In general, when possible, staple things down, not just glue them, glue tends to eventually fail, I am looking for something that will last a long time, this was my Dad's car that I have known since I was 6, and I plan on keeping it for the foreseeable future. I would also prefer no visible fasteners most of the time, although it is not a deal breaker if not overboard/noticeable.

For exposed threads/stitching, match the seats, which have black threads

Seats


If you think you can steam out some of the creases, great, but if not that is fine, otherwise seats are fine as is

Console


Cover console in leather, I assume a thin foam sheet first?

  

Seams along the corner of the console maybe like the seams in our blazer (but on the corner/edge)? Because of the way the shifter plate goes all the way to the edges, it would cover up part of a French seam on this corner/edge and not look right, but this style of seam would not have anything to cover on the top portion.

Same seams on the console storage lid, kinda like they are now, but with matching seams to the console.

Console Removal

General steps to remove the console (more details in below video):
Remove window switches
Remove cup holder
Unscrew allen bolt inside the cup holder hole
Disconnect 4 pin connector in cup holder hole
Put into 4th gear, unscrew shifter ball
Push down on ash tray lid (plate held up underneath with magnets)
Pull back on shifter plate, then lift off
Remove 2 screws inside console storage
Remove 3 screws under shifter trim plate
Slide console back, while lifting the rear up to the roof


Only difference when reinstalling, is to first make sure the wings are spread a little and don't catch on the carpet on the transmission tunnel, and make sure the wings are caught on the large headed bolts while pushing forward. The driver's side one may need to be pushed in a little to catch. And to make sure there are no wires between the bottom of the console box, and the aluminum bracket it rests on
https://www.youtube.com/embed/k6zyoeAkbKk

I added strips of 1/4" abs to the inside to pull leather around and staple to.

On the front side wings, there are 2 small/thin panels screwed on. These can just be covered in leather then screwed back on, or I'm open to ideas here on what to do to cover this area, but spaces is limited here.

Please be careful when pulling the console in/out not to scratch up the bottom of the dash or glove box with the top of the "wings" Also be careful not to scratch the shifter plate.

Carpet


Maybe glue carpet on the floor a little around the console wings on the transmission tunnel to make taking console in/out a little easier.

We will Likely have to glue down the rear main flat piece in the rear also.

Will likely need to in the rear area where the seat belt goes through the fiberglass. Note: there are 2 Philips head screws holding the plastic trim piece down that the seat belts go through from the bottom. Also these are 3D printed, so these can be changed if we want/need to.

The rear area from left to right where the rear hinge is, we can probably lay the carpet over it, and just not glue it down maybe an inch on each side, and when it opens, just let the carpet bunch up over the hinge. Open to ideas here. Where the forward most hinge is, the carpet will need to be cut (the fiberglass separates here when it opens), so there will need to be a seam here, not sure if we can make the carpet just butt together here? If we can glue/melt/sew the edges so they don't fray, and make the seam disappear when closed that would be great, if not, then just something that looks clean/correct.

Under that rear opening, we have the wood floor, with 2 lift out doors. These should all be covered in carpet, and the doors just a friction fit, and lift out. Under these just leave painted the way they are. The carpet (stock rear carpet) will lay under this false wood bottom, likely needs to be trimmed, not sure if it needs any sort of finished edge, or just tuck it under the wood floor.

The wood floor has spacer blocks that have been epoxied to the car. To screw down the wood floor, cover in carpet, predrill these holes (or the blocks WILL SPLIT, please don't split them, and don't drill or screw all the way through the fiberglass floor. Then just screw them down to these blocks.

Cut an opening out in the center of the lift portion for a handle (rough idea drawn in). I do NOT want an external handle just screwed on here. I suspect carpet would just be pulled over this edge to finish this part off? (open to ideas here)

Make sure the seam between the lift portion, and the static portion of the rear hatch has a clean seam. Probably just wrap carpet around both sides, so that when closed it is just carpet against carpet. May need foam here wrapped around the sides then covered in carpet? or carpet might be enough on its own.

Glue down a strip of carpet on the metal panel right behind the seats, I think like it is stock.

I also need something for floor mats, maybe just something made from carpet pices? or maybe just buy something? but I kinda want something with some sort of anchor, so they don't just slide around out of place.

Head liner:


Do something about the stock head liner, that is sagging now, so that it stays up. Stock looking is ok, but open to ideas. Also the stock halo is in there, also open to ideas here, stock here is ok.

In the rear, cover the headliner area and the rear flat panel in leather. I don't like the stock inside window trim, so I don't want to go that way. Could go with leather right up to the window seal, maybe even go UNDER the window seal, and let that be the trim/edge. Or possibly some sort of thin padding/foam/board and cover that.

Here is a decent example of a headliner over what looks to be thick foam most likely. This is ok, except I would prefer it to be thinner if possible. Also an ok idea of a speaker grill cover, although not sure this would work, as the face of the rear speaker may stick out too much for this type of setup.

Also an inlay pattern example on the back panel, not 100% sure on this, but open to ideas like this (maybe with perforated leather like the seats?)

Rear window trim, that was closer to this might be ok, if it is few pieces (like 1 or 2) and fewer fasteners visible. I don't like the 63 trim, way to many separate pieces and too many fasteners visible.

Rear Side Panels:


These fiberglass panels are currently screwed in at the front, and a magnet holds in the very rear. The panels go over the rear speakers (they do not need to be removed to pull the side panels currently). The smaller more forward speakers are mounted to these side panels.

Do something to cover this area in leather, it could be to cover these in leather, or to make some panel that goes over these that is covered in leather, or if you think it is easier/better to make a new panel.

I am open to ideas about the speakers, they can just show the grills on top of the covering like they are now, but would consider other ideas.

Make small filler panels covered in leather that go in front of the current rear panel, basically beside the seats, under the halo. Ideally with no visible fasteners, but ok with a couple here if needed.

Also if making a new (entire, or cover piece) side panels, maybe 1 piece for each side all the way from the back to the front, instead of needed a seam there between the 2 pieces?

This one piece rear side panel looks nice, covering both the rear area and under the stock halo. Again a similar speaker grill type cutout, but again not sure this will work with the current rear speaker mount.

General Concepts:



Flat carpet, and leather panels would be good, but I may be open to the idea of some sort of pattern/details added, but I'm not exactly sure what. Possibly some sort of trim piece, accent piece, or maybe an inlay of perforated leather like the seats. But I do want to hear the idea to see if I like it before doing it, to make sure I like the style. Stock front headliner and halo are ok, but also open to them more matching the rear (maybe even 1 piece?)

Note on the front headliner, I would like the head room of the stock head liner with it all the way up (but staying up, unlike mine). The way it is right now, my head is very close to the sagging headliner.

Windows:



Front windshield needs to be sealed, and trim installed. Rears windows need to be installed (I have them) sealed, and trim installed.

Potential future fixes:



Just to get an estimate on (I want to start driving it, so it probably won't be now)
Fix scratch on passenger side headlight bucket
See what can be done for the area around the driver's side turn signal under the bumper stress/cracking

Maybe a dyno run:



Just to see what it is doing now. Notes here, to obviously keep an eye on the AFR and obviously get out of it, if it starts leaning out. Also guessing as to what to expect, hoping about 600 at the rear, but also if we see 650 to lift. It is an aluminum LS1, and from what I've heard they are good for about 800 block HP before bad things start happening.