Today I had some time to work on the interior of "White Lightning" and it's almost done. Here are some pictures.
I liked the burl wood that Lee had put on the various bezels in the car, but some of it was in bad shape, so I bought new burl appliques.
The "Fiero" floor mat you see is from Rock Auto. I couldn't get toe old burl wood off the dash bezel, so I started with another one I found in the barn. Also, the shift bezel was in bad shape, so I bought another one from Ebay
Here is a picture of the interior before any work:
It was pretty yucky, with plenty of mold and other crud on surfaces.
I managed to get one of my new seat covers on. I may be able to do the other tomorrow.
Notice how nice the center console and glove box door look. Before, they were warped, as in this picture:
Actually, the hardest part to fix was the shift surround, which doesn't look too bad in the above picture. The soft plastic was separated from the harad plastic, as usual, and repairs had been attempted with several kinds of glue, and even duct tape. I had to clean all that junk off and repair it properly with the proper glue:
All that was needed to restore the door panels, besides new burl wood, was cleaning (and cleaning and CLEANING!), because...
The door panels used to look like this:
Little touches include a new horn button, because the old one was cut from an emblem that was too big, and didn't look too good.
The Fiero Store had an emblem that was just the right size for the new horn button:
I got some for the new wheels, too, to use instead of the wheel logos.
And besides all this, I've been driving the car around with some of that Thermocure in it (and plain water). The directions say to drive it at least 3 hours and up to several days with the stuff in.
