Miss Tillie Gets Her New Clothes!

Miss Tillie has been without her garments for almost 5 years, so putting in the new light tan interior was a  job I was really looking forward to doing...besides, how tough a job can it be?
As it turned out, pretty challenging!

The first order of business was getting the various plugs put in the floor holes and installing the gearbox cover.

I read various "how to" interior installation articles and then ended up picking and choosing from the various methods, so it's not factory correct, but hey, this whole restoration has been a bit "different" !

I got the carpet and jute padding from TRF.  It came in a big box with nothing labeled, so I needed to take each piece and lay it in the car to figure out what went where. By the way, working with the jute padding is really messy as the fibers stick to everything!

The jute padding requires some trimming and gluing, so these are the tools I used.

 I didn't want the carpet to be permanently installed, so I glued the padding to the floor carpets (and not to the floor itself)...after all, this is a roadster and it might get wet inside and need to be dried!

Putting the covers on the rear wheel humps proved to be the biggest challenge, and I even read the directions on how to do it!  As it turned out, most of my mistakes are covered.

As you can see, this is far from perfect but not too bad for a first time, amateur installation. 

View toward the front.

The seat sliders bolt to the floor and hold  the rear part of the carpet in place.  Be sure to install the seat belts before installing the seats.

My seats are out of a '69 TR6 and have the high back head rests that fold down (a one year only feature)...many consider these the most comfortable of the various seat designs Triumph used over the 8 years of TR6 production.

My interior is quite different from the way it left the factory, but I like to think it gives Miss Tillie a bit of a unique look!

Stay tuned for Tillie's first car show!