BEFORE-It's hard to remember it looked this BAD!!
Metallic turquoise with silver piping - not very original
Plenty of room for improvement
Pretty [bad]
What were they thinking?
Crash rail patched with roof cement- nasty!
Corner detail behind crash rail
Everything I needed shipped as a kit from Jack Mayeaux in Tigard, Oregon [www.JacksUpholstery.com]
Pre-made cushions from Jack's kit
Springs replaced with plywood on frame with 1/2" foam and upholstery
Sewn corners on under-seat frame
Detail of corner
Rear seat sub-frame
Under side of rear seat frame
Covering cockpit divider
Cockpit divider
Laying out cockpit divider upholstery
Blind stapling on cockpit divider
Wrapping cockpit divider
Cockpit divider upholstery in progress
Ready to apply crash rail rubber to divider
Covering the crash rail
Crash rail and boards of divider covered
Finally the finished divider! A lot of tedious work for a little bit of show
Preparation for perimeter crash rail at dash
Preparation for crash rail at rear of cockpit
Double-faced tape to hold rubber temporarily
3M tape detail around cockpit
Rubber in place
One joint in rubber centered on cockpit divider
Rubber crashrail at rear of cockpit
Upholstery wrapped around crash pad; applying hide-em
Applying hide-em; marks on tape are showing location of deck screws so I won't try to staple into them
Original hide-em tips [rechromed]
Hide-em tips with chromed nails
Seat-back foam with beveling lines drawn
Cutting foam with electric knife
Covering seat-back
Piping inset into seat-back foam
Completed seat-back
Installed back seat and cushions
Rear view of front seat back
Rear of front seat back
AFTER-Front seat and cushions in place with cockpit divider showing exposed deck
