Please forgive if I'm breaking protocol by starting a new thread. I've received good suggestions from folks on seat covers for my 164, but am hoping to find out if there is a nationally-known place to go for re-upholstering these seats. My brother restored an 1800 several years ago and had a guy in Maine do his -- but apparently that guy is 1800s only. Any ideas?

Yankee Auto Upholstery/Auto Works/Trading Company (several businesses by same shop)

Yankee Auto Upholstery
991 Bushkill Drive
Easton, PA 18042
610-559-1750

Jay Jenkins, Prop.

Volvo restorations is what they do.
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'Can't understand why people abort Volvos, either'

http://www.automotiveinteriors.com/seatcovers.htm

I bought a complete set for my 760 over a year ago. These are really replacement covers. They are cut as exact replacements and fit perfectly.
Cost me $200. for fronts and rears. and came with the hog ring tool. I bought additional foram at Wal Mart. Have pics somewhere. Recently took it to a Volvo shop and they thought I had new seats. It isn't that hard to do

The reason you can't find anyone else doing this is because no one is doing it. I searched for ever. The kits are actually made by a comapny in Lawrence, MA but this site sells them slightly cheaper.

If you got a gigantic tax refund, there's a shop in Sweden that has a limited supply of original upholstery. They're called örebro Agenturaffär. I called them last week and a complete set for my 74 144 would be SEK 2400 minus the 20% VAT. They would also sell separate pieces, front cushion or back SEK 300/ea, back seat SEK 600 each piece.

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I'd be very interested in learning more -- would you be willing to help me contact these folks to see if my color is available?

The complete address is:
Örebro Agenturaffär
Slöjdgatan 21,
703 63 Örebro
Sweden
Ph +46 19 12 71 26

It sounds like they're closed on Fridays and Mondays. I don't know if they speak english - I spoke Norwegian and that works OK with the Swedes..
If you do the 20% VAT deduction and convert to USD you end up around $250 plus ship for a complete set, which I guess is not too bad. I am positive though that he only has a limited selection of the factory patterns.

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