240z...no interior

[jjohnson]

I'm pretty keen on this 240 that Ian has. Had a panelbeater friend come and have a look at it, there's no rust, welds have been done and new floorpans welded in. the body is not perfectly straight, but no rust is always a good start

I think Ian said something about you being interested in it earlier?

Ian's going to throw in most of the interior except door panels and centre console for abit more cash, so I think i'm just going to get it re-upholstered. save me abit of money...

[wedgey]

hi jj

you could go to upholster in you home town

and get a quote from them

i just had mine done not origonal but to me and a lot of my freinds like it

will send images if you wish

i did mine in velour

and had a dash restorer re do the dash

rob

[26ounce]

I was about to suggest just getting it re-upholstered. I mean if you are dropping a RB into it I can't imagine why you would get caught up over the originality of the interior - not that there is anything wrong with that, everyone has there own ideas.

So, did you buy it or what?

[jjohnson]

Yeah..I've agreed on a price, now just have to wait until I can transport it, there are a few z's in the way of mine.

originality isn't an issue really, I just like the look of the original interior, will go to a local shop and ask them on what to do.

I will need to buy a new centre console from VB though as there isn't one and I can't get hold of one either.

[dogma420]

My 72 240z is a red 110 white interior....basically it is like yours, everything in the interior is being replaced....here's what I might recommend, what prices are....

White--these are the only white items--seat vinyl, diamond material on tunnel/rear struts, door panels, and the 6 plastic pieces in the rear area. Everything else is black, (and is for all colors) this includes the dash.

What I would recommend (at least this is what I'm doing)

1. Buy white stock seat covers from MSA ($200)

2. Bleach the diamond material (if you still have it) and reuse it

3. buy black door skins / plastic ---if you don't, you are going to waste at least $500-700 just on door skins and plastic panels.

4. skip getting the tailight piece and buy a 6x9 speaker enclosure from MSA ($150)

5. have the black plastic and door skins redone in white vinyl or leather from an experienced auto upholstery shop, or tackle it yourself. This will look better, and will also be better insulated. In another 20 years, the panels won't be brittle and falling apart. The white panels tend to fall apart from what I have heard, and this is exactly what happened to mine...the interior was, was pretty perfect 5 years ago, then I started to touch the panels, and they fell apart like a totino's cardboard pizza left in the oven for 5 hours. heh.

Don't know if this will help, but once my interior is done, I will post pictures!

PS. I am doing a white leather shifter boot, I think this will look real nice with the white interior....car is nicknamed 'cream sicle' (orange on the outside white on the inside)