Ragtop beetle trimmed in beige leather throughout, with wool cloth headliner, square weave carpet and mohair sun roof outer. Parcel shelf includes retro style speaker build.

Built in the early 80s by Street Machine's tech editor Colin Burnham and then featured in the December 1985 issue, this 1968 bug was an inspirational VW for many and is recognised as one of the UK's first British Cal looks. Now owned by Russell Ritchie and restored from the ground up by The Paintbox, we were drafted in to bring the interior back to life exactly how Colin originally had it. This included a grey wool cloth headliner, black carpets, restore the front and rear interior panels using 3mm birch face ply with the original cloth inserts (cleaned) & new black PVC. We also reinstalled the original factory sliding sunroof which included adjusting, setting up, and realigning with many new parts.

This soon to be Ultra VW featured restoration came to us as a rolling shell which we built back up with new parts where possible and some added accessories supplied by the customer. We completely rewired the car including a retro stereo install. The seats and panels were trimmed in red recycled leather, with a red deep pile carpet throughout including under the bonnet and a cream fabric headliner.

Photos 1-4 courtesy of Paul knight/Ultra VW

23 window VW Type 2 Samba trimmed in beige & cream vinyl PVC, beige wool cloth headliner, biscuit German square weave carpet, mohair ragtop and checkered floor tiles. Other work carried out was Dynomat sound proofing through out and some cable laying for split charger and ICE installation.

Jazz bucket seats trimmed in black leather with grey diamond stitch tweed inserts, plus a grey diamond stitch tweed headliner. Black leather was also used on the roll cage door bar pads, and a pair of front slip mats were made in grey german sqaure weave carpet.

Porsche 356  speedster seats, rear seats, dash top door, quarter and bulk head panels trimmed in brown/oxblood leather with fat biscuit stitching and beige squareweave carpet through out. We also sound proofed the whole car with dynomat before a heavy dose of carpet underfelt.

Porsche 993 with Recaro Pole Position seats trimmed in tan leather. The rear seats were deleted to make way for a full roll cage. The front and rear area were completely carpeted in black carpet. New front interior door panels were made to look like ones from an RS with simple door pulls and trimmed in black leather and tan stitching. Door cappings were trimmed in tan leather. The whole rear end was reworked round the roll cage and then trimmed in black leather with tan cappings. Finally the dash and center console were trimmed in a combination of black and tan leather to follow the theme of the rest of the interior.

Mk2 Jag fully trimmed in sage green leather & vinyl including seats, door panels and centre console, with dark green wilton carpet throughout.

After doing work for Stephan Dendievel on his Dyno Pincher race car, he brought to us his Low Light Ghia to work our magic. The seats & door panels were trimmed in a brick red vinyl with matching cloth instert and cream piping, while the carpets were beige square weave with heringbone cloth binding.

Saab 96 trimmed in Oyster grey leather (plane & perforated), wool cloth headliner, square with carpet and Alcantara door cappings / dash top

Back in the summer we converted a T5 panel van into a luxury day van which was featured in Ultra VW. Well, not long after, it was sold on to make way for a new project. What was even more surprising is that the new owner, DJ John '00' Fleming, brought it back to us for some more work. He wanted us to take out the rear triple seat and replace it with 2 Porsche tombstones and a small sleeping area. As well as this, he wanted a heater, fridge, table and a smaller cupboard fitted. We also had to fabricate the seat frames so they tilted forward to access the sleeping area.

More fat biscuit action with Nigel Fleet's stunning '58 ragtop. Orginal front seats and door panels trimmed in beige pvc with beige cloth inserts. The rear seat has been omitted for that slick race look. 1200 style headlining and ragtop inner in beige West Of England wool cloth with black Mohair ragtop outer. Oatmeal square weave carpet completes the overal look.

Stock seats and door panels trimmed in cream leather with beige pipping and polished aluminium door panel trims . Carperts, parcel shelf and under bonnet in beige square weave. Headlining and ragtop inner in beige West Of England wool cloth. The glove box is custom trimmed in matching West Of England to house the stereo head unit, and the parcel shelf features hidden speakers trimmed in beige speaker cloth.

