carpet colour for my Hillman Hunter 1971

[Susannah]

Hi Folks,
I am new to the classic world but I have just bought a 1971 Hillman Hunter GL 1.5 which is bright blue with chrome strips. The interior seats are beige maybe once white and she has "wood" paneling. I am replacing the horrible brown carpet the last restorer put in and I want to know what the original colour might have been. Does anyone know? OR Does anyone know how to find out? Been looking online for images and have found original catalogs for sale but uncertain if they will have the information I need and don't want to have to buy them to find out. I think I might just put black carpet down as it might be better to keep it looking clean.
any recommendations? Also should I purchase any particular type of carpet?
thank you, susy

[rich.]

could you dye the existing carpets?

[SirTainleyBarking]

The early 70's were the time of brown and beige, although black vinyl on black would also look authentic.
If of course you can get a contemporary sales catalogue in colour, you'll get a good idea of what the factory optons were

[JPB]

From what I remember of CHH 819L, my Hunter GL, brown carpets are right with beige trim. 1500? How so? Is this a Santry plant-assembled car?
Someone will doubtless show me wrong but I was sure that all UK-assembled Hunter GLs were 1725cc.

[jpsh120]

I would think brown carpet is correct or maybe even blue, but I have seen some pretty shocking colour combinations on rootes cars over the years . A dark blue might look good, I would suggest talking to coverdale carpets who I'm fairly certain have the patterns for the hunter and you could choose any colour and quality.

[rich.]

the 70s was an era of strange taste, i used to own a sandglow mgb with orange stripey seats.....what were they thinking

can we have a few pics of the car please??