RE: UK Polara update

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

Tom

I'm getting used to the stitching now but at first it did look odd, 
after a few years of seeing the seats with white/cream stitching. They 
may weel be right, but I cant see how stitching that has been covered up 
for 45 years can be sun-bleached.
I dont think the extra padding will add that much height to the rear 
seat! Just enough to make the vinyl look & feel tighter, I hope.
My brother (who has the car in his garage) has trimmed the door panel, 
and said it just took a steady hand to draw the line and to cut the card 
(originals are more like hardboard) with a new utility knife blade. 
We're both draughtsmen/design engineers so drawing a straight(ish) line 
was the least of our worries!
Checking the gauges was part of the work that AutoInstruments (were 
supposed to) have done. We'll see if they did when we get it hooked up.

Robert
63 Polara 500
England

Tom Duross wrote:
> 
> Great news Robert and a fine job you're doing.
> I think the stitching actually looks OK, maybe it's me though.
> I might re-think the padding on the rear if you plan on having 
> passengers
> often.
> It might make them so tall it could impede your vision, just a thought.
> The new-old comparison looks nice too, too bad you'll have to trim them. 
>  Do
> you have a scribe? compass?
> Can't wait to see the cluster, do you plan to check the gauges first?
> Nice work, really nice car, congrats.
> Tom
> Boston


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