Thread: Interior and Bed Ideas
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03-17-2004 01:09 PM #1
Interior and Bed Ideas
Naturally everyone's opinions will vary, but I got to start somewhere. I have noone around with any hotrods or custom interiors. Most webpages I find only have exteriors so that doesn't help one bit.
The inside of my 41 Chevy Pickup is completely barren. So I'm going to have to fabricate door panels, interior, put seats in, weatherstripping, and all that jazz.
1. Are there any good pages out there listing what materials to use for door panels and interior? My uncle has an upholstery shop to actually lay the new cloth, but I want to have the rest ready.
2. I plan on having a removable top, anyone know a good way to decorate the inside of the removable top so it won't be to fragile and what type of hinges to use?
3. What are some good donor cars for seats or places to get them. The Nissan Sentra seats in there are so wide they touch in the middle and go door to door.
Thanks for any help guys. It's tough using just occasional magazine pics and articles to figure all this out. To bad I don't have a mentor around to help out.
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