’84 Calais
Interior
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The car came from factory with Buckets, Rally Pac, Floor mounted shifter, and console. The original color was Dk. Brown. The carpet, seats, and door panel were warn. The interior is now a Black / Dk. Brown combination which I think goes nicely together and is easy to keep clean.
New Parts
Custom fit Seat Covers ____________________________ $100
ACC molded carpet (black)_________________________ $130
I removed the rear seats and sprayed them with black fabric dye.
Since the ACC carpet didn’t have pre-cut holes for the console
and buckets I laid the old carpet upside down and spray-painted the back of the
new carpet. After it dried I used a
utility knife to cut them out. The new
carpet laid down nicely and made a world of difference.
There is a picture of one of the seats with the cover on it and the rear seat reinstalled after being dyed. Below is what it looks like today, minus the doors.
092701
Inspired by a friend of mine I’ve seriously considered swapping
dashes with a g-body Pontiac Grand Prix.
In his Malibu he has a Grand Prix dash fitted with AutoMeter Phantom
gauges. The look is very appealing to
me so I’ve researched and here’s what I’ve decided to go with. My main reason was that there is no way to
fit a 5” tachometer or speedometer in a stock Cutlass dash without major work
and sacrificing the other four gauges.
Below is a list of parts that I hope to assemble to complete the swap,
obviously this is a lot of money to spend here, but I can’t see spending a
fortune on a car and not knowing EXACTLY what’s going on underneath the
hood. The last two *’s are optional and
I’ve not decided on them as of yet.
New Parts:
1 used Grand-Prix
dash____________________$030
AutoMeter Ultra-Lite Gauges listed by
part number:
4489-5” 160 mph Electric
Speedometer_________$200
5291-Hall effect Speedometer
sender___________$063
4494-5” 10,000 RPM
Tachometer_____________$220
4421-2 5/8” Mech. Oil Press.
0-100psi__________$042
4431-2 5/8” Mech. Water Temp
140-280________$062
4414-2 5/8” Fuel Level
_____________________$038
4491-2 5/8”
Voltmeter______________________$039
*4484-2 5/8” Mech.
Vacuum_________________$045
*4413-2 5/8” Mech. Fuel
Pressure_____________$105
Below is a picture of the actual
gauges that I barrowed from Summit’s website, and I’ve “fitted” them into a
Grand Prix dash to get somewhat of a feel for what I’m going after. This dash is not stock however and I intend
on using the stock bezel that surrounds the gauges. The dash picture was barrowed from an individuals site showing
his “nascar flat” dash that he customized.
I didn’t have a whole lot of options surfing the web for a g-body
Pontiac dash so until I get some parts gathered you’ll have to use your
imagination.
