Holy cow. Awesome job. I will tell you when I was Marine that is the type of sewing machine they use to repair our parachutes. They also used them to repair or add velcro to our flight suits for patches. Additionally they sewed velcro to the backs of our leather name tags and squadron patches. Great choice of tool. I always wanted one but I can't sew for SHT.
Thanks. I haven't done any further sewing because I realized I don't enjoy it. Anyway, will be starting that back up eventually. Makes a good winter project.
Never sewed before??? It looks great! Keep it up! Don’t forget you can (need) to change out the steering wheel- I have a black alcantera with yellow stitching flat bottom- might tie the interior all together.
Hi Rick, I stumbled upon one of your videos yesterday and decided to watch this whole series from the start. I can feel the pain you are going through, I went through exactly the same emotions when I rebuilt my Triumph TR6 (which Ive also uploaded here on youtube) Same as you. I also decided to have a go at the reupholstering for the first time. It actually turned out really well. I think sometimes you have to have the tenacity to have a go, whats the worse thing that can happen? Anyway, I'm loving the series, keep up the amazing work on the Esprit, which is my dream car Johnny
There is definite pain at times, but I really enjoy this stuff. There's few things I'd rather be doing on a daily basis than working this project. Glad to hear others did reupholstering work as well. That can get a bit frustrating.
I would go with your main plan except, the lower part of the transmission tunnel in black instead of yellow. That would make it feel more like yellow is a major accent color instead of overwhelming, at least for me.
@@Rick_D With all the preperation you are doing for each stage I think you will end up with a very unique and very nice ride regardless of which way you go. Twice now I have shopped for an esprit but ended up with other cars (mondial qv and morgan 3 wheeler). Maybe someday will take the plunge, but in the meantime keep up the videos. It is really nice to see what is possible diy. I am hoping to save the interior on my mondial without replacing all the leather, but your approach makes me wonder if I could tackle it.
Trust me on this: Do not do the clown car interior! Just do the whole thing in black without the goofy yellow parts. Yellow piping or stitching is ok. Others have done the clown interior before you, so you don't need to repeat the mistake.
I've still not decided. I will likely redo all the parts I am sure of in black and set them in the car to see what they will look like next to one piece redone in yellow. The Evora interior is all black with red stitching for an embellishment. Black with a yellow embellishment was my original intent so that's still an option.
Holy cow. Awesome job. I will tell you when I was Marine that is the type of sewing machine they use to repair our parachutes. They also used them to repair or add velcro to our flight suits for patches. Additionally they sewed velcro to the backs of our leather name tags and squadron patches. Great choice of tool. I always wanted one but I can't sew for SHT.
Thanks. I haven't done any further sewing because I realized I don't enjoy it. Anyway, will be starting that back up eventually. Makes a good winter project.
Never sewed before??? It looks great! Keep it up! Don’t forget you can (need) to change out the steering wheel- I have a black alcantera with yellow stitching flat bottom- might tie the interior all together.
Thanks. It's definitely a learning process.
Glad to know I was right about the liners being the cause of the leak. I've still got it!
A bit unusual for this model year though, no?
Hi Rick, I stumbled upon one of your videos yesterday and decided to watch this whole series from the start. I can feel the pain you are going through, I went through exactly the same emotions when I rebuilt my Triumph TR6 (which Ive also uploaded here on youtube)
Same as you. I also decided to have a go at the reupholstering for the first time. It actually turned out really well. I think sometimes you have to have the tenacity to have a go, whats the worse thing that can happen?
Anyway, I'm loving the series, keep up the amazing work on the Esprit, which is my dream car
Johnny
There is definite pain at times, but I really enjoy this stuff. There's few things I'd rather be doing on a daily basis than working this project. Glad to hear others did reupholstering work as well. That can get a bit frustrating.
I would go with your main plan except, the lower part of the transmission tunnel in black instead of yellow. That would make it feel more like yellow is a major accent color instead of overwhelming, at least for me.
Thanks so much for the opinion. I’m really torn and getting opinions makes it a bit easier.
@@Rick_D With all the preperation you are doing for each stage I think you will end up with a very unique and very nice ride regardless of which way you go. Twice now I have shopped for an esprit but ended up with other cars (mondial qv and morgan 3 wheeler). Maybe someday will take the plunge, but in the meantime keep up the videos. It is really nice to see what is possible diy. I am hoping to save the interior on my mondial without replacing all the leather, but your approach makes me wonder if I could tackle it.
Trust me on this: Do not do the clown car interior! Just do the whole thing in black without the goofy yellow parts. Yellow piping or stitching is ok. Others have done the clown interior before you, so you don't need to repeat the mistake.
I've still not decided. I will likely redo all the parts I am sure of in black and set them in the car to see what they will look like next to one piece redone in yellow. The Evora interior is all black with red stitching for an embellishment. Black with a yellow embellishment was my original intent so that's still an option.