Interior Trim
 

This might be a bit forward as I haven't yet bought the donor car but how are you guys doing the interiors.

I have a wife who wants heaters and 'nice' which I guess means leathr and wood or at least decent vinyl.

Any hints,tip, photos of what you have done or are planning on dooing are welcome.

I know interior trimming is one of the last things that happens but please post your pictures and advice on this thread.

If anyone has created their own dashboard then i would like to see what they have done.

I've made "cards" from 6mm external ply and wrapped them in black vinyl. They will be fixed in place... soon.

The dash on mine has just changed and it will change more over time as i'm running without a heater atm, but i will add one and a wireless eventually :)

Mine is slightly different to most
I have made a brushed aluminium cover with period warning lamps to cover my factory standard guages.
More brushed ally on the dash and doors with the majority of the remaining interior in black pvcWoodern steering wheel with polished centre- woodern gear knob and brake lever

To come is black vinyl low back seats and a brushed ally radio

Photos too please. Like the sound of the brushed aluminium. Mine will be an MX5 donor so I am thinking how to hide the modern switch gear

I HAVE SOME NICE PICS OF PHILS INTERIOR ....The 2.5 Sammio Spyder featured here and on youtube...

I will post them when I get back on my own computer for you...

When I eventually get that far I'm going for a mixture of plain vinyl and tuck 'n' roll vinyl separated by a plastic chrome strip for the 'door' cards with ribbed rubber mat on the floor.

I'll be painting the gearbox cover and prop-shaft tunnel body colour (like '66) and fitting a wireless (to listen to while I'm waiting to be towed home by the RAC) and a proper heater so I can still drive it when the sun goes down.

After much soul searching I decided it had to have a wooden steering wheel so I have this patiently waiting on top of a cabinet in the garage:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...vidpics204.jpg

And that won't be the only badge on the car either...

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/...oadster014.jpg

I havent finished it yet but as you can see it has a classic look and it it wont look out of place in the roadster.

I will add more as i make progress

I will be creating the whole dash but I like the alloy plat look. I might have the have an instrument cowl similar to that rather than just having the dials flat on the board.

Like both steering wheels to.

I have been playing at recovering seats and trim. Practising on my pick up truck so it doesn't matter if it looks bad. First seat cover is made of old curtain fabric as it is free and I don't have any vinyl yet.

Quite please with the fit although I am not sure that floral curtain fabric is a seat covering that will be fashionable any time soon.

Will get some vinyl to try soon.

I also want to try something like this : http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/...ver/index.html so I guess my pick-up may be getting a new rear tonneua.

We put a full tonneau on the first Sammio - I took her on a trailer to Exeter with no interior and it seemed the easiest way to tidy her up..theres a pic in grey primer on the bottom of the 'getting started' page on the website.

Heres Phil Jacklins ( hopefully soon to be featured in Total Kit Car Magazine ) 2.5 example with his green tuck and roll style interior...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...untitled-3.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...elotlink/3.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...elotlink/2.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...elotlink/1.jpg

Are there any bigger picture? That looks lovely

I had my first go at trimming an interior last night and this morning.

I haven't started the Sammio G46 build so used my pickup truck as a practice.

The link below shows everything from start to finish except the actual fitting of the vinyl to the door trim which for some weird reason I forgot to photograph.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1156603...52017744843970

Before : https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-C...iginalDoor.jpg

After : https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Y...252520door.jpg

looks alright to me.....

Just about to try the other door. Lets see if we can do this one a bit better.

Here is the process for sticking the material to the individual panels.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1156603...ialToThePanels

This was for the second door so includes the lessons I learnt from the first time around (warm the material, stretch the material more, use a wooden former for deep recesses)