Hot rods, musclecars, or any street cars must be driven to be truly enjoyed and appreciated. However, a dilapidated interior with thrashed threads, holes in the carpet, and a duct-taped glovebox door isn’t the path to maximum cruise-in prestige. While the go-fast crowd may think a sardine can-tinned interior is race-car cool, a well-appointed cockpit that’s quiet, tasteful, and comfortable will be an all-around pleasure to drive.
That was the goal for the inside moves on this ‘67 RS Camaro. The interior was complete but beyond saving. Not only that, but since the Camaro had been sitting outside for 10 years, it had become a very fancy mouse motel. Needless to say, it was time for a complete interior restoration.
Once the interior was stripped and sanitized, the real restoration work began. But before we turned the wrenches, we decided to spend some time studying the Classic Industries catalog. We carefully investigated all the weak points of our red standard Camaro interior and then made a list of the parts we needed. Sure, it would have been great to just order everything new, but this was planned carefully and any major parts were restored that could be saved.
After the resto process started, we discovered even more parts that needed replacing. Classic Industries responded to our many calls for help with not only the parts to start reviving this neglected cockpit but also the technical advice to keep us on the right track.
It was elected to stick with a standard stock interior and retain the factory red hue, though at this point it would have been easy to change the color to any one we wanted.
Classic Industries makes the parts selection easy by offering a basic interior kit including front and rear seat upholstery, headliner, carpet, a rear seat shelf liner, and door panels under just one part number. It was then plugged several additional parts into the kit, including sun visors, a complete weatherstripping kit, new door sills, and a host of small parts like window cranks and other little rubber parts to help revitalize this Camaro.
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