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Old 05-05-2006, 05:21 PM   #1
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New Upholstry on the seats!

For a few years we wanted the color of the seat changed, and now we finally did it.

This is how it was:



The new fabric:





Getting off the old upholstry:




The beginning:


The second seat is getting naked also:


I'm making the buttons:




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Old 05-05-2006, 05:21 PM   #2
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

More:

The backseat is already on...:


And the seat...:



The next batch ready for take off


Antoinette hard at work:


The finished seat before being put in the truck:


And the end result:


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Old 05-05-2006, 05:23 PM   #3
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

That looks great!
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Old 05-05-2006, 05:41 PM   #4
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Whatever Floats your Boat bro
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Old 05-05-2006, 05:46 PM   #5
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

looks great, I would have been happy with the B4 pics
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Old 05-05-2006, 06:04 PM   #6
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

I bet 67-72 trucks are pretty hard to find in the Netherlands!
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Old 05-05-2006, 06:06 PM   #7
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

You did some nice work there. Looks good.
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Old 05-05-2006, 09:35 PM   #8
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Great work!!
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Old 05-06-2006, 07:22 AM   #9
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

It looks.....Dutch.Just kidding.It goes with the color of the truck nicely.I think I`d fall asleep in that seat.
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Old 05-06-2006, 08:05 AM   #10
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

You did it yourself? That is impressive! Nice finished product.
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Old 05-06-2006, 08:19 AM   #11
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

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You did it yourself? That is impressive! Nice finished product.
Yep, we did all the work ourselfs.

Thanks for all the kind words!

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Old 05-06-2006, 09:54 PM   #12
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Whatever Floats your Boat bro

it does match better than what you had, but wouldn't be my preferred choice of fabric, or pattern.
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Old 05-07-2006, 01:21 AM   #13
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

I like it Edmond,
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Old 05-07-2006, 11:14 AM   #14
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

matthufham, guess I missed the thread where we voted.

Edmond and Antoinette, great work. I know how much you enjoy your truck and how much pleasure you get in doing your own work. The console was really slick and the seats are no less.
I guess I could say too, whatever floats your boat, whatever trips your trigger, but the real reply should be, whatever cushions your kidneys !

Been so busy here I have not had much time to talk with you. I will.
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Old 05-08-2006, 01:22 PM   #15
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

those look great! lots of work in that.

btw, what's that in your a/c vent? speaker? plug?
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Old 05-08-2006, 02:06 PM   #16
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

very nice. i do all my own work except for upholstery. in which i dont know how. i think you guys did an excellent job. and doing your project together makes it even more special. and what did that sweet console come out of again?
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Old 05-08-2006, 02:19 PM   #17
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agree, nice talent and result
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Old 05-08-2006, 03:05 PM   #18
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

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those look great! lots of work in that.

btw, what's that in your a/c vent? speaker? plug?
Thank you.

That's a tweeter in the A/C vent. Since the A/C wasn't working in
the truck when we bought it, I thought that this was a good solution
One day, in the future, I hope to have A/C, so this set-up will have to
move to a different location.

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and what did that sweet console come out of again?
The console came out of a Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1. The bottom part was hand-made.

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Been so busy here I have not had much time to talk with you. I will.
No worries Kevin. I wish you had more time, but I guess work is still taking up
too much of the precious time.

Went to the annual check-up today, the garage is getting worse and worse.
I didn't let them do the job on the rear axle. I didn't trust them with it.
I'll do it after our holiday to Normandy, France, at the end of this month.
I'm a bit scared to do it, but what can go wrong if I do it like Fred T said, right?
Will mail you later buddy!

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Old 05-08-2006, 08:00 PM   #19
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

Edmond, your truck looks absolutely awesome. Hope mine turns out as well. I have so much more work left to do.
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Old 05-08-2006, 09:27 PM   #20
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

I think thats cool my wife and I are going to try to do the seats on my 67.Hope they turn out half as nice as yours.
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Old 05-08-2006, 09:47 PM   #21
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

Looks great man. But i like the before better.

I like your carpet where'd you get it?
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Old 05-09-2006, 12:29 AM   #22
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Nice tuck and roll
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Old 05-09-2006, 03:43 AM   #23
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

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Looks great man. But i like the before better.

I like your carpet where'd you get it?
The carpet is just a piece of carpet you use in home.
We cut it ourself to the correct measurements.
In real life it doesn't look as good as on the picture I can tell you.
That's one thing we need to do, get a real carpet for the truck...
But for now, this will do just fine.

Thanks.

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Old 05-09-2006, 03:51 AM   #24
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Re: New Upholstry on the seats!

Say...did I see a Testament logo on that shirt? \m/
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Old 05-09-2006, 04:57 AM   #25
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Say...did I see a Testament logo on that shirt? \m/
Oh Yeah!!!
I'm indeed a metalhead
I still go to see some shows, like last thursday (may 4th) I went to see Fear Factory.
Testament is one (of many) favorites!!

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