Beard Super Seats trimmed in tan leather, brown piping and fat biscuit cloth inserts. Rear seat and door panels have matching leather and fat biscuit cloth combination. Oatmeal square weave carpet throughout with herringbone cloth binding. West of England cloth takes care of the full headlining and ragtop inner, while the ragtop outer is finished in black mohair.

Feautred in this months Ultra VW, Gordon Chrystie's luxury T5 day van was brought to us as a bare panel van with just a set of Audi A8 seats.
We set about soundproofing throughout with Dynamat, then making the interior panels from birch faced ply with sculptured inserts. This was then trimmed along with the headlining with black tweed after we had laid all the wiring and electrical work for the split charging system, 240-volt hookup, 12 & 240-volt sockets throughout the van, 12-volt halogen down lighting, LED mood lighting and hidden speakers for the 24-inch LCD TV/DVD screen. 2 tone grey leather features on the retrimmed Audi seats up front, a retrimmed T4 Caravelle seat in the rear, headlining centre panel and rear over head speaker & down lighting box. This is finished off with a Piano-black gloss cabinet and black Wilton carpet through out.

It's not often you see a Wizzard Roadster these days. The owners have had this for nearly 20 years and have taken the last 10 years restoring it. We were given the task of putting the finising touches in terms of fitting it back up and trimming it.The interior features hand fitted bucket seats in Burgundy Brookland UK Hide plus matching rear rear seat & door panels, with hand fitted carpets in grey square weave through out.

Another one of Louis' rides from 2010. Converted from an old van, we trimmed this using genuine Caravelle seats & panels in grey vinyl & tweed through out. Subtle mods on the outside included lowering, debadged front grill & rear tailgate, clear lenses all round and moon discs

This was delivered to us as a rolling bare shell which was a built up with many parts being hand formed from aluminium sheet and marine ply. The seats were fibreglass shells that were hand fitted (patterns made from scratch) and trimmed in magnolia leather with navy blue piping along with the rest of the panels, plus navy blue Wilton carpet.

Yep, it's "that" infamous car from the TV series, and we were given the task of completey retrimming it from scratch. This included restyling the rear seat with rolled top/front and XR3 Recaro seats in the front, all trimmed in Alpaca (beige) leather with Alfa Romeo style twin stitching. The front and rear panels are also trimmed in matching leather and stitching. The headlining is Caramel West Of England 100% wool cloth with Oatmeal square weave carpet throughout.

Perforated vinyl headliner and square weave carpet. We do not use kits. Everything you see is individually tailored, hand cut and fitted to each vehicle.

This 1970 1302 cabriolet has been fitted with a new grey headliner, internal wading bag and a black mohair hood. The hood frame has been extensively reconditioned by The Paintbox, before we fitted new rear & front wooden bows, hood latches and new seals. The front and rear seats have been totally retrimmed in burgundy leather with door panels to match. To complete the interior, a full set of grey square weave carpets with black herringbone binding have been hand made and fitted along with sound proofing underfelt and a parcel shelf.

We realised today that we didn't have many photos of Karmann Ghia's that we have worked on. So we had a quick search on the internet and found Craig McKenzie's website, which is dedicated to his beautiful Ghia cabriolet that we trimmed in 2001.

You can check out the car and more photos at http://www.craigmckenzie.co.uk/karmannghia

This 1970 Savannah Beige beetle  has been fully trimmed and fitted with a new retro looking radio. Seats are Porsche and have been trimmed in black PVC with basket weave inserts. Panels are trimmed in matching black PVC with original type pattern. The rear seat has been modified to reflect the style and pattern of the Porsche front seats. Behind the rear seat there is a custom built-in parcel shelf/storage area where the rear speakers are fitted. The headliner is beige West of England 100% wool cloth. To finish the interior it has been carpeted in biscuit square weave carpet with cloth herringbone binding.

The seats and interior panels are trimmed  in Mocca vinyl following a stock style, 100% wool cloth West of England headliner and carpet in biscuit square weave with cloth tape binding.

Seats and matching panels are trimmed in black vinyl with tweed fat biscuit inserts. The Headliner is 100% woolcloth West of England  with  German Sonnenland ragtop. The carpet German square weave with cloth tape binding throughout.

Seats, door panels, headliner and hood in pure white vinyl, with grey German square weave carpet

A selection of campers we have worked on in collaboration with master cabinet maker / designer Simon Wietz of Interior Motive.