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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
That looks great! That is the same seat that I need for my 85 gmc, do you mind sharing where you got that particular upholstery?
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
I have a guy that makes them for me. When I first started doing the seats several years ago, I used a local guy, but he was getting up there in years. Then I used a few from Classic Industries, they were pretty good. Then I found this guy at a Swap Meet here in Ohio, but he's from NC. His covers are hands down the best, probably better than the originals. He uses thicker foam backing for one. The fit, well they are perfect.
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The Mandrin Orange is a rarely seen color also, I'm hoping someone will want want one that color sometime. Here is the samples he was showing me of the Orange.
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
The Charcoal seat that went to Texas, the customer has it in his truck already!! I just shipped it Monday.
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
First of let me say that's some beautiful work on the Upholstery TKCR. My question is how do you ship these bench seats, and what kind of cost does it add to the job?
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One was shipped to Canada, that was about double the cost of shipping. 2 went to Dubai, I only shipped the seats to Cleveland & Pittsburg and then they put the package in a shipping container, which was then put on a ship. The one that went to Pittsburg, met up with the truck that was being shipped over there too. But the customers in Dubai had this part setup, so I have no idea what the cost was at this point. But here is how the seat looks packed up. The small box is the hinge garnishes. I prefer to ship the separate. because of the weight of the seat, if someone would ever set the seat down hard on a corner, it would break those garnishes.
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The #1 thing that bothered me the most was, spending that money and only to find out that an upholstery shop ONLY does the upholstery. They don't touch the frame, tracks and all the hardware. They will just put a brand new cover over top of a rusty old frame, that 9 times out of 10, needs some type of repair. And most everytime, the tracks are so rusty, the don't slide very well, if at all. Here's the before and after, of my truck.
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
Here's some work I did on some tracks. These were from the 1970 GTO Bucket seats I did for a friend. These tracks were so seized up but the rust, I could even get them to budge, beating them with a mallet. So after sandblasting and some tedious sandblasting down inside the track, I was finally able to get the sliding again. I did a video to show how easy they slide now. VIDEO:https://youtu.be/o_IUEndYxuE
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
I should have mentioned in one of the above post, about the shipping. I will be retiring on March 1st. Honda offers early retirement at 55, and I will have 30 yrs in. My plan is, since I will have the time, is to offer to meet people part way. At the least, meet people in some of the surrounding states of Ohio. I really don't like to ship my seats, I like it better when they are picked up. But after retiring, I should be able to help people with the traveling of long distance by meeting part of the way.
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
Wow, those bucket seats look new! You are certainly filling a need in the market,
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
Finally did a blue for a customer in Tennessee
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
Congratulations on the pending retirement! Thirty years for one employer is almost unheard of these days. It's a great idea to see some of the surrounding countryside and fund it by working on your hobby.
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
Thanks!! I also hope to bring home more seats that need restored, while we are on these trips also. What I really need to do, is find me an enclosed trailer. The newly restored seat can travel in the back of the Colorado, it has a cap. My trailer is just an open trailer, but it would nice to be able to keep the seats out of the rain and away from thieves.
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
How far would you be willing to travel to deliver one?
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Just the surrounding or bordering states of Ohio. As I said in the above post, I would be willing to meet part way, not necessarily deliver. And there would still be a fee involved, but it won't be as much as Fedex charges.
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
No I haven't even considered them. Greyhound is over an hour from me, one way. That would be quite an inconvenience, but maybe after I'm retired.
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Ha! That beige/tan seat looks just like the one I'm currently sitting on. |
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
does anyone make the correct light blue vinyl seat covers for a 78 with the buttons i'm wanting to redo my seats in my 78 scottsdale burb but it seems that lmc and others only have the colors for the 80's squarebodys maybe you can point me in the right direction i'm not scared of hogrings been doing vw seats for a long time. i just want the correctly looking seats in my burb.
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered
Did my own Black Friday shopping. Went to Kentucky and got 2 seats for restoration, and a few other parts. I also found a super nice set Charcoal seatbelts for my truck, too bad everything else on the interior was gone, including the seat!! They just got this truck in a few days ago!! The outside of the truck looked rough, but the interior was obviously clean!!
It was so nice, sunny and 55!!
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