Marc Brown

I don't post much here, but here is an update from me and my ol' Knight Rider and original 82 TA.... I know you guys are not into the Knight Rider thing, but oh well, still ALOT of work if you read all this....

I want to start out by thanking Billy G, Joe Huth, and Richie Cunningham, for making me do this crazy part.... To make a long story short.... My wife also has an 82 as most of you know, a very mint interior because of low mileage, one, the other is that it had an aftermarket notchback, but..... the notchback really saved the interior from fading and I have wanted it for KITT since we purchased car, but wifey said heck no, find your own carpets for plastics.... hmmm.... So , me and Richie looked and looked and looked. There are some very close matches , but I still liked the look of factory. So , I said, let's just do plastics as is, no carpet... so I did that.

I used SEM plastic dye, I mixed and mixed this to where it was exactly the correct shade, took forever, but I ended up with a Gallon ( which in the end , I'll be glad I did) Here it was after a long time of sanding plastics and wow, alot of loving....





You know, after I looked at it, I really liked the plastic look and still do.... I'm definately 50/50 on the whole plastic vs carpet on plastics. I like both, but my heart still went to carpet as I knew that is what KITT had.... So , I finished all of the plastics, and put them all in the car..,..

Marc Brown

UGH right?????? Well, good news was this...... I found a whole other set of plastics at a yard that were in perfect shape, and they only wanted 35.00 dollars... I said, say again.... yes, 35.00 dollars... so I said, of course.... I have a perfect home for these. Wife's plastics were in decent shape, but peeling the carpets off , and all that crap, I just used these...... Now.... bad news.... BAD NEWS is this.... you have to repeat the dying on all the plastics again.... WHAT!!!!!!?????? ****!!!!!! Another week of work gone.... but, she is letting me use those carpets... so I got her NEW carpet in from my Knight Rider and got her new plastics in...man... Who's getting the deal here?









Now.... time to put all these carpet pieces on my plastics.... wow, this stuff takes sooOOO much time... so does writing this, for the 2 people that might actually read it, felt like I am running a plastic dye shop or Knight Rider shop..... GEEZ



Got new sill plates in also.... Now I'm getting somewhere!!!!



Trying to syke buddies out... did a couple of them.... this was fun!!!



Okay.... After my first show I did back in August.... I did NOT like the headliner job , so I ordered an ABS one. I know, 1st season guys have problems, as I probably will too, but you don't know until you try it yourself sometimes. Ordered and trimmed it up too



Now, was the time I have to give a big shout out to Richie Cunningham... This guy out of the blue helps me find correct materials and the closest materials available for these cars. We worked together for probably about 2 months before I finally ordered my headliner material. I ordered what Richie had which was pretty close if not dead on to original, well, guess what, they sent me some .... MIAMI CORP sent me the wrong stuff, as they said that it was the correct color, I said, nope, not even close, they said, " have you looked at our new cards" AWW come on!!!! DAMNIT!!!! Oh well... So I ordered what I thought was close, it was , but when I got it, it was too red, so I went through a company called Sunbrite and man, there's was close!!! sorry for the bad pic comparisons.... I'm also not trying to go for original, I want mine to match more to the plastics... anyway, this far right, and I'm not picky about the headliner material... Hah !!!!

Richie's material is on left, mine on right... not bad ....



The real trick is direct light, what it will actually look like!!!! Mine is top



Mine is top left

Marc Brown

Man !!!! So I ordered I think Med Camel from Sunbrite, liked it alot and sometimes , you just have to be happy with what you do . now..... Since me and Richie became friends, I wanted to try to find a 5 web correct color seatbelt material.... yes, after taking a week off of work, and getting over a dozen if not 20 samples, I found a 5 web that is pretty dag on close.....





Ordered that big ol' roll, have plenty now.... also found these on good ol ebay....



Okay... now, I went and took my headliner , side panel materials ( parella, vinyl, L bracket, carpet) , speaker grilles, and took them to the upholstery company..... still waiting as of 1-4-15.... so, I said, well, might as well finish up the ol' engine bay.... While at the last show , Nick had some cool looking Knight head emblems for jackets/hats, etc... so.... I had an idea about what to use that for..... My scanner / turn signal cover, where the two meet , as there is a seam, so I made a couple of versions, and picked this one....









Well, after makin that.... I started that weird engine cover again.... That's all I've done in the last 4 months.... Now OFFICIALLY waiting for interior products...... That's my update for today

Bob88GTA

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"so does writing this, for the 2 people that might actually read it"

I been reading Marc; just taking it ALL in!

What a project!

John in RI

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"so does writing this, for the 2 people that might actually read it"

Love reading posts like this one; choc-full of little details and tid-bits of useful info. You would be surprised by how many people will gain from the shared knowledge/experience. Nice Work !

krazefbird

It does look good and hey, if going KR style, go all the way!!

mantaguy

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Good job,did you get that seatbelt material off of ebay or Sunbrite, do you have a contact for that??

luvofjah

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The rest of the car is AMAZING!

Great job Marc, keep postin!

Rafael