no idea of details!

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Mr Junkman, EVERYONE loves Mango, they just don't realise it, how can you not like this.........
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Lovely, just lovely.

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I'm a mango convert, but I reckon the door handles should be black. Two different shades of mango doesn't look right to me.
 
Graeme, you must have been a hippy in your youth with that colour combination :D ........Not just Mango door handles a different shade, a few interiors have that.
 
I think the arm rest plastics have changed colour over time in relation to the seat colours, the same has happened with my interior, I am not a fan of the black contrast colour. The P6 has been lucky that it's armrest surfaces seem durable especially in comparison to some other car makes where armrest plastics started breaking up after only a few short years of use, in particular in my mind I can see the ford escorts of old, their armrests were in decline after only a few years.


Graeme
 
Ah there you go, there's no accounting for taste! I greatly prefer the contrasting black.

happy days said:
Graeme, you must have been a hippy in your youth.
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I think he's old enough to have been one.
 
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