Oldguy48, your upholstery...

[Ed Griffin]

Did you ever post pic's of your newly finished interior? I most likely missed it but if not could you post some pic's? I've been curious how it turned out.

[Oldguy48]

Here's a few. You may notice the blunder I made though. I cut out the door panel material, and drilled/punched the holes. I goofed on the rear door panels. The stainless trim is inverted. Not so on the front ones. I never realized my error until I stopped back in at the upholstery shop, and then it was too late.

[Oldguy48]

Did you ever post pic's of your newly finished interior? I most likely missed it but if not could you post some pic's? I've been curious how it turned out.

And here are a few more. I've since installed the missing rear window garnish molding.

Wayne

[Ed Griffin]

Your upholstery turned out very nice. I was curious how it had went since we last talked about those straps. You were about to have that done and I just wanted to see how it went. Thanks for sharing, good job!

[Oldguy48]

Thank you Ed. The upholstery work was done by "Aimie's Upholstery" in Drums, PA. I think they did a great job on it. I'm very pleased.

Wayne

[40P10touring sedan]

Beautiful! What seats did you wind up using for the front and rear?

I've got my material...cinnabar red microfiber...and plan on nearly all red with the exception of the window trim and dash, which will be wood grained, and dark grey for the carpeting.

How'd you anchor the rear high point of the seat belts...I was thinking of reinforced corners on the package tray ends

Edited November 29, 2012 by 40P10touring sedan

[Oldguy48]

The seats were from a 1995 Pontiac Bonneville that I had. It's engine failed, so before I scrapped it, I removed the seats. They were in perfect condition. We had to build some pedestals of sorts to get the correct height for both front & rear. The rear seat frame was shortened, and the fabric re-installed (There was originally a drop down arm rest in it).

The seat belt anchors consist of a length of steel flat stock, with a 7/16" fine thread nut welded on the backside, and a thru hole drilled in the flat stock. I found a sturdy location in the sheet metal where I could secure it in place with pop-rivets, after I drilled the seat belt mounting hole. I used the same method for the front belts, with the anchor in the B-pillar. The pop-rivets only held the flat stock in position. Any stress on the seat belt anchor is transferred to the body sheet metal. I may have some pics of the anchors. I'll post them if I can find them.

Wayne