interior and door advice

[Swoyerzone@xxxx]

My 81 DMC sat from 1985 to 1997 untouched, but I when I bought it I found 
that the dash is covered since it went from gray to brown/black, but the rest 
isn't in bad shape. I want to re dye the seats for now since I'm still dealing 
with mechanical problems and want to save some money before replacing seats, 
dash, door panels, etc., but the seats are pretty cracked, the only real damage 
is a sun mark on the driver door no larger then a quarter and not very 
noticeable, and the stitch on the passenger door is coming a part. Would the covers be 
ok to take off, I have asked this to a few restoration shops and have gotten 
conflicting answers. Also my car was in a garage for almost a year and was 
damaged more then fixed. The doors had almost brand new struts but I was told the 
driver door gave out and the strut was replaced, however it has a sort of 
limp to it. It opens only with help and needs you to hold it in position or it 
droops down a bit. Is this the torsion bar or faulty strut?


thanks,
Darryl
5898


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