Hi;
It's been a while since my last post. Rest assured though, my Sven-Göran is doing fine. The odometer will soon pass 170,000 km (105,000 miles) so the running-in will soon be done.

Anyway, today I treated the car with brand new seat covers. The Artex company that made the original R-sport seat covers for Volvo back in the day does still have an amount of fabric left. Through a Swedish Volvo friend, who had to go through a Volvo dealer to get to the seat cover manufacturer I ordered a set of front and rear covers, front and rear headrests included.

I won't tell you how much I paid, on the off-chance that the wife might be reading this post. She did admit that they look great though. With the very pronounced side-padding they also offer great comfort, particularly when doing inspired driving on winding roads.

A few shots:






The pillow deserves a comment:
This was very, very generously sent me out of the blue a couple of years ago from fellow Brickboarder Cory C. of Alder Creek. As he had read on my web site that my parents' first car was an East German Wartburg, he felt that this pillow which he had picked up on a visit to Norway, depicting a Wartburg of that vintage, belonged with me. It has since proudly had its place in the back seat.

Regards,
Erling.
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