1972 Ranger interior id help

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1972 Ranger interior id help

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1972 Ranger F100 LWB

Trying to id if my interior is original and find closest replacement I can.
VIN has N, which decodes to "Dark Red Vinyl and Dark Red Body Cloth."

Found the image here on the site, but the swatch is so small it's hard to tell what the texture of the cloth looks like.
http://www.fordification.com/library/pi ... tegory/230

Attached (I hope) is a pic of what my interior looks like. I think it could be original given how unmolested the rest of the truck is.
The cloth part of my seat is very smooth with a sort of diamond pattern.
The cloth part is almost satiny. You slide nicely on it. Plus, I think it will be cooler in the Florida heat.
The cloth on the seats from most of the big name sellers looks like the cloth seats I remember from 80s cars that would snag or pull a thread pretty easily.

Anyone have a picture of a vehicle with this color interior (or another color of the same vinyl cloth type) they could share?
It looks like the other colors were in this fabric combo black, blue, parchment or green.

I have looked at the offerings of all over the various sellers for Ranger (but not Ranger XLT) seats and don't see this color, much less any fabric that looks like mine even in a different color.

Any help would be appreciated, either in an image of an original interior and/or pointers to which seller's fabric is closest.
(I have seen the references to the place that sells original fabrics and they look great. But I don't think I have the time or money to get fabric made into a seat. Looking for premade covers I can replace myself.)
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1969 F100 LWB Ranger 360 3 on tree - gone too soon
1972 F100 LWB Ranger 390 auto - going to a new home
1966 F100 SWB Flareside 240 - 4 spd
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Might give these guys a call. No personal experience but I've seen positive comments on several forums. https://smsautofabrics.com/pages/about-sms
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:yt: I have not seen any of the other vendors that have the original pattern available, but maybe someone else that has will chime in.

Regards :thup:
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sargentrs wrote:Might give these guys a call. No personal experience but I've seen positive comments on several forums. https://smsautofabrics.com/pages/about-sms
If you contact SMS with your VIN, they will send you free swatches of your original fabric and trim.

I did it for my 67, and their samples were dead on.
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Looks like SMS it is.
1969 F100 LWB Ranger 360 3 on tree - gone too soon
1972 F100 LWB Ranger 390 auto - going to a new home
1966 F100 SWB Flareside 240 - 4 spd
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