Hey, what's the interior of your gasser look like. I need some period ideas for a 60's style look. I'm not into fancy stuff, home built and back yard mechanic stuff. Thanks, I need some inspiration.....
4 speed on the floor. Simple low back buckets. Rubber floors. 4 point roll bar. Moon Steering Wheel. Simple early original chrome cup tach on the column. Your done.
Definitely a clean, simple interior is best. Large seats + roll cage = cramped looking interior. Transmission choice is yours, but definitely a floor shift. Like Redline said, tach on the column, it adds to the race car vibe from that era...
I will be using stock door panels, my stock bucket seats and console, 4 speed, metal flake steering wheel, cage, Moon throttle pedal and thats all.
Heres my 65, Low back racing buckets with 5 point harnes, no back seat, Gauges under the dash, Tach on the column, 4-speed, Grant chrome spoked steering wheel, 4 point roll bar, stock door panels, and I eventually threw in carpeting. I'm happy with it!
It's home built (because I built it), but although it isn't the lightest choice, I gutted a 65 T-Bird and fabled it into my 57 Ford. Like mentioned earlier, you can't go wrong with 60's buckets, vintage aftermarket gauges and a Moon wheel.
Simple is definatley better! Take a look. No back seat either. What you see is what you get. Not fancy but gets the job done!
If you want a 60's look, then it might not pass tech depending how fast you go. Everything is weight, take out what you don't need to go faster, put in what ever is the lightest available in the 60's, with correct gauges to monitor the important piece under the hood.
My apologies oh God of the Redline, I should have not shortened the other guy's moniker in such a way, may I ask for the humblest of forgiveness
Here's mine: '53 Henry J - built in '59, unchanged since '67. Will be at Detroit Autorama next week. Randy Millard (Henrysnephew)
Yep! All you need is the two front buckets... One for you (the driver) and one for your favorite squeeze.. Who ever she may be... Wife, girlfriend... Etc..
There are alot of rules depending on what year you are going for. the earlier you go the more interior the car needs to be correct, if you look at the S.W.C Swindler "B" and Ohio Geroge's 33 both have a fully upolstered interior even a headliner and carpet but the later in the 60's you go the cars seem to lose their interiors.
You are correct. My Henry, as raced in A/G in 1959, had the (required) upholstery, headliner, back seat, wipers, horn etc - essentially street legal. Gasser rules saw big change in (I think) '62. A LOT of creature comforts got shucked and the cars got way lighter. As the rules evolved the cars did too. Today mine still retains the headliner, upholstery, and rear seat. Randy Millard (Henrysnephew)
Well I'd love to have bigger padded seats, but with 42" door to door, I can't fit them in my Austin. I've got $130 in my whole interior, not counting gauges. My wife and I built all the door panels, headliner, and rear package panels. Then we headed to Fabric Depot and bought a bunch of heavy wool felt to cover the floors and package shelf, and a bunch of black naugahyde to cover the door panels and trunk divider panels. The seats were a swap meet item for $60 with harnesses. Pair of used $5 floor mats finished it off. Wasn't done wiring when this was taken:
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