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clear seat covers
How many of you remember those clear protective seat covers used back in the 60s? Dealers would install them to protect the actual seat covers from stain and wear. Then some one said "well who are you saving those seats for anyway?" Back then there weren't many air condition equipped vehicles and that plastic sure made you sweat. Sit on those things for a while and the back of your legs looked like waffles.
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Re: clear seat covers
And they had them for chairs inside the home too.
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Re: clear seat covers
Grandma's cars all had them. Most uncomfortable things ever invented
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Re: clear seat covers
Then there were those wire mesh or plastic mesh deals for driver comfort. It allowed some air to move between the driver and those vinyl seat covers.
Fast forward some 60 years and some cars have heated AND cooled seats. Yeah. Ain't technology something?
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Re: clear seat covers
I only remember this one.
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Re: clear seat covers
For the who are so anal about neat (or wear) that they can convince themselves they aren't uncomfortable
![]() A guy I worked for bought a brand new '78 F100. One of the guys said "You better get a plastic cover if you want to keep that seat nice". The boss said "I bought the truck new, I'll wear it out. Why save the seat for the next guy who buys it once I've worn the whole thing out?". And you should have seen the 73/74 he had also bought new. You'd think he had lowered it if you saw it. That truck was plum tuckered out!
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Re: clear seat covers
If I recall correctly, the clear plastic covers were sold by Fingerhut. The company is still in business, but I don't see any of the clear covers on their website. I never had any of those, but I always used, in any vehicle I owned with vinyl seats, one of those L-shaped "cushion" deals with small coil springs wound in circles and covered with a coarse mesh-like material that covered both surfaces of the seat. In fact, I think I threw away the last one I had when I started my restoration in 2010. I always kept it tucked away behind the driver's side bucket seat. My 2015 Chevy dually has the heated and cooled seats mentioned in a post above. They are great.
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Re: clear seat covers
Yep. You’re one of us.
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Re: clear seat covers
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Re: clear seat covers
Keep on showing it, and be proud, so the younger know who to look up to
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Re: clear seat covers
Yep, my first car 1960 Ford had those when I bought it used in 1965. I took them off as soon as I got the car home. The cloth seats were perfect. As it turned out that was the only thing on that car that was decent.
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Re: clear seat covers
My aunt had those diamond pattern clear covers on all her Chrysler Imperials from the early '60's on. Nothing like seeing a white car with white seats covered in clear plastic. Even her white with Red Imperial had the clear covers on them,,,,plus her "formal" living room seating surfaces were covered the same way. That living room was for show only....no one was ever permitted to go in that room - she even had a rope blocking accidental entrance to that room.
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Re: clear seat covers
My mom bought a demo 59 white chevy Impala with blue seats and clear seat covers. When I started to drive in 62 I remover the covers and the seats were perfect.
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Re: clear seat covers
They served there purpose
After 40 years The upper seat was basically brand new The lower seat had been removed at some point, so it had a bit of wear |
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Re: clear seat covers
That's a real nice upper seat back you've got there.
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