[r-mm]

Thanks very much javadog - this incredibly useful. I'll direct future askers to this post if I see the question repeated.

Originally Posted by javadog

I no longer have my factory sample book, so I can't tell you everything there is to know about a 911 interior of that era. I'll cover some basics.

Not all Carreras had leather seats. That's what we normally see, but lots of other options existed. Some of this is generic to all years. If you want specifics, you'll have to research exactly what options were available in a particular market and in a particular year. There were dozens upon dozens of possible combinations.

Once upon a time, the stock seat was all leatherette (vinyl). This could be had in combination with some sort of cloth inserts in the center of the seats. Or, you could have gotten leather seating surfaces, with the sides and backs of the seats in vinyl. You could get all leather front seats, with everything else in the interior in vinyl. Or leather front seats, with cloth inserts.

You could also graduate up to a full leather interior. Originally this did not include the door pulls, door pocket lids, etc. By the mid-80's, you got those things too. Usually you got a leather dash, although they discontinued these in the late 80's. Don't remember the year...

A leather headliner was not included. I've heard of people claiming they had one but I have never seen one and I've owned 4 cars from this era that had full leather interiors.

I'll make a distinction between full leather interiors and special leather interiors. Full leather was available in the same basic colors as the vinyl. Special leather interiors were colors (like Lipstick Red) that were only available in leather.

In some markets, in some years, you could also get a full leather interior that replaced some of the leather on the upper surfaces with vinyl, to prevent the problems that occurred with heavy sun exposure to leather.

In general, most markets around the world had the same options but the importer often specified things in one market as standard that might have been an option elsewhere.

SO, if you want to figure out exactly what might have been possible on an 1987 in the US, find a brochure from that year and study it. Not all of the possiblities will be listed but it's a starting point.

JR