My Neglected 94 GT vert

[Slice]

Yeah just find someone that scrapping a 99/04 model. There are some nuances though. When you get the cup holder you need to trim off the rearmost tab otherwise it will push the cup holder into the trim ring around the shifter. Also the profile is ever so slightly different and you need to sand down the back of that cup holder so that it is flat rather than curved. I think I'll make a posting on these details but here are a few photos to show what I mean.

 

[optionizerSS]

hmmm. i only trimmed the console and not the cupholder and mine fits perfect. I notched my console for that tab. The tab helps lock it into place now.

 

[b1pig]

Sorry to hijack the thread but where did you get the cup holder that goes where the ashtray is?

Not a hijack at all.

It was in the car when I bought it.
I wouldn't bother with it unless you always drink from a 12oz can and you want your car to be 100% original. Outside of that it's worthless.


As soon as my camper, Ranger, Polaris, kids, wife, dog and farm stop robbing my bank (yes, since its mine that makes it piggy bank)...... I'm going to cut the console and install the later one as pictured by others. MUCH lower in the console and will fit a more suitable American sized drink.

 

[RacerX]

As soon as my camper, Ranger, Polaris, kids, wife, dog and farm stop robbing my bank (yes, since its mine that makes it piggy bank)...... I'm going to cut the console and install the later one...

So what I read here is this project is never happening lol

 

[b1pig]

Oh, it will. Eventually.

I spent the day working on the Ranger. Found a broken ground wire that was causing the fuel pump not to work. Or anything else for that matter. Got that sorted... listed it on FB. It's the oldest thing we own and it has to go. I oughta be getting a super low fleet rate on my insurance. Hopefully, things will work out.

Drove my Jeep to pick my daughter up from a BD party and found that both front brake rotors are dragging on it now. Debating on parking that one for a little while and putting a few bucks into the Mustang this time.

 

[b1pig]

Finally got around to it. Saw one at a slightly discounted price due to it's sun faded shade. I'm cool with that. This car isn't showroom straight anyway. It fits the rest of the car with wear & tear and life use. So I ordered it. came in yesterday.

Got home after church today and took the body saw with a med tooth scroll blade to the center console and got rid of the smoker's trash hole.




After ALL of the fine trimming and shaping with the dremel... small coarse sanding drum.


Yes, I did leave the rear tab on the cupholder. I decided that between the two front clips and the rear tab, the friction fit between them SHOULD keep the cup holder seated in the console without having to use any adhesive. Just going to give it a run and see what happens.

Final fit....



Haven't taken the car out to put them to the real world test yet... but I'm happy with the result. Only cost me $30 for this one. Others are $40 on ebay. I used to see them all the time, but they're getting a little more rare. Seeing this one pop up a little lower made me snap it up. Glad I did. Wish I hadn't waited this long... but here we are.

 

[96blak54]

Looks good and clean!

 

[b1pig]

After whining about not wanting to be "that guy"...
I went to a local upholstery shop and still tried not to be "that guy".

After some digging, one of the ladies was able to find the material officially in their binder for the 1995 year models. It is exactly what is in my car.


So far, I've found ONE supplier of this material and it aint cheap. $52 a yard?

I'm going to let the local lady call me back with a quote later this week, but they're already at $500 labor on her estimate without factoring the materials. On a side note, I'm on my work computer at the moment... which has multiple monitors. Man what a difference monitor quality and settings make.

Anyway.
I'm betting that the $1200 cost and me doing the installation is going to be the way I go. Man, what a dilema.

 

[96blak54]

I have an uncle that did upholstery back in his prime. I remember his shop was literally wall to wall, floor to ceiling with rolls of fabric. I dont remember him tackling any auto work, but thats not to say he didnt. He was always busy. Anyhow, what im getting at here is check with as many upholstery shops you can, they may have a roll of the fabric you seek at the bottom of their pile.

 

[b1pig]

Lady called back. They found a source with the exact material in hand at $80 a yard. They have 10 yards... which now she thinks I would not need all of that... But she did throw out the 10 yard estimate yesterday. So, if I went with that, and I'm roughly recalling their labor estimate, it could be around $1500. Roughly. She's waiting on another place to get back to her, but she warned me that each time she reached out to this supplier, it took two weeks for her to get samples from them.


Wife and I had a chat about it last night.
She seems to be supportive of the interior redo. She's onboard. Now I just need to figure out how ridiculous this is going to get. If I do it all myself, based on my last estimate I'm looking at about $2000 for a whole new interior. (front foam, covers front & rear, carpet and some trim bits) That's about 2/3 what I paid for the car.

Guess I'll wait it out a bit to see where this goes. If I don't go with the upholstery shop, once we have our annual tax stuff sorted out, I'll start buying bits to do the interior.

 

[b1pig]

Well.
I didn't wait too long.

Earlier this week, I sat down and started clicking boxes online. I had almost everything set to order, but saw a discrepancy in the carpet color. The "saddle" color was no longer on the list. I reached out to CJPony Parts, but they were very slow in responding. Essentially, "saddle" is no longer available according to them. One rep recommended I reach out to ACC directly about it. I'm seeing other online suppliers that carry ACC, and "saddle" isn't even an option, while others "LMR" still seem to list "saddle" as an option. I can't even find it on the ACC website.

So.
I ordered everything else. Today, I received both front seat foams, hogring kit, two seat heaters , electric seat rod/gear kit.
The upholstery order has been sent to TMI. Will likely be after the first of the year before I see that. I think I'm going to wait until I have the upholstery kit in hand and then request some sample material from ACC and go from there. Other than a few more trips to church, there won't be much happening with the car until January some time.

With luck, I'll have a couple hundred available to order the carpet. I plan to do it all at once. New seats. New carpet.