Started with the dreaded cockpit trim. Had ordered some replacement pieces, esp the compound angle pieces in the two rear corners. After some prep work, it's time to figure out how to get them covered.
Here's a picture of the pieces ready to cover:
Based on prior experience, esp by Ray, we decided we'd prefer to have an expert find a way to get the black vinyl to conform to these complicated shapes. Our usual auto trim guy, Scott, turns out is retiring in the next few months but he recommended Josh, who has accepted the challenge. Here's Josh with the parts:
His price is reasonable, but he's 12 weeks behind. We decided to live with this, may have to have Dick bring the car back to install these pieces after they are covered.
Been working on the carpet install too. There's like 29 pieces to the kit, it's a complex puzzle. Made even more challenging because the outline sheet has an error in it. But it did turn out real well:
We also bought and installed lap belts:
As you can see, we also tried to install the seats. The new seat tracks are not the right parts, but we can make them work. For example, the release lever to adjust the fore/aft on the seat is on the right for both seats where the original parts had the release lever towards the outside of the car on both sides. Put another way, the original tracks came in right hand and left hand configuration but what we have is the same for both sides of the car. And the non standard tracks do not use the original seat mounting holes. Made a best guess as to new seat hole locations, passenger side turns out is not centered enough in the car with the wide seat back hitting the center tunnel. So more fine tuning to come on seat track position.
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