Cald1973

Looking for a resource for replacement of the bucket and rear seats for a 65 Starfire Convertible. I’ve reached out to PUI, automotiveinteriors.com and SMS and only one offered a price and they require months of lead time plus my existing covers because they don’t have patterns. I can get a Pontiac 2+2 interior for 600 bucks but anything in the Starfire arena is over double that and that’s for vinyl. Pretty much the same think with slightly different pattern. Anyone with a resource for factory vinyl/leather covers? Mine is black interior, convertible. Thanks!!

Oldsmaniac

There is no source, they have to be sewn from scratch. Your local upholstery shop/convertible top shop should be able to make them for you. Original leather will be more $ than vinyl...

Cald1973

Thank you! That’s what I’m gathering

rocketraider

Count yerself lucky it's black interior. Black leather and vinyl are easily found. To get one of the colors would prob require buying a whole hide and having it custom dyed.

65 SF is a complex stitch pattern but not beyond a competent trimmer.

Ancient Iron

65 Starfire's had a partial leather interior.

Cald1973

Black interior definitely helps. It’s hard to justify a custom interior on these cars when you see them sell at auction for well under 20k after someone dumped twice or more that amount into a proper restoration. It’s really tempting to go with something like the PUI Pontiac 2+2 interior as it’s very close to the SF in appearance and I can replace it in a week if something happens. Bucket seat gets a tear its a 150 dollar problem. Pragmatism says buy the 2+2 materials and do it over the weekend myself for 600 and have peace of mind. I can divert funds to other areas of the car. The other part thinks it’s nuts to not pay 4 times that for the factory replicas and wait 3-4 months and I can say it’s a proper SF interior. I’m going to get some pricing from a place that I know has done these seats before to see if they’re reasonable using Madrid vinyl materials + leather. Luckily some folks have listed the actual places that did their custom interiors in posts and videos. I’ll report back.