Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video documents the total renovation of the interior of my 1971 Cutlass S restomod that took place over a one year period. I started with a stock ugly brown bench seat column shift interior, and I converted it to a beautiful customized black interior featuring new Procar Rally XL Recliner 80-1000-51-XL seats, a good used console, I welding in the console and bucket seat floor brackets, adding some sound deadening, installing new black carpeting a new black dashboard, and a good used black interior. I customized it by covering the wood grain with a self adhesive that looks like brushed alumium. I also mounted the Holley Terminator X's interface where the ashtray was, and added USB-A and USB-C fast charging ports front and rear.
0:17 - This project took a year! Here's why...
0:43 - A quick recap of what's been done to the body since fall of 2023
1:17 - The new (used) black 1970-1972 Cutlass S interior I bought
2:26 - The condition of my interior before the swap
3:04 - The Procar Rally XL Recliner Seats 80-1000-51-XL seats and why you probably won't want to buy the standard width seats
5:54 - A side view of how far the seats tip forward and recline
6:05 - The XL seat cost difference and why you proably should spend the money for them
7:53 - Measurements for the new XL seats
8:09 - Welding in the bucket seat brackets onto the floor
9:31 - Some tips on welding onto the middle of a panel
11:38 - Close-ups of my welds and showing the flux cored wire ash
13:23 - How I direct the heat on the brackets
13:54 - Making a new rear package tray and speaker shelf
16:46 - Re-covering the wood-grain portion of the door panels and rear seat side panels with VViViD® self adhesive faux brushed aluminum
22:06 - Creating a new tachometer from a Stewart Warner Green Line Tachometer 531CC, and a custom gauge face I made and hand lettered
27:20 - Removing the old dashboard and installing the new black dash
29:29 - Installing the console brackets onto the transmission tunnel and the console itself
31:25 - Cutting a portion of the center console to get it to fit onto the Hurst Dual Gate Shifter
34:38 - A mockup of the ideal gauge setup I would want
35:36 - Mounting the Holley Terminator X interface screen in the factory ashtray location
36:25 - Mounting the stereo head unit more centered in the dash
37:17 - The glove box door and new glove box lining are installed
37:53 - Filling in the round hole in the dash from the factory two post stereo head unit 37:34 - Showing the open mounting area for the new tachometer
38:37 - Building a new custom tachometer face from a factory speedometer face and fuel gauge housing with the SW tachometer guts
41:05 - Showing the custom font numbers for the tach face (details below)
42:11 - Hand lettering the new tachometer face
46:03 - Showing and testing the assembled custom tachometer
49:41 - How the factory gauge pods should be assembled
51:06 - How to install the speedometer when using the gear shift indicator
52:35 - Summit Racing sound deadening material on the door panels and front half of the floor
53:56 - Showing the repainted the door jambs
55:16 - Installing USB ports in the rear seat ashtray holes
56:12 - The (almost) finished interior!
57:49 - The new "information center" with USB-A and USB-C charging ports
59:33 - Sneek peek into future mods, outro, and credits
Here are the part numbers for the new parts I used:
Summit Racing Equipment:
Procar Rally XL Recliner Seats 80-1000-51R-XL (right)
Procar Rally XL Recliner Seats 80-1000-51L-XL (left)
Procar Seat Adapter Brackets 8104 and 81505
Stewart Warner Green Line Tachometers 531CC
Summit Racing™ Ultimate Heat Barrier and Sound Deadening Mats SUM-879006
Stewart Warner Green Line Analog Oil Pressure Gauge 360DP
Equus Mechanical Oil Pressure Line Kits E9801
Stewart Warner Green Line Analog Water Temperature Gauge 361AT72
Oldsparts.com:
Conversion Kit, Dual Gate Shifter, 1970-72 Cutlass, 4-Speed 700R4/200-4R/4L60E P/N C240906
Brackets, Mounting, 1970-72 Oldsmobile, Dual Gate Shifter P/N C240557
Console Mounting Bracket, 1970-72 Cutlass/442, P/N C220340
Console Door Catch, 1970-72 Cutlass P/N C240467
Liner, Glove Box, 1970-72 Oldsmobile P/N CT20005
Console Door Hinge, 1970-72 Cutlass P/N Part# C241157
Console Door, 1970-72 Cutlass P/N CT20063
Fusick Automotive Products: Dual Gate Light Housing 1970-72 Cutlass 442 Dual Gate Light Housing P/N DGL702
Custom lettering was from lettering.com (0.365" tall, Interstate Compressed font in white gloss cut vinyl)
Home Depot: Hardboard Tempered Panel (Common: 1/8 in. 4 ft. x 8 ft) Model# 832777
JoAnn Fabrics: 3 yards of fabric backed Vinyl sheet
Amazon.com: VViViD® XPO Silver Brushed Steel Car Wrap Vinyl Roll with Air Release Technology (5ft x 5ft):
amazon.com/dp/B00L9J2M16?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Music Credit:
“War Machine”
“2025_2”
“Discofunque” by Francis Preve (YouTube Free Audios)
“Not So Far Away”
This video documents the total renovation of the interior of my 1971 Cutlass S restomod that took place over a one year period. I started with a stock ugly brown bench seat column shift interior, and I converted it to a beautiful customized black interior featuring new Procar Rally XL Recliner 80-1000-51-XL seats, a good used console, I welding in the console and bucket seat floor brackets, adding some sound deadening, installing new black carpeting a new black dashboard, and a good used black interior. I customized it by covering the wood grain with a self adhesive that looks like brushed alumium. I also mounted the Holley Terminator X's interface where the ashtray was, and added USB-A and USB-C fast charging ports front and rear.
