RE: Interior woes

[Pat Herman <dart1962_440@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robert,

I think it's possible that the thread has faded.  I found a picture of 
the 63 440 Max Wedge that I used to have and the upper part of the bench 
seat had what now looks like white thread.  It was the original 
interior.

Maybe a better example is my 62 Sport Fury.  It has a bucket seat 
interior with a funky two tone brownish with bronzeish inserts on the 
seats.  They are original and have almost the same pattern as a 63 
Polara 500.  On the face of the seats in the upper corners of the face 
of the seat back and the lower lumbar area parallel to the length of the 
seat, where your old and new covers use white thread for the white seat, 
the Sport Fury's have white thread, which doesn't really make sense on 
the brownish material.  I can send you a picture if you like, please let 
me know.  

Also, my April 62 Motor Trend has a pretty decent shot of a Sport Fury 
interior.  The thread, while possibly lighter, sure doesn't look white, 
even though it is a B&W picture.  The 63 Polara 500 may be different, 
maybe you can confirm with a period magazine or press photos.

Do you really need to replace the original seat covers?  The one in the 
picture looks pretty good!  By the way, feel a little lucky.  I've had 
zero luck with convincing Legendary to make seat covers available for a 
62 Sport Fury since they say there isn't a business case for it, even if 
I supply my originals for patterns.  Go figure - they'll now make a one 
off custom flamed seat cover for a Cuda but don't care about 62's (you 
can't get 62 Polara 500 from them either).  Anyone know who else may 
make 62 B-body bucket seat covers?

Thanks

Pat





Robert (UK) wrote:
> 
> I meant to add this link to that last message:
> http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/rob426uk/legendary/
> Hope you can see what I'm on about!
> 
> Robert
> 63 Polara 500
> England
> 
> Robert (UK) wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks David, good to hear some perseverence paid off.
> > 
> > Well I've had a response from Legendary re the red/white stitching. They 
> > 
> > 
> > said "The thread your talking about has faded, bleached out."
> > Sounds like a bit of a cop-out? Or could they be right?
> > 
> > I remembered seeing our seats in Year One's online catalog recently so 
> > looked on their site to see if the stitching color was visible. It 
> > looked pretty red to me so I emailed them with a general query 'is your 
> > stitching red cos our original seats have white' etc etc (didnt want to 
> > say I'd just bought from Legendary), and they replied
> > "The stitching on the red portion of these seat covers is red. The 
> > manufacturer is convinced this is correct and suggested you inspect the 
> > stitching color on the inside, as they have seen original thread turn 
> > white from age."
> > Not sure who 'the manufacturer' would be - could it be Legendary?
> > 
> > We cant see the stitching on the inside of our seats until we dismantle 
> > them, but the stiching at the base of the rear seat back, and at the 
> > rear of the rear seat base (ie where the back and base meet and where 
> > the sun dont shine!) is still white. Not red and not faded.
> > 
> > I'd love them to be right so we could just get these covers fitted but 
> > it'll bug me for eternity if we fit them knowing it's not right. My 
> > brother isnt too bothered, saying that he likes the completely red bench 
> > 
> > 
> > seat interiors often seen in the early cars - I do too but I also prefer 
> > 
> > 
> > our seats with white stitching! The pitch of the stitching being too 
> > close and irregular doesnt help the overall appearance, either.
> > It's tricky to know where to check. If I find a pic on the net of an 
> > original interior and the covers have white stitching, Legendary would 
> > say it has faded. Without knowing the history of that car's interior, I 
> > can't argue.
> > The only one I think might challenge their thoery is the ex-Mike Zagata 
> > MW Polara 500 (1 of the 5 originals) that we saw in NC when we went over 
> > 
> > 
> > to see ours. This car had been fully restored and the interior looked as 
> > 
> > 
> > good as new. From the only pic I have of the interior, the stitching 
> > looks to be white. I doubt I'll ever get to know where those seats were 
> > restored but I'll bet Mike Zagata made sure they were done right.
> > 
> > I'll see what Mr Legendary & Mr Yr1 say about our unfaded stitching...
> > 
> > Robert
> > 63 Polara 500
> > England


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