Today we met with our upholstery guy, Robert Rivera. I have know Robert for years and his work is second to none. What sets him apart is his creative ability. He isn't one to rest on his last success, there are no two jobs alike. The "next one" always has to be better and different from the last.
The theme for the interior is to pay homage to the original iconic SS style interior design features, using modern materials. This is the Cerullo Sport GT seat in "frame and foam" sporting one of our many design ideas in "Sharpie".
This is the original (re-pop) SS interior we used for reference.
Can you see the wheels turning? LOL! Seriously though, this was a really cool day!
This is just a short entry to celebrate getting to this point. It took nine months to get here. Short of terminating wires and upholstery we pretty much built the entire car. I want to throw out a Thanks to a fellow Stevesnovasite member TomM. If it weren't for a conversation with him about 2 months prior to reaching this point I may have well torn it down and dealt with lots of fab during re-assembly. Definitely not my original intention but it is tough to resist the urge to skip the PITA stuff to get to the "fun" stuff. Building as complete as possible in the mock up process is the right way to build a car like this. There are numerous things that are not anywhere near "stock" and doing that custom stuff at final assembly is not the way to go. And definitely need to include a MAJOR Thanks to my car building and life partner, my Awesome wife!
The following are just a few shots during disassembly.
Sure came apart a lot faster than it went together!!!
A bit of finish work and paint and on to the "fun" stuff!!!!!!
