Convertible Top Restoration Installation & How to Install Automotive Interior Kits 2 Book Set

There’s an old saying we’ve all heard before that goes “When the top goes down the price goes up.” Of all the projects involved with the restoration of your collector car, few seem as challenging or confusing as addressing the convertible top. Due to aging and neglect, the hardware and fabric covering have led to some “not-so-nice conditions,” making it difficult to find information addressing your specific model.

Fred Mattson, author of Automotive Upholstery and Interior Restoration, delivers this compilation on restoring and repairing convertible tops. Step-by-step photo sequencing walks you through convertible top applications for Corvettes, Ford retractable tops, scissors tops, manual tops, and power tops. Fred also addresses the weather seals, well liners, hydraulic/electrical systems, adjustments, materials, and pads. No other book ever produced on convertible tops goes into this much depth of coverage.

With this book you will be guided through the convertible top repair/restoration process in an easy-to-read how-to format, so there should be no reason to fear taking your drop top out with the threat of rain. Convertible Top Restoration and Installation will be the one tool that will show you how important a well-sorted top restoration is, not only for practical reasons, such as staying dry, but for cosmetic reasons as well.

• Tens of millions of convertibles have been constructed since the 1920s
• With step-by-step procedures, it will be much easier restoring your convertible top with this book
• Convertible-equipped collector cars are the most valuable of all automobiles

Frustrations from installing an aftermarket kit interior
are now over with this easy-to-follow, illustrated, step-bystep
book that shows you how to achieve professional
results.

 We have all heard that premade seat covers and interior pieces are junk, but this is not true. The majority of problems encountered is due to installer error. All old cars have fitment issues, and knowing how to overcome them will get you the desired results.

 This first-of-its-kind book walks you through how to properly install kits, including seat upholstery, door panels, carpet, and headliners. Tips are provided on ordering products and how to deal with a product that is defective. Installation tools, supplies and why you need them are all fully illustrated through color photos and easy-to-follow steps that will make your project look professionally done.

 Saving money and getting the satisfaction of doing a project yourself is what this book is all about. Learn tricks from a professional who has more than 46 years of installation experience and knows firsthand how to make a difficult project look great. It just takes a little guidance and patience to achieve that perfect fit.

 • Nearly all classic automobiles have suppliers that make interior replacement kits 

 • Step-by-step photography walks the reader through each task of fitting their interior kit 

 • Every aspect of an automobiles interior is addressed making this the most complete book ever on interior kits