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Melissa & Jim wrote: > > On 7 Sep 97, progeny wrote: > > > Hey Everyone :) > > > > I've got a question about my 66 Sunroof Square...The front seats > > are > > vinyl...ribbed horizontally...but the back seat is vinyl on the > > sides and back, but the seat bottom and backrest are cloth...is this > > right?? I know a good bit about my car's history...the man I bought > > it from was the second owner and her said he never changed it...he > > bought it from a shop that bought it from the first owner but when > > he found it, all the interior was out of it and sitting on the > > roof...there was no carpet in it either, the whole inside was gutted > > and sitting on the roof. All the interior seems correct, but the > > cloth back seat throws me off...is it right?? ...or has it been > > re-upolstered along the way?? My neighbor is an upholsterer and is > > going to re-do my seats very reasonably, but I want to be able to > > tell him what to put on them :) thanks:) > > No way of telling at this point which was original. Unless someone > who really knows this stuff can look at it and tell you that part of > it is aftermarket. Since ALL the pieces are apparently old, it seems > likely that you ended up with a composite of two cars. Both cloth > and vinyl were available as OE. > > My guess would be that the pieces in the majority would be the > originals. The fronts being ribbed horizontally sounds wierd, Did I say horizontal?? I meant vertical...sorry :) > however. On all the cars I have delt with the front seat backs are > ribbed vertically and the bottom ribs line up with them. > > Jim > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Melissa Kepner Jim Adney > Laura Kepner-Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin > ---------------------------------------------------------------------