Custom interiors by Steve Holcomb
Seats, door panels, dashes, consoles, headliners and trunks for hot rods, muscle cars, customs and trucks. Patterned, sewn and fitted in our Knoxville, Tennessee shop.
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2026 Ridler Award
Elegant Lady, 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible
Won at the 2026 Detroit Autorama. Built by Kool Kolors and Kevin Riffey Hot Rods; we were part of the team.
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Goodguys Truck of the Year finalist
1967 Chevrolet C10
Built by Scott's Hotrods 'n Customs. Late finalist, 2024, and a Meguiar's Magnificent Masterpiece at the Lone Star Nationals.
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Barrett-Jackson
1969 Pontiac GTO convertible
Built by MB Hotrods, and headed to the Barrett-Jackson auction when it left our shop.
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SEMA Show 2012
Bobby Alloway's 1956 Ford wagon
Hand-made dash, door panels and rear seat in black, for Alloway's Hot Rod Shop.
The interior is where you spend your time
It has to carry the look and feel of the rest of the car, or the build is not finished. Every project starts with a conversation about the car and the person who will drive it, then an interior designed to fit both.
That can mean a stock-correct restoration or a full custom cockpit. Owners and builders bring cars to Knoxville from Florida, Georgia and across Tennessee, and the shop has trimmed everything from a 1933 Ford to a Hellcat-swapped Challenger.
- LeatherMoore & Giles and Wollsdorf hides, among others
- In the shopSeats, panels, dashes, consoles, headliners, carpet, trunks, tops and lighting
- Reviews5.0 on Google from 14 reviews; 96% recommend on Facebook from 31
Recent work
Each build is listed the way it would be at a show: the car, who built it, and what went into the interior.
1965 Shelby Cobra
2026 Ridler Award 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertibleElegant Lady
- Builder
- Kool Kolors and Kevin Riffey Hot Rods
- Leather
- Wollsdorf
1962 Chevrolet Corvette
- Builder
- Matt's Compound, Macon, Georgia
- Leather
- Moore & Giles
Goodguys finalist 1967 Chevrolet C10
- Builder
- Scott's Hotrods 'n Customs
- Leather
- Moore & Giles
1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
- Build
- Big-block V8
1957 Chevrolet Corvette
- Builder
- B-Rod Customs
- Leather
- Wollsdorf
Barrett-Jackson 1969 Pontiac GTO convertible
- Builder
- MB Hotrods
- Leather
- Wollsdorf
1962 Chevrolet Impala
- Build
- Roadster Shop frame with a 9-inch rear, 3.90 gears and posi
1973 Chevrolet Corvette convertibleSpeedvette
- Builder
- Jeff Monchilov, Speedvette Garage, Pulaski, Tennessee
- Build
- 525 hp GM Performance LS3
How a diamond pleat gets made
Frames from one reel filmed in the shop: diamond-pleated panels for a Saleen Mustang, made for wrestling legend Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat.
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Back the hide
Leather is cut and laid over foam backing before any sewing starts.
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Lay out the pattern
The diamond grid is measured and chalked onto the leather by hand.
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Sew the pleats
Every line of the grid is stitched through the leather and foam.
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Finished panels
Pleated panels, ready to be built into the interior.
What we build
From a single re-stitched seam to a full interior. Every photo below is from a car that left the shop.
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Full custom interiors
Concept design through install: seats, panels, dash, console, headliner, carpet and trunk, designed together so the cabin matches the build.
1965 Shelby Cobra -
Restorations
Complete interior restoration, original replacement door panels, and a stock look when that is what the car calls for.
1954 Chevrolet Bel Air -
Dashboards and consoles
Custom dash designs and full-length consoles, wrapped and stitched to match the seats.
1962 Chevrolet Corvette -
Door panels
Custom and three-dimensional door panels, with stitching, inserts and lighting built in.
1967 Chevrolet C10 -
Trunks and under-hood trim
Trunks finished to the same standard as the cabin, and trim panels under the hood.
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air -
Accent lighting
LED lighting run through door panels, footwells and headliners.
1957 Chevrolet Corvette -
Convertible and vinyl tops
New convertible and vinyl tops, and re-stitching on soft tops. One customer dropped off a leaking Mustang convertible in the morning and had a new top the next afternoon.
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Antiques, floor mats and motorcycle seats
Period-correct interiors for antiques, custom floor mats and motorcycle seats. If it is not on this list, ask.
1940 Ford
Out of the shop
Short walkarounds of finished cars, from the shop's Instagram.
Builders we work with
Each name links to one of their cars with our interior in it.
What owners say
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Steve and his crew did a phenomenal job on my interior. They by far exceeded my expectations and were fabulous to work with. The absolute best.
Jeff Monchilov, 1973 Corvette. Facebook review
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I dropped my 70 Camaro off and had no clue what I wanted. These guys took it and when I went to pick up, I was overwhelmed by the way it turned out. Honesty and perfection is hard to find this day and time.
Bob Harris, 1970 Camaro. Facebook review
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This place is gorgeous. Every car is done to a standard... that standard is excellence.
Google reviewer. Google review
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I dropped my car off one morning and it was done the next afternoon and they did an excellent job... I love my new convertible top.
Nancy Ogden Perry, 2005 Mustang convertible. Facebook review
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Some looks like it, but when you take it apart you will see that Steve's is made better.
Julian Edmund Mead. Facebook review
Start a build
Tell Steve about the car and what you have in mind. Photos help, and so does a deadline if you are building for a show.
- Call(865) 925-3214
- Emailsteveholcomb7@gmail.com
- Shop7515 Silveredge Way, Knoxville, TN 37918
- HoursMonday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM