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StudeChamp · 09-30-2014, 01:39 AM

Been a while since I posted! Am winding down the build thread and will start looking to the future. Here's some more detailed info on the interior.

We gutted the car down to the dash, which stayed in place. I masked and sprayed the blue-grey dash to the granite satin that I used throughout the car -- it's within a few percent of the standard medium grey Geo used.

The door panels went. Rather than keep the seatbelts on the doors, we moved them to the B pillars like in a normal car. Interestingly enough, there were indeed mounting points on the B pillars for the belts, so some markets must have used that arrangement (or at least the car was so designed). We ended up using an extra set of rear belts up front.

I shot all interior pieces in granite grey satin finish spray, and then coated most of them in a clear satin. It is holding up OK -- the paint does scuff, but is also easy to clean and respray.

Most of the interior itself is out of the 5 door (rear shock tower/belt mount covers, spare tire cover, back seat, front seats, rear belts). I refinished the interior quarter panels from the original donor to match.

I kept the original window sill pieces from the door panels. Johnny traced a stencil on pegboard for the replacements and we skinned it with boat leather. It's a lighter grey than the granite, but is almost the same color as the cloth on the seats so, in my view, the two-tone thing totally works.

Windows are still a bit off track, the driver side exterior handle keeps getting disconnected from the pull rod, and we need to put in the interior door latch handles, so there's a bit of work ahead of us -- we hope to button it all up tomorrow.

Pics to follow in the next post.

09-30-2014, 01:39 AM	#65 (permalink)
StudeChamp More Cars Than Sense Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 73 Studeo - '39 Studebaker Champion 4 door sedan NOT SWIFT - '91 Geo Metro Base with xfi parts 90 day: 49.68 mpg (US) Thanks: 48 Thanked 43 Times in 17 Posts	Interior build Been a while since I posted! Am winding down the build thread and will start looking to the future. Here's some more detailed info on the interior. We gutted the car down to the dash, which stayed in place. I masked and sprayed the blue-grey dash to the granite satin that I used throughout the car -- it's within a few percent of the standard medium grey Geo used. The door panels went. Rather than keep the seatbelts on the doors, we moved them to the B pillars like in a normal car. Interestingly enough, there were indeed mounting points on the B pillars for the belts, so some markets must have used that arrangement (or at least the car was so designed). We ended up using an extra set of rear belts up front. I shot all interior pieces in granite grey satin finish spray, and then coated most of them in a clear satin. It is holding up OK -- the paint does scuff, but is also easy to clean and respray. Most of the interior itself is out of the 5 door (rear shock tower/belt mount covers, spare tire cover, back seat, front seats, rear belts). I refinished the interior quarter panels from the original donor to match. I kept the original window sill pieces from the door panels. Johnny traced a stencil on pegboard for the replacements and we skinned it with boat leather. It's a lighter grey than the granite, but is almost the same color as the cloth on the seats so, in my view, the two-tone thing totally works. Windows are still a bit off track, the driver side exterior handle keeps getting disconnected from the pull rod, and we need to put in the interior door latch handles, so there's a bit of work ahead of us -- we hope to button it all up tomorrow. Pics to follow in the next post.