Custom 30 seat cover confusion

[bobs409]

I just got around to reupholstering part of my bench seat for the '69 wrecker restoration I'm doing and figure this is a good time to ask about the covers it had.

This trucks option on the glove box indicates cloth in the seats (618 red custom cloth interior) and being a wrecker I can understand it needing a redo so as you can see, someone put in horizontal vinyl inserts in. (backs show cloth, one faded more than the other so maybe they reused some of the old material for a backer?)

I have 2 questions... First, notice the scroll pattern is in the center. Is that normal? The scroll is an exact match to the repro. The new cover I have is all vinyl and for a CST (only type I could find) and has the dual scroll patterns. My best guess is when the cloth & vinyl seat was ordered, it may have had the scroll in the center. Correct or not?

Second question is I see evidence this cover may have been red to start and was vinyl sprayed. The maroon color (they called it red) was a one year only option so could this have been sprayed from the factory? I see this evidence on the lower areas in the center and the ends. Inserts appear to be real maroon vinyl. Any chance these maroon interiors on these trucks were just modified red pieces?


I'll be saving the old center scroll areas incase one day I want to do an exact repro someday.