Mustang makeover

[mmason]

I decided to make some changes to my 67 Mustang.One of them is to redo the interior. I have modified it over the years including putting in custom seats. They are very comfortable and make you feel like you are part of the car but I have grown tired of the look and want the original seats back in. I also would like to change the all black look and add some color. Here is the "before" picture of the interior.


The next picture is the material for upholstering the seats. I was thinking of going with leather but I decided to be more practical and used a material that has a polyurethane facing and recycled leather for the backing. I got this from Charlotte Fabrics in Minneapolis MN.


This picture is some of the comfort weave that came off the original seats that I am using for a pattern.









This is the carpet that is going in the car. The camera makes the fabric for the seats a little to red. The carpet looks about right.


This is the rear seats sewn up.


Because I am sewing 1 inch foam in the center of the covers, I have to add 1 inch foam to the outside sections of the seat.


Instead of hog ringing the stretcher, I am attaching a nylon twine to the metal rod in the stretcher and pulling it through the foam. I find you have more control that way.






One of the bottom seats are done. You can see to the left of the seat where I need some adjustment to make it right. More to come.

[jayb]

Wow, really nice job on that!  My only foray into custom upholstery was to add black vinyl to an aluminum console I built years ago for one of my Mustangs, and I decided after that I'd never try it again LOL!  Great to see some details of how its done by someone who obviously knows what he's doing...

[rcodecj]

I like the wrap around seats. They match the back seat well.
I put standard 71 mustang highback seats in my 67. They were lighter than the low backs that I took out.
I think they might have been 68's though as they were much thicker and had folding latches on them.
I'm not sure if 67's ever came that way.
I took an upholstery course many years ago. I think the only thing I have left is one of the great big needles!
You certainly have talent.

[ScotiaFE]

Great workmanship.
Those black headrests are very kool. You make them?
They look like they would slip right on my Fastback Scat seats?   hint...

[mmason]

Thanks for the compliments. I know upholstery but I don't do a lot of automotive upholstery. The head rests came with the pro car seats. I just did the upholstery on them and that is how the birds got on them. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I think I will hold on to them for now. Here is a picture of what they looked like before the redo.

[cammerfe]

The closest I can come to upholstery is to stand to one side---so I won't be in the way---and make admiring noises!

KS

[mmason]

Now that I am almost finished with the mustang for this year, here are some more pictures.















I wanted my rear end rebuilt so I thought I would give it a try. I used a strange casing, daytona pinion support, detroit locker, moser pinion yoke, and 3.89 gears. But as you can see I forgot to put the dust cover on.


I installed a shelby roll bar and new seat belts.


New valve covers that I bought last year.


I also bought new rear wheels with a 5" backspace so my 275's would fit better.


That is it for now. I am about to order a new drive shaft and that should do it for this year.

[Kerry j]

Love, love, love it!

[MustangGT]

Really nice work Dude!

[machoneman]

Nice! Now we know who to send all our interior work to....LOL!

[jayb]

Great job.  I built a custom console for my '68 Shelby and put a Moroso Accusump in it back in the early 80s, just like yours is set up.  Open the console lid, flip the valve, and pre-oil the engine before starting.  It worked great.

I'm curious about your intake manifold.  Looks like a Performer RPM, but it also looks like an air gap manifold.  Is that a trick of the photo, or did you do something special to the manifold?

[mmason]

Hi Jay,
It would have been a lot easier if I Photoshoped it but I got this idea to put a rpm and a dove together. It was my first try at welding aluminum. Here is a couple more photos.

[ScotiaFE]

Very Kool.
Nice Fastback!
What's the innards of the 427?

[jayb]

Too bad Edelbrock doesn't make a manifold like that!

[mmason]

It has a 428 crank with 454 cubes, a comp 288 roller cam, 10.5 comp. Edelbrock heads, 850 carb and a aluminum flywheel.