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1800 GT interior

2003-10-08 by Laurie Sellers

Does anyone have detailed photo's of the original 1800 GT upholstery 
and dashboard components?.
The race prepared car I recently puchased (#4026) has had the 
interior virtually stripped out, as is common practice for racing in 
Europe to save weight.
I will need to restore some of the interior (with the help of an 
upholsterer) to comply with the local Australian rules for racing in 
Group S Production Sports Car Class. As a minimum I will need to 
install a near replica of the seats. I am allowed install ready made 
racing seats "of period type" but the width between the door sills 
and centre tunnel makes it difficult to find anything that fits. So 
it will probably be easier to get seat squabs and backrests custom 
built in like the originals. Also, the dashboard would look much 
nicer if closer to original, it has been removed completely and 
replaced with a centre console housing a small cluster of 
instruments and switches. I don't believe that either of these 
changes would add much in the way of weight (which racers are 
fanatical about...for good reason) but would add tremendously to the 
appeal.
So if anyone has photo's, possibly taken during restoration 
(preferably of the seating components outside of the car) or specs 
or drawings or patterns (well you never know!) and similar for the 
dashboard I would be most appreciative.
Thanks very much for your help.
Regards
Laurie #4026

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