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Re: [T3] Headliner and Seat Covers for 65 Variant/Squareback


<x-flowed>On Thursday, April 1, 2004, at 06:16  AM, Duane Miller wrote:

I am ready to take the seats to the upholsterer but have NO LEADs on where
to find this fabric/white vinyl cover style used on euro Variants.


Any tips on where to find a headlinler?

You should talk to Alex at ISP West in Carson, California.
http:// www.vwispwest.com
He should be able to help you with a headliner. He's a Variant fanatic and knows all about what's original for an N model. He also used to have some original cloth upholstery material for mid-60s Type 3s, but it may be long gone by now. The other alternative would be to try to find something close -- I think if you look in Hemmings Motor News you'll find sources for auto upholstery fabrics for older American cars, and I'm sure there's something available that's reasonably close to the VW striped fabric. No one's going to have exactly what you're looking for -- they'll probably laugh if you say it's for a VW -- so you'll just have to see what's out there that works. The vinyl part shouldn't present a problem.


You could also consider your car's other upholstery option, which would have been "grey mesh" vinyl (aka "salt and pepper") instead of fabric on the seating surfaces, and off-white vinyl for the rest. The mesh pattern vinyl was also used on Type 2s and is now being reproduced. TMI carries it and there's a swatch of the material on their website if you go to "color swatches" and then to "vintage series" and download the pdf. (If you order seat covers from TMI make sure you specify which style seat back you have. Their catalog shows the 1966-and-later style as correct for 1965, but most if not all '65s have the earlier style seats.)
http://www.vwupholstery.com/frcat.html


good luck,
Scott
62 343

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