Most Hondas I have seen remove the seats to make ‘em faster.
Boy that is one rough Honda. That price for a car like that? Hmmmm.
The greatest challenge t most new cars today are that the interiors are not great and to restore it is near impossible as often the parts are non existent. Junk yards are now salvage yards that strip the mechanicals and seldom save the half way good interiors.
Few make repo parts once they NOS is gone.
Add to all this most people are pigs in their cars. I keep mine like new but most use their cars as dumpsters and often the interiors suffer for it.
In some cases we get lucky. I put a full customer interior in a Fiero courtesy of Mr Mike. He is a guy that makes leather kits for Fiero seats. Some are Fiero style for conversions. Some are stock style only in leather and others are made for street rods and Cobra kit cars as the seats fit many custom applications where size is a factor.
I started there and then used factory Pontiac items like a later radio with CD player and even a shift from another Pontiac.
I cracked open the dash and programed the dash from the 85 MPH with a diode and capacitor. My buddy a graphics artist made me new gauge faces that read much higher. He even added my last name and placed it in the center like where Smith gauges have their name.
I have custom glove box that matches the dash pod that was offered in the 80's. Added T tops and it changed the entire car.
Most cars are not that easy to make changes too like this and I was just lucky the aftermarket took interest in the 80's. Today I could be featured at Radwood for what it is worth.
To be honest, I have a plan for a 911 I may inherit some day. It is clean and rust free. 1985 911 Carrera. The interior is dry cracked due to the So Cal dryness. What I would like to do is leave it all stock with the cracks in the leather. But build up the engine of send it to Singer to rebuild it. Add the power and remain the low key 911 that looks stock.
