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I scored a 74 LE Cinnamon Leatherette interior & put it in the six for the classic "Black & Tan" look. I could not wait to put it in, so I had to recently remove it all to install Tan carpeting to complete the look. I love modifying, but I call myself a renegade purist because I like to play with OEM parts. My Scirocco, S-15 & Civic are all this way. I can't touch the LE, so the six lets me fulfill this silly need of mine to play & build. Guess I spent too much time building models in my youth & wound up playing in 1/1 scale now .

Here are 3 shots that show the progession of the interior- "before", "can't wait cinnamon" & "done right".
The right half of the floor in the six has been replaced with a factory half pan & never finished right inside. So I pulled everything, POR all over the inside to cover up the last of the Irish Green. Ordered & installed one of Engmans' aluminium floor plates. Rebuilt the center console- not wired right/falling apart/ugly instrument face plate. Now it's wired right, lights work & made a new faceplate & covered it w/ dash material. Used contact cement & new joint fabric underneath to shore it up better. Had to add a power wire for the passenger compartment light between the seats, since the original seems to have vanished . Rebuilt the brake light switch. I previously changed out the stereo, speakers & steering wheel. Also had installed Camp 914 SS seat adusting handles & a JWest fuse box. Added visors, (were missing) & scored seat belts from Craig (Camp 914) & retrofitted the older, period correct, non-retractable seat belts back into the six. Replaced the rear right pilar facia & it just needs a coat hook. This has cost me in excess of $1850.00 so far in materials alone & I've done all the work . Again I'll say: "poor Man's Porsche my Ass!! " I pulled the floor mats from the LE because I ordered coco mats to be period correct in the LE, so that's another $125.00

The 4th shot shows a top view including the seat belts & other touches. Overall she looks very LE inside now. Yes, that's a cigarette burn on the center pad by the seat belt- beggars can't be choosers . The carpet is a little too brown compared to the real factory Tan inside the LE. Steering wheel is too fat & crested, , center console is 1970 not 1974 & has insruments, window cranks are 1970, not 1974 & the gauges are mostly 911, not 914. Also painted the inside aluminum door trim flat black to match the plastic ones on the LE. Seat belts are not LE, vintage 1970, but I think they look way cool. Oh yeah, the LE has no throttle control lever .