Bowtie Blankets..

[Already Gone]

I posted this pic of my truck with the Bowtie Blanket and have had a couple PM's asking where I got it from. There are multiple colors and the company is in Alberta and I'm attaching a link to their webpage.

https://lsfab.com/ls-fab-apparel-and-merch/

[72c20customcamper]

Ordered this evening thanks for the link

[Shifty One]

Those are very cool! Thanks for the link!

[Steeveedee]

Cool! I should get one for my truck. That black vinyl is like a skillet on the old hams.

[weq92f]

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Cool that an LS based company would put out a product like this...if I had a bench seat and needed a cover, this would be it.

-Kevin

['68OrangeSunshine]

They are nice. Affordable too.
Too bad they don't have Orange.

[CG]

Neat blanket. A person could make a nice cover if done up right. A step up from a Mexican blanket.

[samkost]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

They are nice. Affordable too.
Too bad they don't have Orange.

Good news ‘68OrangeSunshine,
I contacted Kris at LSFab and he replied that they have an Orange blanket in the works!
Check back with them in a couple of months.
Thanks again to Already Gone for the link information.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by samkost

Good news ‘68OrangeSunshine,
I contacted Keith at LSFab and he replied that they have an Orange blanket in the works!
Check back with them in a couple of months.
Thanks again to Already Gone for the link information.

Thanks, I will.
Right now I've got a Swiss Army blanket. Brown with a red stripe and a white cross in the stripes on the ends. It's a little too big for a double fold over the bench bottom*. Very warm as it's all wool. A dubious asset in the Desert.

*[My seat is out of a '69 Thunderbird. Bench bottom, bucket backs, with fold-down armrest.]

[samkost]

I had to edit my post response.
It’s Kris not Keith at LSFab…..ooops!

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by CG

Neat blanket. A person could make a nice cover if done up right. A step up from a Mexican blanket.

That’s my plan for the golden . I bought the saddle brown should match the truck nicely

[68Gold/white]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

They are nice. Affordable too.
Too bad they don't have Orange.

You gonna put it on your engine?

[Jim Boy]

They look nice but how do you do up the seat belts when driving? Blankets were cool when I was a kid and going through the windshield wasn't part of the vocabulary then. Keep truckin eh!

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

You gonna put it on your engine?

Funny story. When I bought the Orange Stepside in 1973, the PO gave me an OD green canvas cover with grommets and stuff in a weird pattern. He said he bought the truck from a Navy Captain, chaplain at CamPen, who had been a PT Boat Sailor in WWII. It was a Torpedo Tube Cover, and the Padre would use it to keep his L6 292 warm on those damp, chilly California nights.
There was a 3/8'' hemp line on one corner grommet, and I added a red strip of cloth to it, So I could drape it over the fender and close the hood, and still see my Remove Before Flight tag. This was after I forgot it was still over the engine once, and started it. The Fan blades cut the cover up a bit.
Lasted til the '80s when a well-intended friend wrapped the torp cover around a dead lead acid battery, and it fell over in the trunk of my Dad's '73 Lincoln. The battery acid ruined it.
Overnight moisture isn't a problem in Tucson, too arrid.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Jim Boy

They look nice but how do you do up the seat belts when driving? Blankets were cool when I was a kid and going through the windshield wasn't part of the vocabulary then. Keep truckin eh!

Cut 3'' slits.

[schovil69]

Cactus Green on its way for 'ole Green.

[zicc1835]

nice thanks for sharing this I got saddle brown too....not sure what ill do with mine just had to have onemight treat it like tapestry u know like textile art just being a wise A$$ I like this and very reasonable

[Already Gone]

Originally Posted by Jim Boy

They look nice but how do you do up the seat belts when driving? Blankets were cool when I was a kid and going through the windshield wasn't part of the vocabulary then. Keep truckin eh!

I just use mine to cover the seats when I leave the truck outside so sun doesn't bleach the seats and like in my picture even though inside I cover the seats for Winter storage. I don't they were ever designed to be used as seat cover.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Already Gone

I just use mine to cover the seats when I leave the truck outside so sun doesn't bleach the seats and like in my picture even though inside I cover the seats for Winter storage. I don't they were ever designed to be used as seat cover.

May not last as long as upholstery but blankets have been used for years as seat covers . I wouldn’t do it on an every day vehicle but for one of my trucks that gets maybe a few thousand miles a year it should last a long time

[zicc1835]

Originally Posted by zicc1835

nice thanks for sharing this I got saddle brown too....not sure what ill do with mine just had to have onemight treat it like tapestry u know like textile art just being a wise A$$ I like this and very reasonable

mine arrived today very nice I even got an "I like that" from my better half

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by zicc1835

mine arrived today very nice I even got an "I like that" from my better half

Still waiting on mine