I will be starting my interior project and wanted some input.

Would you restore it with the original color('77 buckskin) or change the color?

The car is a silver '77 coupe.

If you would change the interior color, what color would you change it too?

 

Personally I would restore it back to the standard colour, but that’s just me, as I like things to look fairly original.

But it’s your car and you’re the one that has to be happy with it so I say do it whatever colour you like best.

 

On my 77, I went with the original Buckskin. Certainly easier then painting all the plastic trim, replacing the ster.wheel, console etc. Just my $.02.

 

I decided to change the interior of my 1970 Coupe from black to red. I always wanted a Corvette with the red interior. It's certainly an expensive thing to do. Some things are pretty straightforward. Buy new red carpets, red seat covers and red door panels. I think these things all come from Al Knoch and there's no problem with the Al Knoch stuff. The dash cover and driver's instrument and passenger panels seem to be OK. (Don't know who made them) The parking brake console is OK also. However, almost all the other panels are a problem. They look beautiful, but don't fit.

My original interior parts were black (I know this is probably the most popular color). I've tried to re-dye them with only partial success.

If you buy an interior repo part and it doesn't fit, don't expect any sympathy when you dare to mention it to the vendor or the company that made it. I actually found out who made a lot (all?) of the interior parts that didn't fit. I called up the original repro-part manufacturer who made these non-fitting panels. They had a lot of conversation about how all Corvettes are different and you have to fit panels individually, etc. Not surprisingly they disputed my contention that their parts didn't fit. To bad they were so defensive. Actually all I wanted was just some advice on how to make their parts fit.

I did talk with a person who does specialty car interiors for a profession. He was very familiar with the situation that many repro body parts don't fit. He did say that it takes a lot of time and skill to work some of these repro parts into a presentable near stock appearance. He also said that he avoided taking jobs to make repro interior parts fit since it was too much of a problem. (I think he would fabricate his own repro parts - but custom one off repro interior parts go into the stratosphere of expense.)

I think I can make some of my difficult parts work when I get around to spending the time. Here's the parts that don't fit well. The T-Top panels (the repro parts don't duplicate the panel curve correctly), The panel between the T-tops that runs from the windshield to the back of the T-tops- the attachment clips didn't match the factory mounting clips. The rear panels where the removable rear window clamping brackets are. The rear quarter panels behind the driver and passenger seats. On my 1970 the shoulder belt housings that are mounted adjacent to the rear quarter panels. The repro shoulder belt housings that I bought for my 1970 Corvette Coupe simply do not fit.

Oh..buy interior panels on Ebay. Did that. I ended up with a lot of expensive junk....well anyhow it is interior red expensive junk for a 1970 Corvette.

 

I have a silver body and black interior. I'm switching to a 2 tone presently. I'm going to use oxblood door panels and carpeting, everything else will be black.

 

I like white, but that's 'cause I got a blue shark.

I'd get silver or black if I had a silver exterior.

 

keep it original or go to a dark burgundy...

 

Is silver/buckskin the original color combo? Mine is Silver/Red but the interior is so many diffrent variations of red it is hard to tell what the original shade of red was. I was thinking of going with black interior only because it is an easy match for everything. I wish I could find someone with an all original red intertior in their '77 so I could decide if I should go with red or black. I'm afraid of getting different shades of red again by buying it a piece at a time. I am not a fan of burgundy, however a nice bright red interior with a silver body would look really sharp IMO.

 

Yep I did the same thing,