Looking for advice on Interior kits for a 67

[red67]

I have been out of the VW scene a LOOONG time, but had restored quite a few beetles in the late 80's early 90's, and was a VW drag racer and as well during those years.

I recently picked up a basket case restoration project and am approaching the time for an interior. Back in my day the Scat kits and sew fine were pretty nice for the money.

Any advice on who makes a good kit these days??

The car is a cal-look 67 beetle, steel sunroof, Indian red.

thanks in advance!! peter

[esde]

After being disappointed by TMI, I spent money with Sewfine and have never looked back. If I want something specific, I call or email and they always take care of me. 10+ years and they've not disappointed yet
I cannot speak about SCAT as I don't have experience w them..
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[rcooled]

Another vote for Sewfine. Their interior stuff is still very well done, and they'll also do custom designs. Easy to work with too...

Got a pic of your car?
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[67ctbug]

TMI is more stock than Sewfine.
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[red67]

Thank you Gents!! Sew fine it is. I’ve always been pretty happy with stockish interiors, but do like decent quality Any opinions on colors? See pics of the car below👇 It was painted 8 years ago, just been sitting. It was started by a good friend of mine who has built some very nice cars over the years. The paint work is fantastic. It’s got early front fenders, a sunroof grafted in, the fat chrome, pan fully restored and painted as nice as the top. Built trans and a fairly stout 2180. I have everything to install one pcs side glass and cal-look seals…would prefer to full chrome all over if not to spendy.

I am also looking for advice on buying:

Factory stock type speedo repo? smiths electronic?
Turn signal stalk assembly, j bugs?
Full chrome side glass, rear pop outs and the door glass as well.
Complete bumpers with over riders

And thanks again for the advice!!

[Mike Fisher]

I like your black fender beading as I have it on my squareback.

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[red67]

Nice squareback! I like the wheels, never seen the combo before but looks appropriate.

I still have a little fender fitting to do prior to trimming the beading. I think I should roll the front fender back a touch, and the rears forward a tiny bit.

[67rustavenger]

Nice red 67.
I have three 67's. One Javagreen is a driver, one Zenithblau is a weekend track car and the pile-o-parts is just that, a pile-o-parts.

Is that a real 67 vert decklid? I have one and I paid handsomely for it.
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[OldSchoolVW's]

[Dusty1]

I always liked the '66- '67 directional switch. I would even paint one ivory white or silver beige and run it in an earlier VW. I've salvaged maybe a dozen '67s over the years and likely a dozen more '66s. That means I have a dozen '66- '67 switches in a milk crate somewhere.

I reckon it's a fifty buck swap meet find, maybe a twenty dollar find twenty years ago. Buy two of 'em. Toss the extra one in your inevitable tote full o' spares. It will never break and never wear out if you haver a spare.

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[red67]

Thanks for all the info!! I’m finding some good stuff and some so so… as I pick up odds and ends, typical of the repop industry. I’ve been involved with automotive restorations and motorsport my whole working life so I know the drill here. Some things are unusable, some are 80% “there”, and some 60% “there”.
Just spent 3 days disassembling 2 pair of “new” running boards(that came with the car) in order to straighten them out and get a good fit, then repaint, glue the rubber back on straight, and finally fit them to the car. Back in the day they came out of the box and onto the car 15min per side..

Wolfsberg west seems to have the best overall quality of the stuff I’ve got. West coast metric used to have very good clean rubber, now it feels soft, and lots of flashing that needs to be trimmed and detailed.

Overall, car taking shape nicely.

[wcfvw69]

I also liked Sewfine and that's who I went with when I did my 67' interior.

That's a great looking red bug.
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[far rider]

Just for curious/ here’s another upholstery shop to check out . I know nothing about his prices but his work is really nice looking. Unfortunately he’s in ghe Phillipines but he’s pretty creative and offers quite a different set of styles and colors.

https://www.facebook.com/p/Edwins-Classic-Upholstery-Shop-100063781760653/
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[red67]

Any ideas where I can get high quality front and rear glass?

More update pics..

[rcooled]

[jinx758]

@ red67

very, VERY nice car !

There are quite a few YT videos on ACVW speedometer restoration. Seemed fairly straightforward & a few even gave sources for the face & needles.

Just another avenue ... stay safe

jinx
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[red67]

More updates! Lots of work fitting the tin. Tightened up the areas around the manifolds, cyl tin, oil cooler.

Then on to the tank, mounting the pump inside, reversed the stock float to make room for the pump. Added baffles and will install foam as well, plus I extended the lower fuel feed out near the RH front wheel opening to make draining the tank easier.

Time to paint all the tin work and tank!

I’ve also tidied up the wiring and finally got the chrome on.

[67rustavenger]

Ok. I was under the impression that this was gonna be a run of the mill restore and drive build.

This latest update just took the build to a whole new level of WOW!
Really nice work on the fuel tank and engine tin fitting.

The weld quality seen in the fuel tank pics are above the average garage/shade tree mechanic.
That "stack of dimes" weld on the fuel pump access panel is just lovely.
This comes from a guy that spent 26 years inspecting industrial welding for a living.

So, with the fuel tank mods and an engine that appears to be a high HP build.
What is your goal for this car build?
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Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!

There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo!

[The Pilch]

Beautiful bug!! What a lovely red monster!

Just my 2c on the original question, I have no experience with Sewfine other than it looks stunning, no idea about Scat, but I am about to install my interior, I have the TMI tweed interior kit, which out of the box is BEAUTIFUL, a far cry from their basket weave (which I've installed too in my squareback and that looked and worked well).

I don't think anyone can be unimpressed by the TMI Tweed. Just my thoughts. Can't wait to see what you decide on.
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