Wood & Pickett trim

The spice of this car in my humble opinion, is definitely the W&P touch. Not much of the original work is present, soo I focused my efforts on saving that could be saved. I was facing a hard task. without the necessary care, the leather has a aged and shrinked badly. It became brittle and hard to the touch. Moreover the paint faded and the leather became discoloured. The wooden back of the panels became bent.
Becase of the special technick, the wood could not be replaced soo my first task was to make the panels straight again. in order to succeed, I first soaked the wood in a special water based lotion, which contained latex glue. After a nightover, I put the panels into a special press and left it there for a day. After 2-3 sessions, the panels straightened to an acceptable shape. My second task was to clean the leather througly. After cleaning the surface, It came into light how badly the original paint discolored. I had to find a solution to repaint the leather, without applying a complete coating, which would distroy the originality. I finaly ended up with an alcohol based paint, which I filled into a dry felt pen. It worked nicely. The same paint I used on the carpets covering the bottom of the door cards. After finishing the painting I slowly reoiled the leather to make it soft again.

Now we have something at hand. Many interiour parts will need to be reupholstered though. We will try to find materials close to what we have now.