AC Cobra Full Vehicle Restoration with Redline Engineering

This AC Cobra Mk IV came to d:class as part of a collaborative restoration with our good friends, Redline Engineering UK. The customer wanted the car completely refreshed with a new body colour, mechanical overhaul, new exhaust, wheels, a full interior retrim, and more. We were tasked with retrimming the vehicle but ensuring to keep it traditional. So no new radios, switches, or any other modern upgrades to distract you from this beautiful car.

Keeping things traditional, we selected a black Wilton carpet for the car. So we removed the old carpet, removed any old glue to ensure a fresh base for the new carpet. The floor, inner sills, centre tunnel, rear bulkhead, over mats and doors all get trimmed in carpet on a Cobra, leaving only the dashboard, seats, and any carpet binding to be trimmed in leather.

The seats came to us just as metal frames, so we were tasked with creating the rubber belts that act as the spring in the seat, followed by adding the foams for added cushioning. Through much testing (bums in seats) we achieved the perfect balance between comfort and support.

Vaumol crushed grained black leather was used for the seats and dashboard, which looks absolutely perfect in this car. Really in keeping with the style and heritage of the vehicle. We then added the new Smiths dials, the 4-point harnesses, boot floor, over mats, and installed the centre console, completing this interior retrim.

There was a gap in between the retrim as the owner decided in for a penny, in for a pound, and changed the cars colour from the dark green to Carbon black.