69 Chevy - Seeking Upholstery Color Match

[73737373]

69 Mischief and Chrome 8,

Who ever reupholsters their seat first sends his used seat cover to the other. That way, a good upholstery shop can take the good parts of both seats and make 1 good one. Don't laugh, have done it several times over the course of the past 25 years, or so. Check w/your local upholstery shop. My upholstery guy keeps all the old ones he takes off for this very reason. Luckily on my 70 GMC, the wear on the seat was minimal, so he was able to "save" the original seat cover, although the pic is "before". Given the color variances between manufacturers, quality/fit issues and overall scarcity of original "aqua" ("green vinyl custom"....see SPID) interiors, reusing the originals is my preferred course of action.

[69 Mischief]

I followed the referral (above) to SMS auto fabric and filled out the sample request form. Several days later, I got my sample in the mail (scan is attached).

Our truck fabric is a match for "G" but it was still tough to determine vinyl match. I emailed SMS asking if they could tell the vinyl color knowing the exact fabric and they emailed back promptly that it would be E.

So we're sending the info to the upholsterer and we'll be on our way! The seat itself is at the upholsterer's shop in the hills of Kentucky, I'll have some "before" pics taken to share (forgot to do that before we took the seat out, silly me!)

This is all very exciting, so glad I found this group which led us to matching the upholstery exactly. We couldn't have done it without you!


Here's a link to the sample, please let me know if the link works or not!
http://www.evernote.com/l/ANcP_mR0C8...xL_PQMrVOuWBI/

[69 Mischief]

Originally Posted by 73737373

69 Mischief and Chrome 8,

Who ever reupholsters their seat first sends his used seat cover to the other.

7373737373,

It took me a couple of readings for me to process this, now I get it! We'll first take/post pictures to see if it's worth salvaging/sending it but if it is useful to anyone we'll definitely pass it on. Great suggestion!

I don't yet know the time frame for the upholstery project, we're not in a hurry since we don't drive the truck in the winter.