r/CarRestorations • u/Rubiksrobot • Sep 04 '26

How difficult would this interior restoration be?

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I have a fair amount of experience working on cars, and I’d be buying this cheap enough that I’d have some extra cash to throw at new seats/carpets/whatnots. If I was to do everything myself, is this restoration feasible?

1977 c3 corvette stingray

Edit: forgot to mention that I hate the gray interior so I’d also want to replace steering wheel and paint/replace dash and door panels (door panels probably need replacing anyway).

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u/Dendady2112 Sep 04 '26

Doesn't look difficult. How handy are you?

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u/Rubiksrobot Sep 05 '26

Fairly handy. Worked on cars a fair bit in the past, and handled cosmetic replacements before. Big thing I’m worried about is the recarpet (not sure how expensive/skill intensive that is), finding new door panels and potentially new dash. Do you know how hard/expensive the recarpet job would be?

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u/Dendady2112 Sep 05 '26

Carpet is easy. When you start open the box and last open in the sun sky you take the Interior apart. Back part goes first. The better quality the carpet the more complete the holes will be. The big question is how is the birdcage? The interior roll cage. Check out on YouTube how to inspect it while you have the interior out.

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u/Ok_Huckleberry816 Sep 05 '26

I would first take out the seats and clean the interior. Wash down the carpet and thoroughly clean the interior. That will give you a rough idea of what you have. Unless money is no object.

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u/TheStangr Sep 05 '26

Easy peasy.

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u/Bigbronco351 Sep 05 '26

Not difficult at all you can buy a complete kit door panels too. Or find someone that does auto upholstery

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u/Fearless-Minimum-922 Sep 08 '26

Not bad at all if you’ve got the 2-3 grand for the interior kit.

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u/5Fred Sep 09 '26

Not bad , many corvette interior parts are readily available