The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Interiors walls and dash paint or leather ?

Just need somebody elses two cents worth!, I am trying to descide weather to keep my 56 pickup's interior paint or should I put leather all over the inside and on the dash as well. My buddy said that it will be alot quieter,which I tend to aggree with, I'm putting a set of caddy leather seats in it and I think it would look good ,if I went the way of paint the interior would need alot of body work because the old guy who owned it covered everything with undercoating, has any body seen this done and how did it look? I don't want it looking cheezy when I finally finish it!

I personally would paint the dash and some of the exposed metal with the same color and sheen as the leather. I would do the back of the cab , headliner ,full door panels , kick panels and some of the trim in the leather. I have been to alot of shows and have seen several done like this and they look real clean.

You could really go either way. Painting the dash would be easier to maintain I would think. I am interested in the Caddy seats you mentioned. I think the stock bench seat is terribly uncomfortable and I'd like to replace mine too. What Caddy are your seats from? And the dimensions and height will be right? I was thinking I'd look for another truck bench seat, but I'm sure I'd have to have it custom leather upholstered, most trucks I see don't have leather inside.