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gtoman_us
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Jeremy, we should meet up. I might have A NOS clear rear floor mat need to verify it crosses over to the American you have.
I have a box of AMC clips we can rummage thru.
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Used to collect trophies, now I collect gas receipts and put on miles 1964 Rambler Ambassador Cross Country Wagon 1965 GTO 1931 Model A original survivor "Flat Roofs are Cool" |
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Devilboy
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Sounds good to me. I am available Sunday afternoon if you are. Shoot me a PM.
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Devilboy
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Well, not being able to afford an upholsterer, I bought all of the supplies myself. Navy blue Marine vinyl, some stylish fabric, piping, thread, burlap, hog rings, hog ring pliers, batting, foam, and spray adhesive. I stripped my old seats, sanded and primed them and built them back up with burlap, foam & batting. Designed the look trying to retain the original look, so the patterns were made from the old seats. Then I had a very, very talented & ridiculously generous, good friend who is a tailor/seamster who offered to put them together & sew them for me for an outrageously low price. I can not wait to get the driver's floor pan and rockers welded in so I can install these bad boys. Altogether I am only in for a grand total of $518.00 including all of the supplies and the labor for both seats. The quote I got from the local shop was around $2500. I think I did alright... Edited by Devilboy - Apr/27/2021 at 6:29pm |
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LakesideRamblin
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Those are sweet! Well done.
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LakesideRamblin
69 Rambler 360 73 Javelin 360 "If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month." T. Roosevelt |
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Agreed! I really like that fabric. And what a great deal from some good friends!
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Devilboy
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Thanks. My friend Lee is a saint of a friend and a wizard with a sewing machine. I can't believe how good of a job he did and was flabbergasted that he charged me what he did. I got very lucky...
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gtoman_us
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Impressive Jeremy. Turned our really nice.
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Devilboy
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Thank you all. They turned out just like I wanted.
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You owe Lee a BIG favor!! I'm sure there will be something you can do for him one day. You both did a great job on the seats.
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Devilboy
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Thanks Frank. I am fully aware of how much that is true. He really went above & beyond with these. I am planning to do something nice for him to return the mega-favor that he will really enjoy. It was a slow process that took about 10 months altogether, as I did not want the job to bite into his regular work, so he worked on them at his leisure when he had some time to spare here and there. I told him from the beginning that there was no hurry and no worry about how long they took, because I knew that they would be done light years before the car was.
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