50th Anniversary Seat Fabric...Found It! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

stllookn · 04-26-2005, 01:23 AM

Nobody but me will probably get excited about this but I found the seat fabric for the 50th Anniversary Longhorn. SMS sent samples and they arrived today. They are an exact match! These guys have everything! It will take less than a yard for the seat inserts. They have the exact vinyl as well!

Longhorn Man · 04-26-2005, 05:14 AM

dude, that IS awsome.

Harold Shepard · 04-26-2005, 07:28 AM

That is cool, you didn't check to see if they had some of the plaids for the highlander seats as well did you? That would be equally cool!!!

Woody · 04-26-2005, 07:35 AM

Stllookn,

Super COOL!! Good detective work. So do they make seat covers or do we still need to find some one to make a cover?

Woody

toms68cst · 04-26-2005, 08:04 AM

Good work. I still need a something to patch my blue vinyl seat with. I'll have to check it out.

stllookn · 04-26-2005, 09:40 AM

I will be calling them back today to find out about the vinyl for my truck and will ask about the Highlander...what year was that? I am sure they have it too. On their website (it is inconsistent at best) there is a form to submit requests for fabric samples which they are happy to supply as seen above. Mine took about three days. I just emailed them a picture of the sample and followed up with a call. Nice folks.

I am not sure if they will do the entire seat. In their literature it states that they do "Custom hand crafted dielectic work to precisely replicate vinyl door panels & seat embossings."

My son does custom interior work so I am going to have him do my seat covers, "refoam" the seat and do the door panels as well. It is time for me to call in a few "chips".

*dtlilly* · 04-26-2005, 01:40 PM

Here is a pic of the blue color Highlander buckets. They came in Orange, Blue, Green and ???. !972 was the only year for the Highlander trim package.

chickenwing · 04-26-2005, 01:52 PM

That seat.... someone jst threw a brown one on the side of the road that looks like that. Did not realize what it was. does the bottom seat have the same dimensions as the front bench?

**CPNE** · 04-26-2005, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by chickenwing

That seat.... someone jst threw a brown one on the side of the road that looks like that. Did not realize what it was. does the bottom seat have the same dimensions as the front bench?

If you're referring to the Blazer rear/Burb 3rd seat Don showed, it is narrower than a bench seat as it's designed ti fite between the wheel wells.

Don, it's blue, orange, avacado and gray that the 72 Highlander seats came in.

*dtlilly* · 04-26-2005, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by CPNE

... Don, it's blue, orange, avacado and gray that the 72 Highlander seats came in.

Thanks! I had a brain fart there

Chickenwing, I'm thinking the Blazer rear seat did not have the same length side bolster spring, but the seat should still be saved, because not every Blazer came with a back seat (it had to be ordered).

Stllookn, Thank you for your effort to find these original seat coverings. Going back to original is what keeps our trucks worth anything.

chickenwing · 04-26-2005, 02:18 PM

Ok. Kinda suspected that. Should have posed the whole question. I'm interested in the springs inside of it. My side bolster springs are broken. Am hoping to rob those springs for my bench. Think depthwise is same?

**CPNE** · 04-26-2005, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by chickenwing

Think depthwise is same?

I'm pretty sure it is, but not 100% Never really thought about it. Good question.

We're doing some threadjacking here

chickenwing · 04-26-2005, 02:47 PM

Sorry for the thread-jack Stllookin.

I got a little excited. Congrats on your upholstery find. I'm lucky enough to be able to just buy a kit.

Thanks for the guesstimate CPNE.

Dtlilly, I'll go get it. Inspect it real good and if I can't use it, post it on the parts board as a freebie.

04-26-2005, 01:23 AM	#1
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	50th Anniversary Seat Fabric...Found It! Nobody but me will probably get excited about this but I found the seat fabric for the 50th Anniversary Longhorn. SMS sent samples and they arrived today. They are an exact match! These guys have everything! It will take less than a yard for the seat inserts. They have the exact vinyl as well! Attached Images __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

04-26-2005, 08:04 AM	#5
toms68cst Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 4,296	Good work. I still need a something to patch my blue vinyl seat with. I'll have to check it out. __________________ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. Original 327. 4-Speed CH465. 50k or so miles. TREASURER, Drum Brake Club.

04-26-2005, 09:40 AM	#6
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	I will be calling them back today to find out about the vinyl for my truck and will ask about the Highlander...what year was that? I am sure they have it too. On their website (it is inconsistent at best) there is a form to submit requests for fabric samples which they are happy to supply as seen above. Mine took about three days. I just emailed them a picture of the sample and followed up with a call. Nice folks. I am not sure if they will do the entire seat. In their literature it states that they do "Custom hand crafted dielectic work to precisely replicate vinyl door panels & seat embossings." My son does custom interior work so I am going to have him do my seat covers, "refoam" the seat and do the door panels as well. It is time for me to call in a few "chips". __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

04-26-2005, 01:40 PM	#7
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	Here is a pic of the blue color Highlander buckets. They came in Orange, Blue, Green and ???. !972 was the only year for the Highlander trim package. Attached Images Last edited by dtlilly; 04-26-2005 at 01:41 PM.

04-26-2005, 01:52 PM	#8
chickenwing Lovin' Life in Miss.! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Puckett, Mississippi Posts: 1,937	That seat.... someone jst threw a brown one on the side of the road that looks like that. Did not realize what it was. does the bottom seat have the same dimensions as the front bench? __________________ The truck... you hear that? No really, you did hear that?!!!

04-26-2005, 05:14 AM	#2
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	dude, that IS awsome.

04-26-2005, 07:28 AM	#3
Harold Shepard Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canton North Carolina Posts: 466	That is cool, you didn't check to see if they had some of the plaids for the highlander seats as well did you? That would be equally cool!!!

04-26-2005, 07:35 AM	#4
Woody Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Georgetown, KY, USA Posts: 631	Stllookn, Super COOL!! Good detective work. So do they make seat covers or do we still need to find some one to make a cover? Woody

04-26-2005, 02:18 PM	#11
chickenwing Lovin' Life in Miss.! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Puckett, Mississippi Posts: 1,937	Ok. Kinda suspected that. Should have posed the whole question. I'm interested in the springs inside of it. My side bolster springs are broken. Am hoping to rob those springs for my bench. Think depthwise is same? __________________ The truck... you hear that? No really, you did hear that?!!!

04-26-2005, 02:47 PM	#13
chickenwing Lovin' Life in Miss.! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Puckett, Mississippi Posts: 1,937	Sorry for the thread-jack Stllookin. I got a little excited. Congrats on your upholstery find. I'm lucky enough to be able to just buy a kit. Thanks for the guesstimate CPNE. Dtlilly, I'll go get it. Inspect it real good and if I can't use it, post it on the parts board as a freebie. __________________ The truck... you hear that? No really, you did hear that?!!!



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