@sewlow That is some beautiful work. Just curious, have you done an 88-94 GMT400 dash before? I know you said you have done GM pickups but not what specific ones... I'm also curious about a ballpark price range to have a later GMT400 60/40 bench with the fold down center console reupholstered, if you might have such an estimate
Yayyy!!! You asked the right question!
I get people asking me all the time if I can do their project. The answer is always, "Yes! Yes I can. Get outa my way. Stand back. Watch this!"
Right answer to the wrong question.
The right question they should be asking is...
"Have you ever worked on a '37 Packard before?" "...an 1899 Waverly Electric car?" "...a 1985 Pantera GT5-S?"
Up until the owners brought those projects to my shop, I had never worked on any of those before. But, by utilyzing basic A>B>C procedures, every one of those vehicles left the shop with happy-happy owners.
The type of vehicle is of no matter to me. The procedures are.
So...the answer to your RIGHT question is, No. I have never done a dash in an early 400.
They would be a lot simpler to do than a later version. Hard square designs are easier to work with than all those curves & dips that the '95+ dashes have.
But you'd still get the same answer. Damn right I could do it!
For that seat, I can't give firm prices until the materials are picked.
That is something that I will not do for a customer.
I can inform them as to what is good, better, best, and then show them the choices available from the sample books that my suppliers provide.
I will not choose colors for a customer. That is, unless they give me free reign, such as designing a complete interior for a Kustom or HotRod.
The reasoning behind that?
('Scuse the following rant!)
I had one 'customer' (re; Ultra-rich kid, spoilt brat, *******!) that picked the interior colors for his original Hemi-powered '53 Chrysler Station Wagon. (Restoration project with a color change in/out from the original)
When he showed up to inspect the finished seats & door panels, he decided he didn't like the colors THAT HE CHOSE!!!
He wanted me to re-do it all, on my time & dime. 80 hours! Expected me to pay for all the new materials, too. NOT happenin'. Why should I bite the bullet over a desicion that he made?
I don't care if the customer chooses to have his project done in red/yellow/green/purple & orange. That's their choice. If that's what they want, that's what they'll get. There is no accounting for personal taste!
Those seats sat in the corner of my shop for over 2 years. He stilled owed me the 50% balance.
When he did show up after all that time he was really really pissed that the project hadn't been re-done. Foaming at the mouth pissed. Threatened 'lawyer'! (His Dad! Who actually is/was a big-time well known pit bull of a lawyer.)
Then he figured that he was just going to take the stuff outa my shop, without paying the balance due. Give the job to someone else. Nope. That wasn't happening either.
Pay what you owe, then you can do whatever you want. Pour lighter fluid all over it & light it on fire, for all I care. It's either that, or I take a razor knife to the whole job before it leaves here. (Wouldn't be the first time I've done that!)
Seats sat in the shop for another 15 months. One day, someone I'd never met before shows up with cash & a truck & took the stuff away. End rant!
But anyways...For those seats, they'd require about 8 yards of material. I get a price break from my suppliers @ 10 yards. Probably end up costing the same. That's what I'd order & you'd get the rest of the materials when the job's done.
Some materials can vary slightly in color from roll-to-roll which are not evident until the pieces cut from the different rolls are side by side. Having that extra material hasn't cost you anymore than what is actually required, & if the seats ever need a repair, the repaired section(s) will not stick out like a sore thumb. There's also enough to repair larger pieces, such as an insert. (Take that screwdriver outa your back pocket when you jump in the truck! Lol! Actually...don't laugh. I've done that myself! In my own truck!!!)
So...8 yards of material & about 20 hours to do the job.