Dallas;
If you redo the seats in vinyl you are really persuing a false economy. By
far the biggest expense in an upholstery job is the labour, not the
materials. The seats in Imperials only used leather on the faces so there
really isn't that much to buy for a car that has fabric panels. Regardless
of what you use, vinyl or leather, the labour cost is no different from an
upholsterer. All that you will save is a couple hundred bucks, maybe?
Further you will just end up spending that money all over again to put it
original a few years down the road.
If you want to save money save it on the fabric panels. Factory pattern
fabric can cost $60 per yard on up and you should easily be able to find
something suitable for less then half of that in a fabric store. Most
upholstery shops can also order fabric if you can find what you need, but
that is still cheaper then the factory patern stuff.
In addition if you decide to use factory cloth you can change the panels are
a lot easier to change then the leather borders. Try Tandy Leather if you
want to find some affordable hides, there are likely other places but that
is where my hide came from.
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport
Needing A Left Side Taillight bezel and other trim parts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dallas Norton" <dallasnorton@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 11:32 AM
Subject: IML: Recovering with Vinyl
> Hate to admit it but I know nothing about recovering
> the seats in my 61', headliner etc. Found a guy that
> will do all of this but said I needed to purchase the
> vinyl or cloth I want to have on the front & back
> seats in my car. I said "okay". Anyone know where is
> the best place to purchase? Just an FYI - I'm not
> putting this car back to original as I don't have the
> $$ to do this. Thanks in advance for any & all
> replies. Dallas Norton
>
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