I'm a retired Industrial Designer and I'm working with James Alecea, owner of Unlimited Creations in East Hartford, CT on my 1969 Camaro interior do-over. I've done some other interior design work on a custom console design for a Ford SVT Lightning and also designed unique tribal ghost flame patterns for the exterior. I've also done custom underhood graphic designs for cars and trucks and custom banners for Facebook Automotive Groups. I'm new to this forum so please forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong spot. Feel free to move it if necessary.


The car was already a multiple show winner here in New England, and that was with the stock (re-covered) interior. The seats in the 1st Generation Camaros are not very supportive at all. We're using front donor buckets from a 2000 Pontiac Trans Am which have power adjustments for the drivers side and power lumbar for both driver & passenger. The lower side bolsters really hug your thighs, and the adjustable back side bolsters keep your body in place as well as any Recaro. The car was restored with a LeMans Blue exterior and white interior and the white interior has proven to be somewhat of a show stopper as almost every Camaro has some kind of black interior often mis-matched. The dash and console are black and carbon fiber with custom gauges from SpeedHut. So the interior will remain predominantly white with the black dash, carpet, seat backs, and kick panels. Albright's supplied the Snow White material that's being used for the seats and door panels.


This is/was the original interior.


These are the donor seats. Extremely comfortable and very adjustable when the 12v power mechanisms are hooked up. The rear frame/floor mount tabs will need to be slightly modified to line up with the Camaro rear pattern.


This is a photoshop rendering of what the front buckets will look like when completed. The inserts are perforated and will be sewn with a light grey thread. The French seams will be done with a blue thread that just about matches the color of the car.


Here's my pattern rendering which was also created in Photoshop. In this rendering I used a blue "stitch" look and decided it might too strong in the insert area.


James was kind enough to put together a quick sample patch showing the blue, white and grey options for the hex outline and also the blue on white French seam. These were done in a matter of minutes and I realize that, it was just to give us a sense of the color.


Another photoshop effort to show the rear seat being reinterpreted to match the front buckets. Of course a bit of foam work is being done to get the definition. And in both front and back, a classic chevy bowtie is being embroidered on the backs, a blue center, black outline framed with a "chrome" thread border.


The car has the standard interior so we'll re-use the door cards and I've integrated a slightly raised panel in the shape of the infamous 1969 "Hockey" stripe which this car has on the outside front fenders and doors. And of course, there'll be an insert of the same hex pattern in the front/rear panels. I used the Hog Ring Camaro sketch sheet to work up the design with a bunch of pictures correctly sized to adjust to the template.

So that's the design exercise on my part. I will certainly follow up with pictures once the interior is completed.