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Looks great Roger, really like the color!

It's a nice alternative from the usual taupe shades you see so often. Good choice!

Nice Christmas Gift Roger!
They look great!

As rumrumm noted: it's not the colours you so often see.

I'm picking, that when it's all installed, it will have a rather 'elegant' appearance.

Before....
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Headless Fiero covers from MrMike in Sarasota, FL.
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Haven't made my carpet pattern yet, and still waiting for delivery on a couple of yards of 1/4" foam for panels.

Very nice Roger!

I hadn't got any notices about your progress, so I thought maybe you weren't doing much. Then yesterday (Saturday) I suddenly got a notice and i see I'm a couple of months behind! Weird... I have gotten notices about other threads I'm watching here, but not yours... Anyway, I'm glad to finally be "back in the loop" and caught up. Really nice work, Roger. I'm anxious to see the finished interior with the dark blue exterior; I think it's going to be outstanding.

Looking GOOD !

Very nice Roger! Those seats look so much nicer! The panels are looking great too.

Got the last of the family Christmas gatherings done yesterday, so today I decided it was time to get the carpet cut. I had previously cleaned up my pattern, cut all of the holes, and test fit it in the car again. I had looked at the carpeting in my '33 that was done by a local stitcher, and he had done it in eight or ten pieces, each one with binding to finish the cut edges where it adjoined/overlapped another piece. It looks good, and with cut pile is probably necessary but the carpet I bought is all nylon, woven to form a tight mat 1/4" thick with no backing, made to get wet without problems - Roadster = no windows, sometimes topless = good chance of getting wet at some point. The more I looked at it the more I thought that I could do the floor in one piece, gluing back to front in sections, minus the tunnel cover which I want to be removable. The carpet isn't expensive so I decided to risk it give it a try. I laid it out on a piece of underlayment plywood atop the pool table, aligned the pattern and stapled the pattern & carpet to the plywood before making any cuts.
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I was surprised that it only took about 20 minutes to cut the outline & hole for the tunnel, then another 10 to "X" the holes for seat bolts, dimmer switch and cut the holes for the steering column and pedals.

After cutting I carried it out to the barn, slid it over the E-Brake toward the back and the rear seat holes fell right on the bolts, as did the slits for the seat belt tabs. Chase was telling me it was quitting time, which is also his feeding time, so tomorrow I'll start lifting sections, spraying glue, and sticking things together. I think it's gonna work!!
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Looks really nice Roger! If I would have to learn one more thing about this hobby it would be upholstery.

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

Looks really nice Roger! If I would have to learn one more thing about this hobby it would be upholstery.

Talking to a friend last week, he said if he were starting over he'd take classes from WyoTech or somewhere to learn upholstery and open a shop! You'd never be crying for work!

I got the hump covered, but at 11F and falling it's just set in place, not fastened down. Same with the seats, just set in place to see how they look with the carpet.
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Looks great Roger! I might head south to warm up, our high today was -4 F!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Looks great Roger! I might head south to warm up, our high today was -4 F!

Thanks! On the temps, I got up to 8F earlier and then as dawn broke it dropped to 1F! Nuthin' but a barbed wire fence between you & me to stop the north winds, and it may be down.... Another log on the fire!