Upholstery

[Kory Fox]

If I do find the right material, or something close, can anyone tell me how much of each material I need to do the seats and door panels? There's the striped material that is on most of it, but there's also the solid color on the back of the front seat and in the center of the door panels.

[pnw_oldmags]

Find out how wide your material is 45 or 54 inches.  Then measure each of your seat pieces, door panel pieces, headliner pieces and laying them out with the pattern running the correct direction.   I did it in a spreadsheet but you could do it on graph paper just as easily. Allow an inch on all edges for seams.

Then I upted it by 10 percent and had 10 percent left over as my upholsterer cut it out tighter than I had planned.  Don't forget the beading if there is any.  Have Fun.

[Kory Fox]

Thanks.

[JoeKeys2010]

Starting my seats today. Finally found everything.

[Kory Fox]

So are you guys doing the upholstery yourselves? I'd love to know how to do that because I could get that done much sooner if I didn't have to pay for it.

[JoeKeys2010]

We'll actually it is my wife. She is gifted that way. She completed the frame that the front cushions sit in. She did a real good job.

[AZ_HJ]

Joe,

Please post plenty of pictures of finish upholstery.

Mark