$7 custom leather interior?!?!

[eicheldp]

Originally Posted by particlewave

shifter...and leather stretching/molding. The emblem may be too much (I haven't decided yet).

Keep the emblem... It adds a touch of class. Love the look. Did you do the sewing?

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by eicheldp

Keep the emblem... It adds a touch of class. Love the look. Did you do the sewing?

Thanks!

Yep, did all the sewing myself with this old beauty that I bought on craigslist for a whopping $20 last year. It's old and lacking a lot of functions that you find on modern machines, but it is built like a darn tank! It must weigh 40 pounds
Very reliable and punches through leather like butter

[Porsche Chick]

HOLY MOLY!

That is seriously impressive, excellent work. As someone who has tangled with a sewing machine before, that's amazing.

Wow . . . :dance:

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by Porsche Chick

HOLY MOLY!

That is seriously impressive, excellent work. As someone who has tangled with a sewing machine before, that's amazing.

Wow . . . :dance:

Originally Posted by mikehkang

Wow!

A Renaissance man!

IF I ever sell my Boxster, I will is all the member here. And some more than the other...

Originally Posted by BruceH

Very nice! Keep the emblem, I think it adds. Not too sure about the e-brake.

Thanks guys and gal!
This was just going to be a trial run, but the shifter and side panels turned out pretty nice, I think. I have about 3 hours wrapped up in what I've done so far, but some of that was spent figuring out how to do seams with leather that looked good but weren't to difficult to do. Now that I've got it figured out, it will go faster.

Bruce: I agree. That e-brake just isn't sitting well with me. I need to roll it back to add some batting anyway, so I'm going to make a new handle piece (I made the e-brake cover in two pieces) that has just a single white stripe on top that is 1cm wide on the handle piece only, not the entire e-brake. I think that will look 10 times better

Left to do; storage compartment lid and side panels, door pocket covers, and somewhere down the line, steering wheel and gauge pod

[jdlmodelt]

Originally Posted by Porsche Chick

HOLY MOLY!

That is seriously impressive, excellent work. As someone who has tangled with a sewing machine before, that's amazing.

Wow . . . :dance:

I'm with Porsche Chick. I've done a lot of sewing too. Outstanding work!