M20B29 w/ Triple Webers into my '71 2002

[CubbyChowder]

Went with Walnut.

That's what I thought based off your first post but the raw blanks appear much lighter to me so I thought it might be something else, but I know the sappy walnut can get pretty light/honey golden.

Just a suggestion, and not sure if this is even what you're after but if you want a more natural walnut finish you could find a darker walnut wood to cut your blanks from (in raw form it resembles a chocolate milk color). You could skip the prestain/stain steps altogether and go straight to an oil based polyurethane wipe on finish (1 part boiled linseed oil, 1 part pure tung oil and 1 part satin heavy duty polyurethane) and do maybe 3-4 light coats of that, meaning apply liberally with a rag so it's soaked, wait about 5 minutes and wipe off all excess. Helps eliminate brush marks and gives it a nice hand rubbed finish. The oils help pop that dark color out and soaks in deep, and the polyurethane obviously helps protect it. It's a great combo and I've been learning about it and using it in the shop a lot lately. Might be worth messing around with, could save you some time! Either way they look great man

[2mAn]

I need one of those knobs for my gazelle project. I want to make a dash panel and doors from walnut also, so this would be an awesome finishing touch

[SkiFree]

Mikey - thank you so much for the info, I will try and do it how you recommend and see what happens. I've got another ten knobs to tinker with.

BMW 2002 Bucket Seats.

This project began with figuring out which seats I wanted to use. The Scheel bucket seats found in the E9 CSL have always been my favorite. They offered great lateral support (compared to the stock seats) and had a sporty euro look I've always liked.

After doing a fair amount of hunting, I went with the Nurburgring seats from BF Torino.

http://shop.bf-torino.com/bf-autositze/nurburgring.html/

Mocking them up, I found the H-point to be extremely close to the stock seats. That was a nice surprise!

The seats needed something extra to make them a bit more fun! Inspiration came from the Bugatti Veyron Rembrandt, with it's two-tone leather weave. The issue is that custom two-tone leather weaving isn't very common.

However, that is when fellow vintage bmw owner and fashion guru, John Carbajal of KingPin studio stepped in to offer his assistance. His experience in textiles proved invaluable. We met up in downtown LA and went to his favorite leather supplier. The store was gated and only through John's credentials was I able to get inside. However, once inside, it was incredible. Stacks and stacks of real Italian leather! The smell was amazing! We looked through a dozen or so appropriate hides and picked out two thick half hides to use for the weaving.

A couple weeks over he sent this picture. With the woven panels ready the seats and the leather portions were sent over to my upholstery shop.



Earlier this week I got the call saying they were done! Here's how they turned out. Not the weaving was hand done, so it is not perfectly symmetrical. Call it a touch of character.





Distilled Information
x2 BF-Torino Nurburgring Seats + adapters + tilt kit
x2 Italian Leather ½ hides
x1 John @ KingPin Studio
x1 Secret upholstery shop


BMW 2002 Esty Custom Carpet.


I emailed Esty for the carpet of course! She suggested I take a leather sample to a carpet specialist and match an appropriate carpet color/material.

The best match we found was a Palomino-colored German Fine-Tufted velour used in older Mercedes. It was soft to touch, but very hearty. Ended up with 7 yards to send off to Esty.

http://www.gahh.com/carpet-german-velour-backless-5460-palomino-60-wide.html

Esty was kind enough to extend the tunnel section (since there will be no center console) and went with a contrasting black heel pad. She was great to work with, could not ask for a better experience.

Here's a close up of the carpet and her work.



The front section laid out with the finished seat.



Distilled Information
x6 yards of Palomino Fine-Tufted Velure (for carpet set, floor mats, and trunk mats)
x1 Esty's skilled touch


That nearly finishes off the interior plans. With the car now at my house I have had the engine in and out at least eight time trying to get everything just right. Next up will be to finish the bodywork for prior to paint.

[CubbyChowder]

amazing!

[mr2peak]

Those seats are sick!

[2mAn]

You have about 20 days to get it done. I believe in you

[SkiFree]

Thanks guys, gotta keep rocking on this thing. Getting ridiculous.

You have about 20 days to get it done. I believe in you

Yeeeahhhh, aboouut that. It won't happen unfortunate.

[rijlaab]

This thread wow! Gets me inspired and motivated to step up my game!

[iwantspeed]

Happy to see that after the job change the car is still getting some attention the shift knob and seats came out great

[SkiFree]

This thread wow! Gets me inspired and motivated to step up my game!

Yolo!

Happy to see that after the job change the car is still getting some attention the shift knob and seats came out great

Thanks, it is really nice now having the car at home. Getting an hour or so every evening is great. Plus the little ones are a great help.

Yesterday they were happy helping out with the trunk ...

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Nice to see some progress!!! Good god those seats...

Reminds me of the singer porsche interiors, and seat upholstery. So beautiful. Are you going to continue the theme on the door cards? (I can't remember if you posted what the rest of the interior will look like - searched quickly but didn't find anything)

[SkiFree]

Nice to see some progress!!! Good god those seats...

Reminds me of the singer porsche interiors, and seat upholstery. So beautiful. Are you going to continue the theme on the door cards? (I can't remember if you posted what the rest of the interior will look like - searched quickly but didn't find anything)

Hope all is well with you!

Call me crazy, but I think the two-tone weave would be a bit overkill on the door panels. I want to "subtly" tie it in somewhere, thinking an accent strip on the dash (a 'la Singer) or in the shifter/ebrake boots.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Hope all is well with you!

Call me crazy, but I think the two-tone weave would be a bit overkill on the door panels. I want to "subtly" tie it in somewhere, thinking an accent strip on the dash (a 'la Singer) or in the shifter/ebrake boots.

Yes, I think you're right actually. Works on the porsche because the pattern is a bit more subtle. I think a strip on the dash would look killer, as well as a shift/ebrake boot.

[SkiFree]

That first knob ended up someplace neat!

I got roped into helping out a tiny bit on the green/white Group2 E9 CSL project. Meeting and talking shop with one of my personal heroes, Art Simonds, was a great experience. Very humble and quite guy. When he talked, you shut up and listened.

The car made it out to Monterey but unfortunately did not go beyond a practice run. They were still troubleshooting new-restoration-gremlins. Ron snapped a couple pictures…

Well look-ee there…!

[2mAn]

time to update the thread title!...

I didnt see this green/ white CSL wouldve been nice compared to all the black & white ones wearing ///m colors