And, as a result, the carpet hasn't been fit yet either. Fortunately this isn't a race and with more kid's birthday stuff this weekend, a power outage, and other mini projects, it wasn't going to be. But that's OK because I DID get the old seat covers pulled and shipped off to the upholstery guy on Saturday.
Last night I spent a little time doing some quick sketches of what I would like them to be when completed. I am dialing back a bit from what my ideal would be in order to keep prices down however, which is a good thing. Even the less expensive approach will be pretty spendy considering the car was only $1,300 in the first place, and new upholstery will be more than half that cost again. But the impact will be huge!
The look will be correct for the era, while adding a bit of a "sporty" feel. And reuse of the bright trim will really make this dazzling! Now I just have to wait 3-4 weeks for my new covers, and hopefully no more than that. I guess I will use that time to finish up the headers, finish porting the second head, finish disassembling the seats, frames and interior panels for blasting and refinishing.
Plenty to keep me busy in the meantime.
So the seats are going to be solid white vinyl? Not even cloth inserts? Ah - who could forget the feel of hot sticky vinyl when you're wearing shorts...
ReplyDeleteThe original seats had cloth inserts, but with this being a driver, and three of it's passengers under 10 years old, and needing to booster seats, cloth wouldn't stand a chance.
ReplyDeleteBesides, I was trying to give this more of a "sporty" feel. The pattern takes cues from the Fairlanes and Mustangs of the same vintage which were all-vinyl seating.
A couple other things I have going for me is the car has factory integrated (not hang-on) A/C, and the car will remain a two-tone (as it was from the factory) with a white roof. With all the days we've had in the 90s recently, that won't keep it from getting warm in the car, but it sure should help a lot.
Thanks for your comments and for checking out my project!