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[Vinay-RS]

Very nice work on this restoration. It's looking awesome! 

[greg_84]

Thank you!

 

Some more work done on the car! As the car came with  poor non original seats, I bought a pair of Speedwell buckets and asked a company to cover rear seat in vinyl :

 

 

 

[greg_84]

Not sure about which one fits the best :

 

 

 

[Jase]

Top one for me

[greg_84]

GT got wheels now ! :

 

 

 

And I need to work hard on the headlining ...

[Bobbins]

Top one for me

 

Me too!

[Vinay-RS]

 

 

They're all awesome, but I love this one! 

[greg_84]

Headlining : done! Pretty happy with the result

 

 

Original wheels painted :

 

With new tyres fitted and waiting in the linving room :

 

Finally managed to source some original seats in bad conditions. So ordered a Newton kit to make it as new as possible!

Edited by greg_84, 01 March 2019 - 08:18 PM.

[pete l]

top marks for the headlining, must be one of the best I've seen

[greg_84]

top marks for the headlining, must be one of the best I've seen

Thx Pete!

[greg_84]

Seats frame have been sand blasted then painted gloss black.

 

Yellow foam has to be removed as it is the padding of the original vinyl seat cover.

 

Then, Newton shiny new covers can be put over the foam, and here is the result :

 

Not too bad!

 

Comparison between old and new cover :

 

Rear seat has to be refurbished too. Zinc plated original frame :

 

Seat foam and new cover waiting to be glued together :

 

Work in progress!

 

Done ! (haven't taken a photo of the whole rear seat finished) :

[minimissions]

Wow this is a stunning rebuild! Nice work

[JXC Mini GT]

Great restoration work and good to see another GT being brought back to life, the seats look fab, the colour scheme is similar to my GT when I first got it.

[Steve220]

Why have I not read this before?! Great thread, Greg!

[greg_84]

Thank you guys!