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    Bitchin', it will be foam over the plywood. Talked to Larry about it and we're going to put a dense foam on the base followed by a lighter foam above it. That's how all seats like this are built as far as I can tell. I bought another pair of Eldo buckets to try to put back there but it was not going to work. I doubt I'll have anyone back there very often anyhow.
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    Here's one of the stainless clips I made to attach the seat backs to the frame.

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    This is a 55 Nomad done by Interiors By Shannon. Notice the entire interior of the car is painted. The back end looks similar to what I'm doing. I think the front seats look a little small, though.











    56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension


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    1962 327/340HP Corvette
    1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

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    Here's another one...again I think the front seats look small, and the interior is completely painted.







    But he didn't align the door beltline moulding to the dash!!

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    1962 327/340HP Corvette
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    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

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    Quote Originally Posted by chevynut View Post
    This is a 55 Nomad done by Interiors By Shannon. Notice the entire interior of the car is painted. The back end looks similar to what I'm doing. I think the front seats look a little small, though.











    That's the Silver 55 Shannon did for his father; his father was *bragging* that the interior was over $30K... (sorta turned me off with those kinds of comments, but the car and the interior is beautiful)... The Father brought a red custom '57 convertible to the Smokey Mountain show last month...

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    As I was removing my rear seat and other parts to put into storage I decided to finish some more work on the interior of the storage compartment. I had planned to do it later, but as I thought about how I would attach the panels I decided I needed to weld tabs onto the seat. So I made a bunch of aluminum tabs to weld to the rear of the seat frame.

    I'm going to use hardboard for the panels because I figure it's less apt to rattle than metal panels. Larry may decide to do it differently, so he can use these as a pattern if he wants to. They will be covered with carpet. I also rough-cut the plywood for the access door out of 3/8" European Baltic Birch plywood and have enough left for the cargo area cover when we decide how to finish it off. Hopefully all of this will cut Larry's interior labor time way down.

    So now it can all go into storage and I can move forward and finish a few things.

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    56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension


    Other vehicles:

    56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
    56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
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    1962 327/340HP Corvette
    1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

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    Quote Originally Posted by BamaNomad View Post
    his father was *bragging* that the interior was over $30K...
    Maybe he meant "ONLY" $30K! Surely Shannon gave him a discount on it. I don't think a lot of guys realize how expensive custom leather interiors are. That's a really nice interior though.

    Wonder why he doesn't have any tailgate hinge covers
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    56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    1962 327/340HP Corvette
    1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

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    Yes, I loved the interior (and the car), but when they are owned by someone who has to 'tell you how much each part cost'... I tend to lose interest... .. if he had just referred me to his son who did the interior it would have been good, even if he said it would be 'expensive', but for him to tell me (it costs over $30... as if I couldn't afford it... it definitely was a turnoff.. although I probably wouldn't spend that much on an interior...

    Re the hinge covers: Sometimes in doing body work, the holes are filled/smooothed, and perhaps after the paint, they (forgot or didn't know) that it was supposed to have hinge covers.. and there IS a lot of confusion over hinge covers, between the wagon and nomad covers (they are different) and they have screws/holes in different places .. although many Nomad owners install the wagon covers if they have them.

    There are several outstanding interior guys in Alabama. Among them are Shannon and also Paul Atkins of worldwide reknown who has sewn the interiors for several Riddler award winners and Outstanding Rods of the year winners.. (Paul is now doing complete restorations)
    http://www.paulatkinsinteriors.com/Interior_Shop.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by BamaNomad View Post
    when they are owned by someone who has to 'tell you how much each part cost'... I tend to lose interest... .. if he had just referred me to his son who did the interior it would have been good, even if he said it would be 'expensive', but for him to tell me (it costs over $30... as if I couldn't afford it... it definitely was a turnoff..

    It doesn't bother me when someone tells me how much something cost. It's more of a turn-off when someone brags about how he "built" his car when a shop did all the work on it and he just wrote checks.
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    56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    1962 327/340HP Corvette
    1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

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    I'm with you on that also CN re 'someone who built their car by writing checks', but that seems to be the 'norm' anymore. When I'm admiring someone's car at a show/etc, I generally try to find out how much the owner did themselves. I have more personal respect for owners who 'do it themselves', even if the quality isn't up to the $150K 'check built' cars...

    But very obviously, anyone who is bragging about how much a portion of his car cost was only 'writing checks' as well... I much prefer to hear a person say .. "I built this myself and it only cost me $_x_ for the materials..."

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