Car interiors: handbooks - restoration and repair (2/2)

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.

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.

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.

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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