OneLapCamaro - Interior update - Marquez Design

[James OLC]

I've neglected to post any pictures of the '67's interior - the foundation of which is Marquez Design's updated dash and door panels - so I thought I would snap some pictures before I started pulling it apart to finish up the fire system and wiring.



The new Marquez Design dash is awesome! As you can see it is a complete replacement and goes all the way to the windshield. Instruments are courtesy of the Racepak IQ3 logging dash with autometer fuel pressure and level gauges.



The quick release hub makes life a bunch easier getting in and out and is especially handy when you have to work under the dash. The column is a trick custom Ididit shorty that is a direct bolt in replacement for the stock dash.



The center console is out of a '71 Camaro that we uphostered to match the dash. The double din head unit isn't in place yet but a Kenwood piece with GPS navigation is coming soon. Shifter is a Pro-5.0 from American Touring Specialties and the bezel is something that we fabbed up in the shop. The window switches will be out soon and and ISIS In-Touch unit will be fit and will house all of the cars switches.



AC controls and vents are from Vintage Air. The billet handle on the drivers kick panel is the remote hood release.



Seats are from Cobra; the back seat seat area is pretty basic but houses the Fire Safe fire system as well as the RaceLogic traction control ECU.

Sorry that the pictures aren't the greatest but one of the issues with working on projects like this in the garage at home is that space and lighting can be limited at best.

In my opinion the Marquez Design interior really brings the car together and is one of the best investments that I made in the build. Not only is the styling awesome, it adds a bunch of much needed room and makes creates a fantastic driving enclosure! Hats off the Pascual and everyone at Marquez Design for another awesome product!

I'm working now on addressing some of the issues and potential issues that we identified at the optima Invitational in the hopes that we can be at 100% for the begining of May.
Cheers!

[touge goat]

I love your interior! its so simple yet functional and, what looks to be, easy to use all the while looking like it was meant to come like that from the factory. This is how i think i would like my interior to be.
Good luck with your future tweaking,
Jeff

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

i have the same seats, gotta love the Misanos... what did you do to mount them in the car? did you have to custom fab sliders or anything?

[shortrack]

nice!......serious buld

from cow town too eh........spent a couple of yrs out there in the early 80s when I was 19......was going to make millions working on the rigs.....haha.......ended up in Edmonton.......was too cold for wwwaaaayyyyy too long in the winter so I came home

checked your link at the bottom......no fooling around ....but didnt your daddy ever tell you to never start with a car from Ontario???.....haha again!!!

[LMDGUY]

is the key to turn on ing & acc? and the red button to turn on the car?

[James OLC]

i have the same seats, gotta love the Misanos... what did you do to mount them in the car? did you have to custom fab sliders or anything?

They are great seats but might change the drivers' out for the OLoA and track events, I found myself wanting a bit more lateral support on the track.

The mounts were a piece of cake - lol. I used the Cobra sliders, cut them down an inch and rewelded the mounting tabs, eliminated the factory seat support on the floor and welded studs with large tabs under the floor for mounting. Easy peasy. It was a lot of work but gained about two inches of head room over the stock sliders which was about perfect. I can sit in the car with a helmet on and not hit the 'glass headliner.

[James OLC]

is the key to turn on ing & acc? and the red button to turn on the car?

Right now the key is simply for providing redundant power to the accessories. The red button is a one button start - push once for accessory power, push and hold to start, push again to kill the engine. The key will come out once the In-Touch system is installed.

nice......any pics of the rest of the car.........??

Lots...

The Build

Sema and the optima Invitational

One of my favorites...

[shortrack]

nice!......serious build

from cow town too eh........spent a couple of yrs out there in the early 80s when I was 19......was going to make millions working on the rigs.....haha.......ended up in Edmonton.......was too cold for wwwaaaayyyyy too long in the winter so I came home

checked your link at the bottom......no fooling around ....but didnt your daddy ever tell you to never start with a car from Ontario???.....haha again!!!

sorry but you replied before I could edit my post.......how bout those Leafs!!!

