Trimming a 1960 Mercedes 220se,

Over the past several months I have been working away on all the interior upholstery components for a 1960 Mercedes 220se that is being restored by Rudi and Company.
We're trimming this car in original Roser Tan colored leather. I was able to find good kits for the seat covers and the the top. But everything else I had to make by hand.

Here you can see the door panels I made, copying the original ones exactly -

Here are the rear 1/4 panels (before and after) and the rear bench seats -

The finished front seats...

On the car, I started by installing all of the lower dash and glove box leather, as well as the rear top stowage area...

Then came installing the new rear 1/4 panels and trim,

And the door panels and trim...

Next came the most time consuming part of the job - installing the cabrio top and headliner. It starts by installing the sewn headliner assembly to the top frame and getting it perfect on the inside...

Then building up and shaping the inner top padding...

And finally fitting the top itself - this takes a lot of patients and adjustment to fit right...

To finish it all off, the seats and the top boot cover...

Until next time...