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12-01-2007, 01:15 AM
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Hand Crafted C-10
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Burien, WA
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Cold Weather and Old Upholstery
I went out to my truck to get something from the passenger side the other night…opened the door and, as is the norm, hopped in by placing my knee on the seat to reach what I was going after…CRUNCH! The upholstery was frozen, or at least very cold, and fractured.
I’ve been babying these buddy buckets, waiting for the time when they will be recovered but I figured, what the heck, may as well sit on them in the meanwhile…guess they’re going in the garage now…  …beware and take care…this old stuff is fragile.
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12-01-2007, 01:24 AM
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Saving 1 truck at a time!
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kent, WA
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Re: Cold Weather and Old Upholstery
That is why McClendon's sells colored duct tape...LOL!
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12-01-2007, 08:29 AM
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Tot Roddin'
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Re: Cold Weather and Old Upholstery
 Ouch! I bet there were a few choice words coming out of your mouth after that.... Thanks for the warning!
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12-01-2007, 09:27 AM
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Hand Crafted C-10
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: Cold Weather and Old Upholstery
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12-01-2007, 11:28 AM
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Saving 1 truck at a time!
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Re: Cold Weather and Old Upholstery
Well...they had Longhorn Ivory
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12-01-2007, 12:54 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Center City, MN, USA
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Re: Cold Weather and Old Upholstery
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12-01-2007, 12:57 PM
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Re: Cold Weather and Old Upholstery
i know all about the old stuff being fragile// i'm reminded every day when i roll out of bed
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12-01-2007, 01:07 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Lubbock, Texas
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Re: Cold Weather and Old Upholstery
I did the same thing on a little 78 SWB BB truck that had a perfect original seat in it. Most of the seat was cloth but the center was vinyl and I leaned over to grab something on the other side one very cold day and CRUNCH...
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12-01-2007, 01:15 PM
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Nothing to see here.....
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Shawnee, KS
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Re: Cold Weather and Old Upholstery
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12-01-2007, 03:15 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Re: Cold Weather and Old Upholstery
Two seats on my boat suffered the same fate two winters ago.
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