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Interior Fix 140-160

posted by  Mark-Richardson on  Fri Jan 24 12:12 CST 2003
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I plan to have the seats fixed in my 71 142. The guy asked about finding stock seat material to use. It would seem unlikely any stuff would be around after all these years. I was just going to try to match what is in the car now and keep in an effort to keep the car stock as much as possible. Any ideas? The car is English white with a light blue interior. The fabric is not too bad but the vinyl is bad apparently from too much sun.

Mark Richardson
Hutchinson, Kansas








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    Interior Fix 140-160

    posted by  someone claiming to be David Eisenberg on  Sat Jan 25 04:00 CST 2003 [RELATED]

    I assume you mean to have the seats reupholstered. If thats the idea, you may want to go to an auto upholstery shop and just look through the available fabrics.......there seem to be thousands of them....... and pick one. For the door panels, first check the bottom edge. Often it disintegrates over many years from moisture getting inside the door cavity. I used sheets of 1/8" thick flexible plastic sheet (it was surprisingly expensive) marked off the shape, cutouts, holes for mounting clips and cut to size. Then I used matching fabric, which the upholstery shop supplied, thin foam sheet and 3M spray glue to make up new panels. Its not stock but similar to original.








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      Interior Fix 140-160

      posted by  walrus3 on  Sat Jan 25 06:59 CST 2003
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      I found that 1/8" masonite pretty well duplicates the original material
      (which really rotted in Panama's high humidity) and can be worked easily
      with carpenter tools. Glue sticks to it pretty well also and it is
      fairly cheap.
      --
      George Downs, The "original" Walrus3, Bartlesville, Oklahoma







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