1972 Polara. Good car. Bad interior. Help?

[Lord Alvin]

Hello everyone. My first post here. I just bought this 1972 Polara. 360. Automatic. A/C. New dual exhaust. Body is straight without any rust that I can see. Glass is all good. Runs and drives great. I need to install a new fuel tank which I have already purchased.

Here's the problem... The interior is not good. It's green in color, which I don't mind. I need almost everything. Here is my immediate wish list.

1. Seats. They are bench style. Any green seat that fits is fine with me. Having these ones recovered is really expensive and I figure I might get lucky and find some good used ones that I can install myself.

2. Dash. I have to pull the dash to deal with some other issues. Might as well put a good dash in while I'm at it.

3. Just about everything else. For some reason the door panels are fine, but the arm rests and handles are bad. The carpet might be okay. There are no holes in it. It's really dirty. The headliner is really bad.

Maybe I should rip it all out and install a roll bar and racing seats? Go all black? I'm open to anything. I just want to drive it.

 

[1978 NYB]

Welcome aboard!

:sFl_america2:


Depends on what you want....

There are salvage yards like Murray Park.

http://www.cbodies.com/

Or restoration places like Legendary.

http://www.legendaryautointeriors.com/

Or local repair shops in your area.

 

[commando1]

You'll be at that exact location a lot. LOL
welcome

 

[polara71]

we posted that car here and talked about it... we need more information about it

 

[Lord Alvin]

we posted that car here and talked about it... we need more information about it

What do you need to know?

 

[Red63440]

Glad to finally found your way over to FCBO..welcome to the boards.

 

[detmatt]

Good looking car, welcome to the site from the Motor City!

 

[70NPORT]

we posted that car here and talked about it... we need more information about it

Is that the very same car? I remember that one too

 

[polara71]

What do you need to know?

Pictures, inside, outside, under the hood, options......... its part of the introductory process

 

[commando1]

we posted that car here and talked about it...

Damn! The search engine here really, really, sucks. You know that??

 

[polara71]

:dontknow: ............ I had no idea

 

[Lord Alvin]

Pictures, inside, outside, under the hood, options......... its part of the introductory process

I will do that as soon as I get at chance. Work has me pinned down right now.

I found a back seat that is in perfect condition. My upholstery guy says that he can take some of the vinyl from the old back seat and use it to fix the drivers seat so it matches. Now all I need are some arm rests and a headliner. I would like to find a good dash, but I can always have this one covered.

 

[1978 NYB]

Is that the very same car? I remember that one too

I remember seeing that car before on FCBO.

 

[polara71]

Your upholstery guy can cover the whole front seat with material that is available and have it look factory... No one ever questioned the originality of the seats I had done, they were that nicely done

 

[tallhair]

Hey Lord Alvin I see you landed here .. good. Now I'll see the updates after all. The guys over at FBBO were looking forward to more before you left / or decided to split time.