those seats look great and really comfortable.

I was thinking to doing something similar. the seats in my 97 Trans Am are amazing, and I have driven thousands of miles in them at a time. So I was thinking to get a set somewhere (ebay or junkyard) and getting them reupholstered to look like the original deluxe interior seats (comfortweave inserts)

I have seen pictures of guys doing it with early 4th gen Camaro seats to make them look like the standard 1st gen firebird seats

TMI Products make a sport seat version and I am looking at those for ease a very little cost.

shown without headrest

http://www.tmiproducts.com/chevy/med...products_1.jpg

those look quite a bit like the original Camaro/standard Firebird seats. Nice.

This is what my deluxe seats look like

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Here's the door panel game plan, trying to keep the look a little nasty so decided to go for an industrial look and show the hardware.

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So far....

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Mad props Lenie. I can see what you meant by interior taking time and patience ...

Looks great! Did your father help with the door panels as well? I need to learn how to do door panels and such along the way. I can't afford custom and I'd rather not go with stock myself. The red was a good choice against the black exterior.

Ron, thanks. If I knew what I was doing, it wouldn't take so long. Trial by fire ya know. I ended up running out of perforated so I'm going to send another hide to that place you recommended in Cal... they were good. I've been at this interior now for a couple months and I was laying on the couch the other day thinking, ya know if somebody breaks into my house and robs the place while I'm at work.. please just don't steal the leather hides in the dining room or I'm screwed!!:bang:

Thanks Trey, I only have him help if I need sewing done. I'm doing the door panels and and center console myself and it's slow going. Alot of time on the computer trying to figure it out. Just the other day I get the inserts done on the passenger side, took me about a day and a half trying to get everything to fit right and wrapped, I then fit them on the main panel and the fit great and suddenly noticed I used regular leather instead of perforated which I used on the drivers side to match the inserts on the seats. It got very loud in my house for the next 5 minutes or so:bang: :bang: It's hell to get old.:lol: It's very nice having Tracy(Recovery Room) and Shannon(Interiors by Shannon) on the board to help and get ideas from, Two extraordinary upholsterers as we all know.

I know what you mean Lenie! I have an alarm and fulltime armed guard watching my parts room in the house :lol:

Looking good Lenie. 2 months not bad for how they're coming out.

Thanks Wayne. Ya, what's a couple of months when you look at my start date:lol:

awesome work man, is there anything you cant do?

I wouldnt be surprised one bit if you told me that you hand fabricated the engines rotating assembly, haha

Thanks, I build by brail.

Good weather so I got to pull the car outside today. Except for a few items to paint black, I finished the interior panels today. Now on to the center console.

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Looks great Lenie, you're doing excellent work! What a bitchin firebird.
:thumbsup:
Dan

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Wow Lenie...that looks fantastic! Congrats Bro :thumbsup:

I cannot wait to see this masterpiece done! :popcorn2:

Thanks Dan, first shot at upholstery. Really scares the heeelll out of me. Couldn't get the upper rear panel bolts to line up w/the front due to a lack of underside metal and didn't want to cut it up so left it as is but I'm now ok w/it after struggling w/my inner demons:bang:

Right on Ron, good to hear from you as always. I see I left one of the upper bolt/washers out from Ringbrothers, whooops. Debating on painting the rear astrays black and putting them back in to keep a little old school. I'm also painting the handle trim piece and aluminum strips black. Man I need to be done w/this car.... you know, so I can start another:smiley_smack:


Thanks, me toooooo

Love the car!
 

Interior is sweet, cannot wait to see it completed

Lenie that thing looks badass. Please tell me that is the ride height :D

What are you building in the back seat? A bunch of cabinetry?

Thanks Payton, me to. Seems no matter how much time I put into it, it's still slow.

Nope, I wish:lol: I'm sitting just under 2" off the ground there.

Home theater...:idea: nope just two seats and a center console.

Awesome job Lenie! I love it.

Yes sir that exterior shot is sick :thumbsup:

Yeah, great job Lenie. Looks awesome!

Lenie that's perfect bro awesome job!!!:trophy-1302:

Tanks all, almost just want to put front seats in, drive it for the summer then finish it this winter....just hate showing it unfinished.

Funny. I'm thinking the polar opposite. Once mine is a running car it is on the road. A Rolling work in progress. My theory is I will want to change something or many things before I commit to making it a pretty final product. Like the test vehicles the manufactures thrash before finalizing the design.

I don't know where you get the patients to not drive it.:confused59:

:cheers:

Looks really good! Can't believe this is your first shot at interior!

Lenie,
Tell me how that Marquez headliner fit? Was it pretrimmed? How is it held in?

The black tops of your door panels; is that fiberglass?

That looks really great!

Lenie that is top notch work,beautiful car

Comes raw, you trim to fit, mirror, visors and dome light hold it in place and anything else you can think of to add, a lot of in and outs to finally get it to fit.

The tops of the doors are sheet metal fabricated and welded in.

thanks.

Thanks.

X2!! Awesome project.

You going to have it at GG this year?

I'm going to have it there even if it's not finished.

awesome! cant wait to see it.

Sorry, not going to make the gg show in Puyallup w/the car. Not meant to do upholstery, been working it daily and the cars a mess and not close at the moment. To many re-works. :drowninga:

What happen to brining it even if its not finished?
you have a whole week. chop chop!

I'm dying here..the issues are never ending. This car is kicking my arze.

The extra time will be worth it.