Interior. Baseline and seats.

We've talked engines, bodywork, wheels and 70's style exhaust. Let's talk about the most important part of the car from a passenger's point of view. The interior is where passenger's have to sit and be carried by the car. Let's start by looking at a bone stock 240z interior.

Simple, well laid out and plain functional. Look at those gauge pods. 5 round gauges from left to right. Those three on the center dash held double gauges so you had speedometer and tachometer in the big rounds and fuel, oil pressure, engine temp and voltmeter with a analog clock in the three middle gauges.

A better shot of the center gauge cluster.

And here's what our trunk SHOULD look like.

So. We have none of this stuff. We have a cracked dashboard and a beat up steering wheel and that's about it. Since we need to start from scratch we can make some modern changes while still retaining the 70's look and feel.

First of all seats.

The factory seats are very 70's. Flat, wide and vinyl.


















So we need new seats. I want to keep the same basic shape and size, and I want to use factory seats from a modern car. I figure factory seats will be safer design and construction. Aftermarket seats from eBay would be made by unknown hands. So we need a modern seat that looks like the original. I've found two that are easy to mount and look good.



Honda S2000. Available in Black, Tan, Blue and Red leather.
About $500-$600 for a pair.

I'm partial to these myself. Dodge Neon SRT-4 seats. Very similar to Datsun seats, but with better padding and noticeable bolsters. Can be found for $300-400 for a set.


















The interior will be broken up into three sections. Seats, dashboard and luggage. Tomorrow, we talk about the dashboard.