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Re: Restoring Rusty - Seat Cover
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Seat Cover
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1. have you seen the price of seat foam its astronomical 2. does she have a sister? jk |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Seat Cover
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Oh, I suppose I could actually include the link to the site I'm talking about. I have no idea how good they are, I found them here and saved the link to my bookmarks because I knew I would be needing them.
http://www.foambymail.com/outdoor-fo...-cushions.html
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Oh, I suppose I could actually include the link to the site I'm talking about. I have no idea how good they are, I found them here and saved the link to my bookmarks because I knew I would be needing them.
http://www.foambymail.com/outdoor-fo...-cushions.html
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Looks like the fabric or vinyl upholstery is more reasonably priced
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Seat Cover
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Re: Restoring Rusty
I tried doing my own with my mothers old sewing machine and watching some u tube videos. Sailrite upholstery supplies has a good video on doing a truck bench seat.It was actually quite easy.Here is a picture of my first try on my old car.
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Had a guy quote me a ballpark price of $800 to make a close copy of my original 1982 cover. That price includes installation and any MINOR repairs to the seat. I've used him before and he does very nice work. He has a Chevelle with seemingly (seamingly?) perfect copies of OE seat covers and carpet he sewed up himself. He hates pre-made covers because he usually has to modify them.
Another guy who does decent work quoted me the same price. But he's got a "price creep" reputation, where a $350 job becomes $450, etc.
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Seat Cover
Yes I did. I have been starting a new hobby of restoring bench seats. I have a Thread in the "Parts" section of the forum.
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Re: Restoring Rusty
This thread is all the way on page 3 these days... damn the holidays! :P
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Apologies ha ha, truck doing truck things
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Picked up 2 of these roller tool cabinets, cause whats better than shelves?... DRAWERS!!! For all my junk
Were on Veterans day sale for about $200 each so there went my November truck budget, ha ha |
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Scored a 12 foot black laminate counter top with no silly back splash for $95 to complete a make shift work bench using those two cabinets
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Love this thread. I bought one of the LMC covers for my 84, if I ever get that far. Bought carpet, and a headliner kit. Bought the dye to redo my door panels and some other stuff. If I have a problem with the seat, there is a guy close to me I'll take it too. He done a complete interior for a friend of mine on a 34 ford for $1350. He's done several for him and does a amazing job. The guy on here that does them really does a nice job and is very reasonable. If it wasn't for shipping that seems to keep going up. Keep up the great work on the truck, look forward to seeing any updates.
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I know this isn't truck work, but if I aint organized I just can't think straight, so this was my make shift portable (house to house) workbench with drawers solution
don't be fooled the garage looks clean because I moved all the crap to the other side to take the pic, ha ha that stain in the middle of the floor is complement of my old steering box, gosh darn power steering fluid is nasty stuff it ate through the topper wear bin it was in |
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Re: Restoring Rusty
so now I can literally have a drawer full of Holley carb bits (and my truck still don't run right, ha ha) all in due time though all in due time
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Christmas in December
so I visited my buddy Big Al and found out he had not one but two step side beds he was looking to git rid of, both was from 1975 he thought
one was an orange CHEVROLET kind in really good condition, the other a GMC one with a gaping hole in the floor for a trick spare tire setup Al was working on but abandoned the build since Rusty is a pure bread GMC, guess which one I opted for but hey for $100 bucks who can complain? |
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lemme give you a little walk around, so you can git better aquainted
now I know what you is a thinkin', other than that small scratch on the passenger side wheel well (which by the way will totally buff out) this thing is mint! and I concur |
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the metal is actually nice and solid, no rust holes, and its all there, well other than the rotted floor, and the missing one or two 2x4s going across where the hole is, ha ha
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Re: Restoring Rusty
SAWEET!
My Spidey sense says you need to take 14" from behind the cab, and 5" at the end of the frame rails.
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Re: Restoring Rusty
i wouldn't even bother fixing a scratch that small. only noticeable if you know where to look.
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Re: Restoring Rusty
well shoot, lets pop that tailgate open and take a peak inside, shall we
it didn't take me much time at all to transfer all the leaves, dirt, and mud from the bed and on to the garage floor! |
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