Restoration - Interior

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BEFORE
1954 NASH Metropolitan 542
VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
Front seat from driver side
Close up of striped fabric and leather
Snapshot: November 18, 2002


AFTER
1954 NASH Metropolitan 542
VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
NEW re-upholstered front seats
NEW striped fabric, vinyl and leather
Snapshot: ca. July 2004

1954 NASH Metropolitan 542
VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
Samples of OLD/NEW front seat materials
Striped fabric, vinyl and leather
Snapshot: ca. 2004


BEFORE
1954 NASH Metropolitan 542 VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
Original driver side door panel
Note: Different vinyl covering
original top vinyl
Snapshot: February 10, 2003


BEFORE 1954 NASH Metropolitan 542
VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
Original passenger side door panel
Note: Scrap of original pebbled & striped vinyl
Snapshot: February 10, 2003

1954 NASH Metropolitan 542
VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
A sample of the original
pebbled & striped vinyl
Scanned original September 2005

1954 NASH Metropolitan 542
VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
Samples of original pebbled door vinyl
The three pieces on the right are
from the back of the door panel
Scanned originals October 12, 2005

1954 NASH Metropolitan 542
VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
Samples of original door
pebbled & striped vinyl
And replacements that CDT has found
Scanned samples on cardboard
September 2005


AFTER
NEW interior passenger side
1954 NASH Metropolitan 542
VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
Snapshot: ca. November 2005


AFTER
NEW interior passenger side
1954 NASH Metropolitan 542
VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
Snapshot: ca. November 2005

AFTER
NEW interior passenger side rear
1954 NASH Metropolitan 542
VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
Snapshot: ca. November 2005

Original NKI sample
Headliner
1954 NKI NASH Metropolitan 542
From Dale C. in Washington.
Re: October 2005


Drawing of Metropolitan headliner bows…
From Metropolitan Service Parts List 5th
Metropolitan (Series 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Plate RJ To face page R. 20
AKD1090

Original NKI sample
Door windlace (Mohair)
1954 NKI NASH Metropolitan 542
From Dale C. in Washington.
Re: October 2005


Original NKI sample
Door windlace (Mohair)
1954 NKI NASH Metropolitan 542
From Dale C. in Washington.
Re: October 2005

AFTER
Passenger side 1954 NASH Metropolitan
Mousey Brown MOHAIR windlace
Made in Belgium
CDT found Mohair here in Minneapolis.
CDT snapshot: December 3, 2005

AFTER
Passenger side 1954 NASH Metropolitan
Mousey Brown MOHAIR windlace
Made in Belgium
CDT found it here in Minneapolis.
CDT snapshot: December 3, 2005


1954 NASH Metropolitan 542
VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
Two earlier versions of Met ashtray covers
Snapshot: March 31, 2003


1954 NASH Metropolitan 542
VIN: 2096 Body: 2144 Trim: T-1
All three versions of Met ashtray covers
Snapshot: March 31, 2003