Upholstery Materials

[roger crabtree <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was just wondering?  I have a kid in the neibhor
hood looking for that god afull mexi-fuzz stuff (not
tring to be nonpolitical here) with the Diamond pleats
in it.  It used to come in loud awfull colors.  Can
you still get that stuff?  RC


 --- "A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx> wrote: >
Mark;
>  Vinyl compared to leather is cheap. Good vinyl
> costs $20.00 a yard, you can
> get cheap leather for as little as $130 a hide
> (Averaging about 48 square
> feet but part of that includes legs) Factory pattern
> automotive fabric can
> start at $60 per yard and cost as much as $300 per
> yard, the more expensive
> stuff is usually either mohair or N.O.S. In the case
> of our cars usually it
> was only the faces of the seats and arm rests that
> were trimmed in leather;
> anything that you didn't rest on, like the dash pad,
> was either vinyl or
> cloth.
>   Unless you can do the interior yourself the
> biggest cost is going to be
> the labour. That being said you can save quite a few
> dollars by taking the
> seats and door panels out yourself and, in turn,
> reinstalling them.
> Headliners are a little more tricky but some
> shadetree folks can do it.
> Carpets are another thing that you can put in
> yourself as long as you can
> find a ready made one.
>  Cheap materials are a false economy, they cost the
> same to put in but
> devalue the car, not just monetarily, and, in some
> cases, fail quicker. This
> is not to say that one shouldn't take advantage of a
> bargain, I did with my
> leather, just so long as it is with acquiring the
> appropriate materials and
> not cheap substitutes. My opinion is if you want to
> use vinyl, fix up a
> lesser marque like a chebby. Remember that old
> axiom,"Only the rich can
> afford to buy cheap".
> Best Regards
> Arran Foster
> 1954 Imperial Newport
> Needing A left Side taillight Bezel and other trim
> parts
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark McDonald" <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 6:18 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: Another Imp Cvt on Ebay-57
> 
> 
> > Arran,
> >
> > I guess you have hit on the real distinction, or
> the critical difference,
> > between cheap and expensive-- and not many people
> realize it.  I certainly
> > hadn't thought about what you said until you said
> it.  Almost everyone
> I've
> > talked to, or heard talking, about redoing their
> interior frames it in
> terms of
> > what material they will use, and will it be
> correct?  Given that approach,
> the
> > cost of leather is prohibitive (is it really that
> much more?), so you wind
> up
> > with vinyl interiors in cars that, in my opinion,
> should never have vinyl
> > interiors.  But as you point out, it's really the
> labor, not the material.
> >
> > So, anyway, thanks for pointing that out!
> >
> > MM
> >
> > "A. Foster" wrote:
> >
> > > Phillipe;
> > >  That's what I will never understand is why
> anyone would go to all of
> that
> > > trouble in having seats redone in a car like
> this and cheap out on the
> > > materials. By far the biggest expense is the
> labor involved in having
> them
> > > reupholstered, the most influential factors, on
> which, being the style
> and
> > > construction.
> > >   I have seen such absurdities as Lincoln
> Continental mrk. IIs
> reupholstered
> > > in vinyl, and this was a car that used Connelly
> leather like a Rolls.
> > > Granted redoing one in Connelly leather is
> impractical and likely out of
> the
> > > question; but it makes no sense paying a shop
> $40 dollars an hour to
> redo
> > > one in vinyl when you can always find some
> affordable hides. Often the
> > > original pattern fabric ends up being more
> expensive then the leather. I
> > > find that in a car like an Imperial your back
> sticking to the seats is a
> > > real turn off.
> >
> >
> >