P100DHG Build Thread - Gen 3 Coupe #138

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She is back home and looking real fancy! I definitely can call upholstery (aside from the headliner) done. I had thought about upholstered door cards but now I am almost certain I am going to do something in metal to help balance things out.

Of course the next step is the body, it will really add balance to everything. The trunk will be framed in correctly and the roll bars will be a detail rather than the main feature. The seats and the dash will take center stage for the interior. That’s the hope anyway.

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The shop that did the upholstery including my seats is New Life Auto Upholstery in Reseda, CA (747) 265-6115.

You know what’s next? PAINT!

I got bumped one car (I say this actually with thanks) as I sorted out the headliner (lost the second mobile headliner guy but found a third). So that is coming up in the next few weeks. Jeff Miller is amazing, he has been so patient with me. So don’t count on it when you get there, he might have used all of it up on me. LOL!!!! Just Kidding, he’s a great guy!

So speaking of paint, Jeff doesn’t paint numbers and he told me that from the very beginning. But in my stubborn way I thought I could convince him. But then instead of being stubborn I got creative and I tapped into Los Angeles’ vast resources and car culture. Why spray these numbers on the car when I have access to the best pin stripers in the world. After all we have the low rider scene here that produces some of the best stuff out there. So, I spoke to Danny Alvarado one of the greats and he’s going to hand paint them on. It will give the car an authentic vintage feel and Jeff who has really helped me refine my eye loved the idea. And if it’s cost effective I might have Danny paint on the sponsorship logos possibly. We will see.

So for now I am going to refine a few things, seat position, steering column length and maybe even charge up my AC!