0:17 - This project took a year! Here's why...
0:43 - A quick recap of what's been done to the body since fall of 2023
1:17 - The new (used) black 1970-1972 Cutlass S interior I bought
2:26 - The condition of my interior before the swap
3:04 - The Procar Rally XL Recliner Seats 80-1000-51-XL seats and why you probably won't want to buy the standard width seats
5:54 - A side view of how far the seats tip forward and recline
6:05 - The XL seat cost difference and why you proably should spend the money for them
7:53 - Measurements for the new XL seats
8:09 - Welding in the bucket seat brackets onto the floor
9:31 - Some tips on welding onto the middle of a panel
11:38 - Close-ups of my welds and showing the flux cored wire ash
13:23 - How I direct the heat on the brackets
13:54 - Making a new rear package tray and speaker shelf
16:46 - Re-covering the wood-grain portion of the door panels and rear seat side panels with VViViD® self adhesive faux brushed aluminum
22:06 - Creating a new tachometer from a Stewart Warner Green Line Tachometer 531CC, and a custom gauge face I made and hand lettered
27:20 - Removing the old dashboard and installing the new black dash
29:29 - Installing the console brackets onto the transmission tunnel and the console itself
31:25 - Cutting a portion of the center console to get it to fit onto the Hurst Dual Gate Shifter
34:38 - A mockup of the ideal gauge setup I would want
35:36 - Mounting the Holley Terminator X interface screen in the factory ashtray location
36:25 - Mounting the stereo head unit more centered in the dash
37:17 - The glove box door and new glove box lining are installed
37:53 - Filling in the round hole in the dash from the factory two post stereo head unit 37:34 - Showing the open mounting area for the new tachometer
38:37 - Building a new custom tachometer face from a factory speedometer face and fuel gauge housing with the SW tachometer guts
41:05 - Showing the custom font numbers for the tach face (details below)
42:11 - Hand lettering the new tachometer face
46:03 - Showing and testing the assembled custom tachometer
49:41 - How the factory gauge pods should be assembled
51:06 - How to install the speedometer when using the gear shift indicator
52:35 - Summit Racing sound deadening material on the door panels and front half of the floor
53:56 - Showing the repainted the door jambs
55:16 - Installing USB ports in the rear seat ashtray holes
56:12 - The (almost) finished interior!
57:49 - The new "information center" with USB-A and USB-C charging ports
59:33 - Sneek peek into future mods, outro, and credits
Here are the part numbers for the new parts I used:
Summit Racing Equipment:
Procar Rally XL Recliner Seats 80-1000-51R-XL (right)
Procar Rally XL Recliner Seats 80-1000-51L-XL (left)
Procar Seat Adapter Brackets 8104 and 81505
Stewart Warner Green Line Tachometers 531CC
Summit Racing™ Ultimate Heat Barrier and Sound Deadening Mats SUM-879006
Stewart Warner Green Line Analog Oil Pressure Gauge 360DP
Equus Mechanical Oil Pressure Line Kits E9801
Stewart Warner Green Line Analog Water Temperature Gauge 361AT72
Oldsparts.com:
Conversion Kit, Dual Gate Shifter, 1970-72 Cutlass, 4-Speed 700R4/200-4R/4L60E P/N C240906
Brackets, Mounting, 1970-72 Oldsmobile, Dual Gate Shifter P/N C240557
Console Mounting Bracket, 1970-72 Cutlass/442, P/N C220340
Console Door Catch, 1970-72 Cutlass P/N C240467
Liner, Glove Box, 1970-72 Oldsmobile P/N CT20005
Console Door Hinge, 1970-72 Cutlass P/N Part# C241157
Console Door, 1970-72 Cutlass P/N CT20063
Fusick Automotive Products: Dual Gate Light Housing 1970-72 Cutlass 442 Dual Gate Light Housing P/N DGL702
Custom lettering was from lettering.com (0.365" tall, Interstate Compressed font in white gloss cut vinyl)
Home Depot: Hardboard Tempered Panel (Common: 1/8 in. 4 ft. x 8 ft) Model# 832777
JoAnn Fabrics: 3 yards of fabric backed Vinyl sheet
Amazon.com: VViViD® XPO Silver Brushed Steel Car Wrap Vinyl Roll with Air Release Technology (5ft x 5ft):
amazon.com/dp/B00L9J2M16?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Music Credit:
“War Machine”
“2025_2”
“Discofunque” by Francis Preve (YouTube Free Audios)
“Not So Far Away”
