Interior code xa charcoal & black & funny story

[taxspeaker]

My bird has black bucket seats, but the fender tag shows code XA interior charcoal & black. Does this mean the seats should have that charcoal piping-they are all black? I have always wondered about this but the seats are (supposed) to be original and the owner prior to me says they were never even unbolted. When I unbolted them several years ago they appeared to be the original, unturned seat bolts, and I even found a diamond ring box under the seat with a diamond ring in it that had been there for 20-30 years from its looks.

I got all excited when I opened that ring box and called my wife who has a friend who is a jeweler. The diamond was huge and there was a Rolex watch band in there too. She drove up to the jeweler with the box (but not me) and I told her to call me with the appraisal. About 30 minutes later the jeweler called me personally and asked if I was sitting down. As you can imagine my excitement increased even more-was it the Hope diamond, what about the watch band? He quietly says "I have big news" and I held my breath. He says well I will give you $10 for the jewelry box and I said how much for the ring-he said he didn't want that fake crap and why was I trying to embarass him -couldn't I tell fake when I saw it? Apparently not.

Still curious about the seat piping though!
Thanks

[Arnie Cunningham]

My understanding is that Mopar considers the outside (surrounding material) to be "Black" and the center (different texture) material to be "Charcoal".  Even though they both look black to me...
I suspect you already know this but the bench seat cars received the wide silver stripe on the seats and door panels and the bucket seat cars received the thin piping/stripe on the seats and door panels.  I don't think the color of the stripe is the charcoal Mopar was referring to.  Someone else chime in if I am incorrect on this.
Brennan

[6bblgt]

The 1970 Plymouth b-body P6XA bucket seat interiors (soft parts) should all be the same, anyone know anything to the contrary?

Here's the original rear seat from a Superbird, reproduction interiors are offered in many combinations that are NOT factory correct - including all "black".

Can anyone post pics of a current reproduction P6XA interior?

[6bblgt]

"charcoal" is shockingly non-black once you start paying attention

[6bblgt]

..... some details of the part numbers & dates stamped on the backside

[6bblgt]

269 9 = Friday 9/26/69
279 9 = Monday 10/6/69
287 9 = Tuesday 10/14/69
288 9 = Wednesday 10/15/69

[Arnie Cunningham]

AH! so the insert is "Black" and the sides/surrounding material is "charcoal".