Monday, February 25, 2019

Here is the end result. Now to start saving up a fortune for chrome plating.

Sunday, February 24, 2019

The final step in the upholstery of the car began yesterday. You can see the burlap underlay and the rubber back support in this picture.

This is the bottom after adding the foam cushion and the upholstery.

The seat was put up on a work stand and the new foam pad was installed.
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And here is the completed seat installed in the car.

Now on to the other seat.



Wednesday, February 20, 2019

After allowing the glue to dry overnight, I installed them in the sail panel area of the roof.

And here is a close up of the larger part.
Although it is hard to see in the picture, it goes all the way up to the windshield.

After making a paper pattern, I transferred it to heavy card stock (non corrugated cardboard), cut it out and tested for fit.

After slightly altering the shape, it was padded with some left over headliner material and covered with light weight vinyl.

Sunday, February 17, 2019

I finished up the back for the package shelf and installed it. I'm pretty happy with the result. Now on to the bucket seats.

Thursday, February 14, 2019

I had a pretty productive day today. First thing was to turn the car around again so I could install the passenger door panel. After fixing a couple small problems the panel went on like a charm.
I decided I couldn't stand the crud on the carpet anymore so I got out the vacuum and gave it a good cleaning. That made the rest of the car look bad so I waxed it.
Next I upholstered the rear seat bottom and installed it in the car. 
Tomorrow I hope to get the back done and installed. That brown is the beginning of the paper pattern that I will use to make the hardboard base which will become the pattern to cut the foam.


Wednesday, February 13, 2019

The last few days have been busy. I installed the parking brake boot and fitted the console over it.
I then upholstered the rear side panels, installed the speakers, ran the wires under the carpet and into the luggage compartment through an existing hole. I did add a rubber grommet to protect the wires from chafing.
Next I covered the wheel well humps that I previously made and installed them.
Then it was on to bigger and better(read harder) things. I upholstered and installed all the pieces of the door panels. The escutcheons around the door handle holes were cleaned and I powder coated them in almost chrome silver then clear powder coat. I think they turned out pretty nice if I do say so myself.