Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Thanks very much Rick. I really am glad I did it shiny instead of the satin I was thinking of. It makes it a different car sort of. I'm not sure I am up to keeping a black car nice though. Even a quick drive makes it dirty, and I'm not big on cleaning cars so much. Oh well.

Glad to announce that after 4 days of work we have finally wrapped up Don's interior. Basically, we cut up the entire Total Performance interior kit and redid it to make it better. For some reason they use a 4 inch thick roll around the top of the backrest and also the sides of the body. Makes it look like an old carriage or something, plus you get hunchbacked because your shoulders are pushed forward by the thick roll. The side roll cuts into already limited interior space too.

At first we cut the foam down to 2 inches thick, and even that was too much, so we chopped it to one inch thick and that looked much better. Then, their side panels didn't fit right, so Dan had me running around to trim shops buying more GM off white upholstery vinyl (that matched their interior perfectly) and we made up new side panels out of 1/4 inch thick starboard with 1/2 inch of foam over it. Dan was being his usual picky self, and was driving me nuts, but tonight when the job was finally done I had to admit it is now much much better than if we had used their kit as it was.

Once we got done at about 1:30 am we took both cars for a ride and went to Denny's for breakfast. Had lots of people taking pictures with cell phones and asking questions. As we were eating a Sheriff walked up and said "are those your cars out there?" GULP!!! Turns out his Dad has a fuel dragster and he has some cars too. Just wanted to BS a little, which was a real relief.

Both cars are running great (knock on wood) and Wednesday we are going to change oil and tighten everything up one more time for the trip. Tomorrow night Don is playing for a Bike Night thing and wants to take both cars, so it looks like we will be taking the night off for a change.

Here are some pictures of how his interior came out.

Don