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Re: Correct Upholstery Question


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
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>        Melissa Kepner                                    Jim Adney
>                              Laura Kepner-Adney
>                          jadney@vwtype3.org
>                              Madison, Wisconsin
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