Some quick shots of 1149s interior. Note that we copied the seat appearance and materials from 1043, the car which belongs to Colin Comer (thanks to Colin for providing photos of the interior of 1043 for our use) The leather made up to match came from Keleen Leathers in Chicago, IL. I will be ordering more to complete the door panels and other trim. There is a lot of the embossed material left over, so maybe I will have some luggage made up. Oh, wait- there's nowhere to put it, is there...
1043 was fitted, I think, with an upgraded interior from the factory- the grommets were left out and the nylon ballistic cloth was upgraded to leather,although evidently the textured seating areas were vinyl, something I didn't know when I ordered the leather to match them. But I liked that look and decided to emulate it for my car. The center console was done to match photos of both 1043 and 1072, the Marriott collection GT40. The seats are very comfortable- I will have to move the pedal assembly an inch or two towards the radiator to get some room back. Overall the seating position seems fine, which is a good thing, since not much can be done to change it. How they got in and out of these cars quickly for pit stops is totally beyond me. And how Dan Gurney fit in one of these cars even WITH the bubble is beyond me as well. I am only 5'8" and my head is perilously close to the roof. I included some other vintage Ford shots from a local informal car meet here in Annapolis- two vintage GT350s and a nice old flathead, which if you think about it, is where all this came from in the first place.
