[Amc-list] Sparkly, sparkly seats

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Carpet and seats are done! I still need to finish details on
them, but the hard part is done. It's beginning to look exactly
as I imagine it.

The front doors are still skinless, but over the last month
or two I've replaced all the window guides and fuzzies, taken
everything out, cleaned and greased it. Window regulators are
smooth and quiet, like new.

The carpeting has, no surprise, quieted the car down
substantially. The doors rattle a bit because the old door
seals are ruined, but I've got new ones here. Gotta strip the
paint and crud from the door edges (PITA, since I'm not taking
the doors off).

http://wps.com/AMC/1963-Rambler-American/Upholstery

I got all the crunchy fake leather texture crap off the center
console, it was pretty bad. Underneath is a solid and smooth
fiberglas shell, one corner had a break, fixed already. It will
get painted silver, or covered in silver vinyl, if I can manage
that cleanly.

The console's ribbed aluminum is pretty rough; I'll replace it
with brushed stainless sheet. The compartment door I will make an
upholstered pad for; my oldest dog likes to put her butt on the
back seat and her feet on the compartment door. Believe me, it's
the easiest solution. It'll keep nose prints off the windshield.

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