Replacing my entire interior.....bad idea?

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I picked up my black with ivy/white interior 65 fastback at the beginning of the summer, and have been sinking a lot of money to get the car back up to par.

Anyhow, the last major item needing attention is the interior. I have received several quotes from reputable restoration shops and they are coming in at about $3600 for a complete color change...no aluminum or gauge pieces. This includes all seats, doors, carpet, headliner, dash pad, and repainting of all surfaces. I have thought about keeping the same color and just reupholstering the seats, doors, headliner, and changing carpet, but the dash would still definitely need to be repainted.

I was thinking with the winter coming, I could try to do as much as I could on my own before I drop it off in an effort to save money. I have no experience with any of this, am I in for some serious trouble? Any suggestions would be much appreciated....

Thanks in advance!


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Are there any videos or tutorials that walk you through step by step for the carpet, doors, dash pad and upholstery? I figure if I knock those out, I can save the painting and headliner for the professionals...

Ran across this article, but was looking for something even more detailed...along the lines of a video tutorial:
http://www.mustangandfords.com/howto/5205/index.html