We chose Ciadella Interiors for doing the interior on the Wagon. They sent us many samples of different turquoise and white vinyl and leather.
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This is the selection that we settled on. Keep reading to see where everything will be.
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Christmas in June! The interior is here.
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Everything was well packaged against damage. White vinyl top, medium turquoise vinyl middle, with dark turquoise vinyl bottom.
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The windlacing is attached to the B pillar cardboard.
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The custom sun visors, white vinyl edged in medium turquoise vinyl.
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We ordered carpet to protect the linoleum at the track. Linoleum for show, carpet for go.
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The reproduction arm rests only come in beige or black plastic bottoms. A quick shot of white and these will be perfect.
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The new seat covers.
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We couldn't wait and had to try the door panel against the driver door.
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Time to recover the seats, starting with the rear seat.
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The wagon rear seat hardware. We found a new product out by Duplicolor called Hyper Silver for wheels. It should look good here.
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The vinyl spray die held up well for many years. The turquoise is in worse shape than the dyed white.
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The seat is still covered in the original batting Since we both feel that the batting is more comfortable than the replacement foam, we will add more batting to pad the seat and fill in any worn spots or holes.
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All the hardware was removed for painting.
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The tools are waiting to finish the recovering.
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The hardware awaits painting, yes, on the dinner table.
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The bottom of the rear seat, recovered, trimmed, and awaiting linoleum and hardware. The vinyl should hold up and be easier to clean as this wagon will see track time.
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A better shot of the door panels. Be advised, these are made to fit the reproduction door stainless, not the original. You need to be specific when you order. Ciadella's customer service is great!
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The linoleum and hardware partially installed. We debated on the need for spray adhesive on the linoleum and decided to do it. It's a good idea. We missed one corner and there is a minor bulge in the linoleum in that corner. It's good to learn on the least shown piece.
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One completed rear seat bottom with the feet and the support bar reinstalled.
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The top of the rear seat. The upholstery fits very well.
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The repainted armrest bottom with the new vinyl top .
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The order that we decided to install the interior was: wheel well covers, windlacing, carpet, headliner, door panels, rear seat, then front seat.
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The back of the old rear seat. The plywood back isn't as bad as it looks considering it is from 1956.
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And the finished back of the rear seat, complete with repainted trim. Eventually these will be replaced with stainless, but this will do for now.
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The reproduction stainless for the door panels arrived and installed easily and matched up with the lines.
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The other door panel went together just as nicely.
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A front door with the arm rest in place. The interior is all assembled and just needs to be put into the car.
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Here's a trick. These gloves are covering magnets that we can use to hold the vinyl wheelwell covers in place as we adjust the fit and finally glue them in. The gloves kept the magnets from leaving dirts and marks on the new vinyl. It might look funny, but it worked.
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Spray glue holds the wheelwell covers to the metal. Be warned however. If you do this wrong and have to peel the cover off, the glue will clump and leave bumps that really show through the vinyl.
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So this is the first wheelwell cover in place. Not bad for the first one we have ever done.
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The second one went in much quicker than the first one, now that we knew what we were doing.
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Next came the vinyl windlacing for the tailgate and hatch area.
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