RE: Interior woes

["Robert (UK)" <r.lane@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just noticed the email address doesnt get shown in full on here (for our 
security, no doubt!), so replace the 'l-' with 'lane', if you have any 
pics you can email.
Thanks

Robert

Robert (UK) wrote:
> 
> Pat, thanks for the reply - sorry it's taken me a while to get back to 
> you.
> Any pics you can send should be a help. Email them to r.lane@xxxxxxxxxx 
> if they are email-able.
> I have some pics of an original, low mileage 63 Polara 500 with a 
> brown/tan interior that looks to have brown/tan stitching.
> But I also have some pics of our seats that make the stitching look the 
> same color as the vinyl - it depends on the angle the photo is taken at. 
> 
> Unless it's 'head-on' the stitching can get lost in the folds of the 
> upholstery.
> I have an old brohure somewhere but as far as I recall its pictures are 
> 'artist's impressions' so may not show that kind of detail exactly as 
> they would have gone into production. I'll check it out though, thanks 
> for the suggestion.
> 
> I would have liked to keep our vinyl but it is cracking at the seams in 
> a few places and the foam really is shot. Every time you go anywhere 
> near the seats the carpet gets showered in yellow dust & crumbs from the 
> 
> old foam. If we tried to replace just the foam I can't see the seams of 
> the vinyl surviving the removal, let alone the refitting over the more 
> bulky new foam.
> 
> Robert
> 63 Polara 500
> England


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