Interior Pictures

The first three of pictures have the most accurate color rendition. They are pictures from when I first bought the car. In reality the color is slightly darker. It's very hard to describe--kind of a greenish-silvery color.

The best seat in the house is right here!  The power door lock switch is on the door. The controls for the divider window, both rear doors, and the reading light are above the armrest. The panel in the armrest flips up to reveal the rear climate control and radio controls.  By the way, that's genuine wood trim, and it positively glows. The carpet's in super shape, the fabric is soft and not worn or rotted, the headliner and vinyl trip are super, and the chrome and brushed metal trip sparkles.

With both jumpseats open, you can seat three across. In the doorpanel you can see the two ashtrays in the long armrest. At the bottom of the armrest is a courtesy light and the floor-level heat outlet. The long chrome/leather grip rod at the front is not original, but it looks like an accessory that the dealer installed, since it fits perfectly and the leather (not vinyl) is a perfect match to the interior.

 

Here's the chauffeur's compartment. The padded dash is flawless--soft, uncracked, damage free. The glove compartment is missing the knob on its latch. The latch is there, but the round knob is missing.

 

The colors here are off, but you can see that the left rear seat is as good a place to be as the other one. Note the storage compartment in the fold-down armrest. Inside it are the original metal Protect-o-Plate warranty card and a note indicating that the original owner of the car financed the restoration of the bridge in New York City's Central Park!  You can also see the neat original assist straps by the door.

 

This is way over-exposed, but you can see the tinting on the rear windows, as well as the ceiling vent and reading light for one side. The front of the vent flips down if you want to feel the AC right on your face. If you flip it up, the air is diffused through hundreds of tiny holes in the panel just to the rear of the reading light. The reading light is bright and lights up your lap perfectly for reading at night. I've used it on long trips. It's a lot of fun to relax back there with a book and look out the window once in awhile.

 

Here are the foot rests. Shorter people use them in this position, or you can fold them forward if you have longer legs or want them out of the way. Look at those gorgeous chrome hinges!

 

Here are the jumpseats partially unfolded

 

Here's the view from the back. There's no way to describe the wonderful sense of privacy. It's fun to look out and see the car hood so far away.

 

Here's another shot of the rear compartment

 

Here's the left rear door. Note the roundish airduct on the rear edge of the doorpanel. It carries air forward to a grill directly under the rear ashtray that blows warm air onto your feet.

 

Here's the driver's perspective. Not a very good picture, but you get the idea. Tilt the wheel down, telescope it in or out depending what you like (I'm tall, so I push it all the way in), and turn the key.

 

Here's the view back from the driver's seat. If you look out the back window you can see the front of my '70 Olds Toronado, a car I drive every day.

 

Here's a recent shot of the front seat. Tthe front seat had a fabric cover over it that apparently had been on its entire life. Underneath was this soft, supple leather seat. I cleaned it with leather cleaner and put leather preservative on it, and it looks great.

 

The front seat comes with headrests that go in the chrome slots on top of the seat. Unfortunately, they're a terrible design--too thick, so they push your head forward. Since headrests became mandatory on January 1, 1969, I guess they just did a bad design job in a hurry. But, the headrests are in great shape--dirty, but soft and undamaged vinyl. I was planning on taking them to an upholstery shop and have them re-upholstered to be flatter, but never did. You really should consider doing that, though, since having them is a lot safer than not having them. The front seat now also has modern 3-point seatbelts, which you can't see in this picture. The spider-web appearance on the far edge of the driver's seat is light scatter from the flash.

 
 
 

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