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'57 Thunderbird page 3

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Seat inserts of black suede, with the accent strip, laid in place

The seat inserts will be black suede, with a silver accent strip down the middle.

Thunderbird V10 logo in the leather center section of the leanback

A Thunderbird V10 logo was drawn up and embroidered in the leather center section of the leanback.

Covers installed on the new foam buns

The rest of the covers are cut out of black leather and sewn together, then installed on the new foam buns.

Filling in the lines in the pad

Before the factory dash pad could be wrapped in leather the lines in the pad had to be filled.

Lines filled and dash sanded smooth

The lines were filled with a flexible repair compound, and then the whole dash was sanded smooth.

Vinyl laid on dash to cut a pattern in the shape of the dash

Vinyl is used to make a pattern of the shape of the dash.

Vinyl pattern being used to cut leather for dash

Then the pattern is cut out of black leather and sewn together.

Leather being carefully glued and wrapped onto the dash

Then the leather is carefully glued and wrapped on to the dash pad.

Original door panel board

We started with the original door panel board to use as a pattern.

New door boards with new door design drawn out

After the new door boards have been cut out, the new door design is drawn out on to the panel.

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