re-upolster seats

[vinb]

71fish,
   I bought front and rear covers from Legandary at Carlisle last month. Got 10% off and they had them in the trailer. I was going to do them myself but I gave them to a friend in Jackson that does work on the side. They came out really nice. I'm the next town up from you. PM me and I'll give you his number.

[ChallengerHK]

A little bit of a thread steal here but - what does one do if they have the 71-74 seats and the foam needs replacing plus the frame needs repair or painting?

Others may know more than me, but if looks to me like all we can do is build up with new foam, either ourselves or by an upholstery shop.

[Challenger6pak]

You will just have to replace it by building it up or find good seat cores for the 72-74. 

[purple1]

Did you have that trailer at carlisle?

Yes, but it had the old upholstery in it. I ordered the rear upholstery from Legandary when I was at Carlisle and got free shipping. I did that job a few weeks after Carlisle.

Dave

[71fish]

Are all you guys putting in Vinyl?? man it's like $700 for frony then back !!   

Man i have org leather in mine.. only the backs reall need it. By sheer cost, I may just leave the fronts as is and do the rear in vinyl. Sheesh.. is anything on this car cheap?

[Challenger6pak]

The factory only used vinyl on the rear seats.

[MEK-Dangerfield]

The factory only used vinyl on the rear seats.

I don't know what I'm talking about, so I'll lay it all on you. 

On the front bucket seats, is the outer area that wraps around the back leather too? I would think that would be vinyl, and just the center part of the seat leather. 

  Mike

[cudagirl4406pk]

 


Ken,

I have not really driven cuda took out for the first time last week in 2 months kenny working eveyweekend and i have been smoking busy.I plan on taking out friday night if it dont rain but the weekend for sure.I hope everthing works out for your car cant wait to see done.Kenny knows of a 71 vert near us just waiting on the guy to sell>kenny calls him 2-3 times a month so we will see.I will be keeping my car not selling to do convertible.Kenny is finishing another 68 gto convt triple blk and then that will be gone.Then he starts on his 67 gto convertible for himself and he is also doing a 69 camaro ss convertible for a friend so i can have my cuda conv without selling mine provided the guy sells it.Give him call sometime next weekend he is working this weekend then no more weekends for a month.

michele

[Challenger6pak]

  Mike
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I don't know what I'm talking about, so I'll lay it all on you. 

On the front bucket seats, is the outer area that wraps around the back leather too? I would think that would be vinyl, and just the center part of the seat leather. 

  Mike

  The leather option included leather inserts (centers) top and bottom on the front seats.  The rest of the seat was vinyl. The rear seats were all vinyl.  The leather option 70 & 71 rear seats were the same pattern as the 71 deluxe option.  I misunderstood.  I thought he was talking about the rear seat.

[MEK-Dangerfield]

  The leather option included leather inserts (centers) top and bottom on the front seats.  The rest of the seat was vinyl. The rear seats were all vinyl.  The leather option 70 & 71 rear seats were the same pattern as the 71 deluxe option.  I misunderstood.  I thought he was talking about the rear seat.

Thank you. 

[Devil]

A little bit of a thread steal here but - what does one do if they have the 71-74 seats and the foam needs replacing plus the frame needs repair or painting?

Keep the original foam, if it is in decent shape, and build up behind it, trying to build up where it needs to be, while keeping the original shape of the foam.

I've done with frames where we have to completely strip it to a bare metal frame.  You can either....

A) Strip it down with a media blaster, weld what has to be welded, then repaint with black paint.

B) Just strip down with sand paper where the repairs are going to be, fix the problems, then paint with a black paint.

Ryan