Almost a year ago I started on a full interior replacement on my '65 Galaxie. I finished it this summer but finally getting some time to post up pics. Hopefully this will help someone with their car, or at the very least I hope it will be somewhat entertaining.
My car is a standard 500, not an XL. So it has a bench seat and door panels without the big aluminum inserts. My car is not stock and I have no intention of it being a show car. But I like the look of the stock '65 interior so I ordered reproduction seat upholstery and door panels from Distinctive Industries, via MustangMarket.net. In the factory original two-tone turquoise. With a turquoise exterior I was afraid it might be just too much, but in today's world of black, gray, or tan interiors I decided to go with the full colors to represent the '60s in full glory.
Here's what I started with:
The interior had already been redone once before I got the car. Apparently the car sat in a warehouse or something for many years after that. The interior didn't look too bad but it was faded and stained. And it smelled awful thanks to some rodents who moved in during its slumber. The front seat was very uncomfortable - more on that later.
The kick panels, dashboard, and windlace had been painted tan. The rest was vinyl.
I won't get into all the details because there are many places to see this kind of work, such as DesertXL's excellent posts and photos. I'll just post some pics and info of what I found different, challenging, or just interesting.
One piece of advice: take lots of photos and measurements (I even took photos of measurements!), and bag/label everything.
Next: the front seat - what a mess.
- John
My car is a standard 500, not an XL. So it has a bench seat and door panels without the big aluminum inserts. My car is not stock and I have no intention of it being a show car. But I like the look of the stock '65 interior so I ordered reproduction seat upholstery and door panels from Distinctive Industries, via MustangMarket.net. In the factory original two-tone turquoise. With a turquoise exterior I was afraid it might be just too much, but in today's world of black, gray, or tan interiors I decided to go with the full colors to represent the '60s in full glory.
Here's what I started with:
The interior had already been redone once before I got the car. Apparently the car sat in a warehouse or something for many years after that. The interior didn't look too bad but it was faded and stained. And it smelled awful thanks to some rodents who moved in during its slumber. The front seat was very uncomfortable - more on that later.
The kick panels, dashboard, and windlace had been painted tan. The rest was vinyl.
I won't get into all the details because there are many places to see this kind of work, such as DesertXL's excellent posts and photos. I'll just post some pics and info of what I found different, challenging, or just interesting.
One piece of advice: take lots of photos and measurements (I even took photos of measurements!), and bag/label everything.
Next: the front seat - what a mess.
- John