Early car interior question...now with pictures

[70roundtail02]

Finally got a look at a parts car that I had my dad pick up vin number 1661099 pretty early I think know it is before my 70 which is 1677541. Sadly the car took a hit to the front and has been left out side without a rear window in it for some time. The interior though is a question it appears to be a red velvet with black leather or vinyl on the lower and back portions of the front. Is this factory or not? they might just be salvagable. Pics to come

[esty]

Finally got a look at a parts car that I had my dad pick up vin number 1661099 pretty early I think know it is before my 70 which is 1677541. Sadly the car took a hit to the front and has been left out side without a rear window in it for some time. The interior though is a question it appears to be a red velvet with black leather or vinyl on the lower and back portions of the front. Is this factory or not? they might just be salvagable. Pics to come

red velvet...dude...that was elvis's car

[Mike Self]

fairly early '68...IIRC Eastside Bimmer's car has just a slightly higher VIN than this one. The seat upholstery sounds non-original. All the USA cars at that time were ordered with all-vinyl interiors--if the car was white originally, it would have had a black or dark blue vinyl interior.

what probably happened on this one is the waffle-pattern vinyl used in the seat centers split, so a PO had it replaced with velour. You're gonna find a lot of bits on that car that won't help your '70: brakes, driveshaft, rear subframe, diff, etc. All that stuff changed around 1 Jan 69. But there are folks on the board with early cars that might use 'em...

cheers

mike

[70roundtail02]

hahahaha nice

[eastsidebimmer]

If you plan to sell parts, please take some pics and let me know what you might have. Mike's right--us poor early guys have slim pickens when it comes to wacko early parts. email----> mobiletradition at gmail com Thanks! Ben

[70roundtail02]

yea i got this one when i picked up my race car project, the guy had it sitting under a tree and my dad asked if he could have it also. I wasn't planning on keeping it so any bits and do dads that are still in decent shape will be sold, I am keeping the gauges and surround, but thats really it that i can think of right off the bat. I know the diff and driveshaft are in there and can be had, braking system don't really know the condition of the stuff so it'll be cheap if it's going to a good home. Will really know what i have in a week or two.

if you have anything you want me to look for in particular drop me an email at biggreenchero at hotmail.com.

Tristan

[70roundtail02]

now with pics...it is all covered under a tarp now