Automotive American – Classic Vintage & Modern
Tag: interior
I’ve been meaning to apply the legroom fix described in the service bulletin above. Unfortunately someone beat me to it! Ah well did some trim tidying whilst I was in there.
I recently asked those in the Hagerty Community about the most insane interior they’ve ever seen. (You should visit our Community lounge, and not just because I’m the moderator.) Our users clearly did a great job, as their hard work motivated me to research this list of amazing automobile interiors. It was a collaborative labor of love amongst many of you, but I also dug up a few of my historical favorites. So let’s start from the early days of motoring and take a quick tour of 11 wild automotive interiors over the decade
While it’s true that the first mass-produced car didn’t have much of an interior, what made this Oldsmobile unique for its time was the dashboard. Sure, that area looks like the front of Santa’s stereotypical sleigh, but that aggressive curve extends deep into the front passenger compartment. The Olds Tonneau body style has a nicely designed rear passenger section, complete with a shockingly well-padded rear door that, apparently, Oldsmobile was simply begging others to replicate. Perhaps this “Curved Dash” Olds is more than a configuration that protects occupants from “dashed up” (i.e. kicked up) debris from the spinning wheels—it might just be the first car with an interior designed for style and functionality
After the shock of the early delivery I started to take stock of what I had bought as it’s always a gamble buying sight unseen even with pictures.
Joe had left some start and stop instructions in the car which were really helpful and the title was also in the car
Managed to get the car started and reversed the car out of the garage, pretty hard to move as the brakes were stuck on to a degree and the handbrake cable was inoperable and I’d hazard a guess never worked. I’ll come back to the brakes a little later.
Upon opening the hood I found that the car had been fitted with a Pertronix electronic ignition replacing the points. Another point to note was the state of the wiring. As suspected I was looking at a little bit of an unfinished project. But on the bright side the car ran well.
An initial look at the underside showed some rust mostly surface but some work needed on the usual inner wheel arch area
The interior looked good and appeared to have a LeBaron Bonney interior kit fitted
This is where I am
These are where I’d like to get to !!
