Car Interiors: Restoration and Repair Manuals

Convertible Top - Restoration and Install

Of all the projects involved with the restoration of your collector car, few seem as challenging or confusing as addressing the convertible top. Due to aging and neglect, the hardware and fabric covering have led to some "not-so-nice conditions," making it difficult to find information addressing your specific model.

Fred Mattson delivers this compilation on restoring and repairing convertible tops. Step-by-step photo sequencing walks you through convertible top applications for Corvettes, Ford retractable tops, scissors tops, manual tops, and power tops.
Fred also addresses the weather seals, well liners, hydraulic/electrical systems, adjustments, materials, and pads. No other book ever produced on convertible tops goes into this much depth of coverage.

With this book you will be guided through the convertible top repair/restoration process in an easy-to-read how-to format, so there should be no reason to fear taking your drop top out with the threat of rain.
"Convertible Top Restoration and Installation" will be the one tool that will show you how important a well-sorted top restoration is, not only for practical reasons, such as staying dry, but for cosmetic reasons as well.

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Author:	Fred Mattson
Details:	176 pages, 11 x 8.7 x 0.28 in (28 x 22 x 0.7 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	400 color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	CarTech Inc (USA, 2019)
ISBN:	9781613254462

Automotive Upholstery & Interior Restoration

Taking the time to acquire the skills for upholstery restoration may feel like a daunting task, but what if an experienced upholsterer presented every skill you needed to restore upholstery yourself?

Starting with a list of necessary tools, author Fred Mattson guides you through all the required tasks, including seat restoration; door panel removal, patterning, assembly, and installation; headliner removal and installation; carpet cutting; and even convertible top restoration.
The easy-to-follow step-by-step presentation allows for a thorough understanding of all the processes. Every photo in this book provides a hands-on approach that shows you how to repair and restore a car's interior to concours, show-quality specifications.

Other restoration books may show you beautifully restored interiors, but they don't show you how to produce them.

This book helps you develop the skills needed with instruction from a professional upholsterer, saving you thousands of dollars over outsourcing the restoration.
If you are interested in saving money, doing a complete restoration yourself, or simply want to know So wird's gemacht, this book is a handy addition to your automotive library.

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Author:	Fred Mattson
Details:	176 pages, 11 x 8.7 x 0.43 in (28 x 22 x 1.1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	519 color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	CarTech Inc (USA, 2017)
ISBN:	9781613253311

How to restore: Classic Car Interiors: Repair, Restoration, Maintenance (Enthusiast's Restoration Manual)

Here is the ultimate resource packed with restoration know-how on all kinds of interior fittings in your classic car.
Starting with an initial cleaning, this new volume, produced in close co-operation with the editors of Europe's largest vintage car magazine Oldtimer Mark, provides easy-to-follow guidance on how to repair and renovate carpets, headlinings, seats, wood and synthetic material parts, instruments, steering wheels: even how to succeed in making your radio sound just like new!
A special chapter is dedicated to the reproduction of parts on a 3D printer.

Features
- Instruments
- Dashboards
- Seats
- Headlinings
- Carpets
- Wooden & synthetic components
- Steering wheels
- Radios
- 3D printing.

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Author:	Oldtimer Markt, Peter Steinfurth, Tobias Zoporowski
Details:	144 pages, 10.6 x 8.25 x 0.55 in (27 x 21 x 1.4 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	608 b&w and color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Veloce Publishing Ltd (GB, 2016)
Series:	Enthusiast's Restoration Manual
ISBN:	9781845849832

How to Restore and Customize Automotive Interiors

A major part of any auto restoration is bringing the interior back to life, and this book provides you with the tools and knowledge you need to tackle any job on any type of car, from prewar classics to full-on customs to modern vehicles.

Veteran author Dennis Parks takes you step-by-step through all the processes, from restoring seats, door panels, floor coverings, and headliners to adding sound dampening and thermal insulation. With tips and advice for selecting the right tools and planning your job, as well as maintaining your restored interior, "How to Restore and Customize Automotive Interiors" is the only book you'll need to get the job done.

Covers: installing floor coverings - repairing and re-covering seats - making custom door panels - crafting custom headliners, consoles, and more - upholstery maintenance and care.