[454bug]

The quick release hub makes life a bunch easier getting in and out and is especially handy when you have to work under the dash. The column is a trick custom Ididit shorty that is a direct bolt in replacement for the stock dash.

Hey James,

Is the quick release hub part of the Ididit column or is it a different manufacturer? I really like the sleek design!

[James OLC]

Hey James,

Is the quick release hub part of the Ididit column or is it a different manufacturer? I really like the sleek design!

Link for the steering wheel quick release: SnapOff

They offer a street and a race version which is SFI approved (for whatever that's worth). The street version offers some redundant protection but I am very happy with how effective the race version is. The only criticism that I have - and it's not the fault of the quick release hub - is that the hub is a slightly larger diameter than the hub on the colunm. It's only an eighth of an inch at the most and is due to the taper on the Ididit hub but it's there. I'll probably deal with that at some point in time in the future but I have enough more meaningful issues to deal with before I get there.

I'll shoot some more garage shots tomorrow. The interior is really one of my favorite parts of the car and there are lots of little details that are easy to miss if you don't know to look for them. Some funny stories there too - the A-pillar covers are were a project unto themselves (which is both funny and sad at the same time).

[James OLC]

A couple more pictures of the interior...

[James OLC]

A-pillar covers.

Late one night, about three weeks before SEMA... we had just got the 'glass headliner upholstered and the dash was roughed in when we started talking about a-pillar covers... which we both agreed that we needed.

We started with a pair or plastic '67 pieces that we thought we could cut down to make them fit - thin plastic, quick and easy. Problem was that the transition at the headliner was all wrong and the transition at the dash was designed around a 68/69 piece. Didn't work and there's an hour and a half gone...

We found a pair of '68 covers upstairs and started cutting these up...fit well at the dash but not at the headliner and the angle wasn't working well. Tried different angles, started working the edges, shaving that crappy foam plastic stuff... Took about two hours to decide that they weren't going to cut the mustard either. Back upstairs...

Ten minutes later Chris comes down with two enormous metal a-pillar covers - '71 Buick GS leftovers from a previous project. They are, simply put, huge... they look like they are two feet long and about as big around as your arm. It's about 10 when Chris starts playing with them... cuts them in three, gets the length close taking nearly five inches out, sections them, takes an inch and a half out there - and then another, starts molding the ends... I leave around midnight or one to drive home since I have to work in the morning. Chris is "just going to try a couple of things to see if he can make these work"...

When I got the the shop the next afternoon they were in primer and looked like they could have been factory pieces... just increadible work and something that almost nobody will ever appreciate except us.

[James OLC]

[James OLC]

If you look carefully you can probably make out the GPS antenna beneath the Camaro Performers decal. Mounted inside the car it is still easily able to pick up 8 satellites.

[CamaroJesse]

I love your car!!! I wouldnt change a damn thing about it. It's perfect. I hope to have my car as nice as yours one day.

[1971CHEVELLE]

I love your interior!

[vp23271]

James, the car looks top notch! You really paid attention to all of the details and it shows. I hope you make it out to the Goodguy's show in March, I would love to see One Lap in person.

[preston]

But aren't you worried about comb filter effects with the dash mounted tweeters ?

Just put a system in my daily driver, so I'm all up on the audio geek stuff !

Looks great. Interior is one area I have a hard time executing well, so its great to see such a straightforward well done one.



I have admired those Cobra Misano seats for a long time, never looked up the price before. $1600 apiece !!! Makes my Kirkey full race seats seem cheap. I don't even need the recliner function, I just need a "thin" seat that has some nice upholstery.

[D Rock]

But aren't you worried about comb filter effects with the dash mounted tweeters ?

Just put a system in my daily driver, so I'm all up on the audio geek stuff !

Looks great. Interior is one area I have a hard time executing well, so its great to see such a straightforward well done one.

I have admired those Cobra Misano seats for a long time, never looked up the price before. $1600 apiece !!! Makes my Kirkey full race seats seem cheap. I don't even need the recliner function, I just need a "thin" seat that has some nice upholstery.

I am lusting over those white leather cobra Misanos for my blue/white stripes 67. Looks like i'll be saving for a while.

[BossaNova]

That interior is serious looking.