The new interior starts a few years after the Wildcat came home from the junkyard. While you could call the interior serviceable, a wayward ember from a bonfire landed on the exposed seat foam through a window that was rolled down starting a seat fire.
As it would have been hard to drive the car with a no-good seat, I swapped the seats out for some I had from my parts car. It made for quite the contrast with the fawn interior, but it kept the car drivable, and the parts car seats stayed in the Sherman for 17 years.
When the car was getting painted, most of the interior was removed.
When paint was complete and the car made it home, the carpet was removed, the entire interior cleaned, and floor boards touched up where necessary. This is where the restoration piece of the interior officially starts.
Eastwood's X-Mat was installed to replace the factory insulation/sound deadening previously removed.
Above the X-Mat Boom Mat Under Carpet Lite was spread for more noise control and to provide a soft backer for the carpet.
The carpets were shampooed and washed outside the car. These are not the original carpets, they are replacement carpets purchased in 2007 from Auto Custom Carpets and installed originally in 2011.
The seatbelts were professionally restored by Sharon's Web in Texas. Below, before.
Seatbelt restoration after. All items restored, rechromed, and date correct identification labels were sewed in.
The package tray was purchased from Best Offer Counts and is a R.E.M. product from Pennsylvania. This saddle cover matched what color the package tray was in a Fawn interior Buick Wildcat.
Finished product after the car came back from the upholstery shop and after glass and package tray installation. The seat covers and head liner are from SMS Auto Fabrics.