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Author:	Dennis W. Parks
Details:	192 pages, 10.6 x 8.25 x 0.55 in (27 x 21 x 1.4 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	554 color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Motorbooks International (USA, 2012)
Series:	Workshop Manual
ISBN:	9780760342473

Muscle Car Interior Restoration Guide

A muscle car has not been fully restored until the interior has been returned to original or like-new condition. Whether a car operates in a northern or southern climate, seats, carpets, and other equipment deteriorate and wear out over time.
A factory-original and professional-grade interior restoration is critical for enjoying the driving experience. However, many enthusiasts and owners do not fully understand the techniques and procedures necessary to produce a premium-quality or original restoration. While factory service manuals and magazine articles might cover bits and pieces of the interior restoration process, this book has been entirely dedicated to the process of restoring the interior.

"Muscle Car Interior Restoration" provides expert insight into the tools, materials, techniques, and procedures for professionally completing a muscle car restoration. It covers instrument panel and dashboard restoration, electrical system restoration, firewall pad, steering wheel, steering column, and pedal restoration.
It also provides insight and expert guidance for restoring carpet, headliners, doors, door panels, glass restoration or replacement, convertible top restoration, upholstery replacement, and vinyl and leather seat repair.

With the prices of muscle cars high enough to make Wall Street investors pay attention, a tasteful modified or quality restored interior will mean the difference of thousands - if not tens of thousands of dollars when it comes time to sell. Whether you're looking to cash in with a quality restoration, or just want to make the cockpit of your favorite muscle car a pleasant place to be, this book will help you do the trick.

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Author:	Daniel Strohl
Details:	164 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 0.31 in (28 x 21.5 x 0.8 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	many b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	CarTech Inc (USA, 2009)
ISBN:	9781613250396

Custom Auto Interiors

Create your own interiors in the style you want. Expert trimmers Don Taylor and Ron Mangus share two lifetimes of auto upholstery experience and secrets in this fantastic book.
Over 800 color photographs capture every detail you'll need to create your own exciting and award-winning custom interiors. Precise step-by-step instructions show you how to turn out completely professional custom interiors.

Covers:
- Planning, seats, door panels, armrests, trunks, carpets
- Dune buggies
- Reveal moldings
- Convertible tops
- Modesty panels.

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Author:	Don Taylor, Ron Mangus
Details:	192 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 0.51 in (28 x 21.5 x 1.3 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	800+ color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	California Bill's (USA, 2005)
ISBN:	9781931128186

Automotive Upholstery Handbook

How to make and install great interiors for any car, truck, van, RV, boat or airplane. Sew like an expert - on vinyl, leather or any fabric. Complete and detailed step-by-step instructions help you apply the right techniques to your own projects.

Contents:
- Restore, recover and build bench and bucket seats.
- Upholster armrests and door panels.
- Make and install headliners and carpeting.
- Install convertible tops, vinyl roofs, sim-con and landau tops.
- Create street rod interiors.
- Build boat and motorcycle seats.
And much more.

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Author:	Don Taylor
Details:	232 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 0.51 in (28 x 21.5 x 1.3 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	extensively illustrated
Language:	English
Publisher:	California Bill's (USA, 2001)
ISBN:	9781931128001

Classic Car Interiors | Haynes Restoration Manual

This well-illustrated book, although aimed primarily at the owners of classic cars, provides the tricks of the trade to enable the interior of a car of any age to be successfully renovated.

It includes:
- cleaning and restoration techniques for renovating soiled but sound interiors;
- how to strip a car interior for complete renovation;
- guidance on dismantling, repairing and re-upholstering seats;
- the secrets of producing new headlinings;
- the making and fitting of new carpets;
- the fabrication of replacement trim panels;
- and how to make new soft-tops and install a sun roof.

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Author:	Kim Henson
Details:	192 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 0.51 in (28 x 21.5 x 1.3 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	689 photos and drawings
Language:	English (technical dictionaries in 19 languages are available for free download here)
Publisher:	Haynes Publishing (GB, 1995)
Series:	Haynes Restoration Manual
ISBN:	9781850109327