Recovering the upper arm rest

Snaps fail over time and need to be replaced as necessary to hold the carpet in place.

1800 arm rests attempts over time to cover up a poor design

Reconditioning arm rests-the worst job in the interior

Steve applying water barrier to the inside of the door. This is essential to maintain the integrity of the door panels.

A surprising amount of the interior on this well cared for classic is reconditioned original.

Seat belt receiver-now looks and works like new

Original good condition arm rest-ready for recovering.

Door sill plates as found-corroded (they are aluminum) and beat up

Sill plates and door gasket retainers reconditioned

The final treatment of the door panel-as good as it gets for now. The arm rest is as of yet only available as a skin, so it has a bit to be desired in where the door handle recesses (not shown)

Finally, sweet

Reconditioned (blasted and painted, not re-anodized) sill plates. New ones are available but these were made to look as new with just a little work. Most importantly, the chromed steel screws which start the rusting process with these aluminum plates were replaced with stainless "truss head" fasteners.