Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum
General Category => Kaiser Forum => Topic started by: Kory Fox on January 02, 2014, 07:48:24 PM
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Is this upholstery available anywhere? This is the exact same interior I have.
http://www.countryclassiccars.com/html/spcars_38.htm
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At one time, LeBaron Bonney, a company that specializes in Ford cars had material that was almost an exact match. A fellow KFer reupholstered his 48K with it. Here's a link to their current online catalog...
https://www.lebaronbonney.com/fabric.htm
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I got samples from Lebarron Bonney several years ago. They were not all that close. Maybe they no longer had the material you're talking about? I know SMS can remake it but it's very expensive. I'm not trying for a points car. I'm trying to get it as reasonably close to original but driveable and not have to worry about keeping it perfect as I can. Money is always an issue with me so I don't really want to pay $90-100 a yard for material. BTW, how much of each material would I need to redo the seats and door panels in my 48k?
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Someone recently refered me to discounteddesignerfabrics.com I went there last week and ordered some samples for my 49. They looked close online, but I have not gotten the samples yet so I cant say for sure. You might want to check them out. SMS could get "close" but like you say $90 a yard is a lot for "close".
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Please keep me informed how it comes out.
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Can anyone tell me how much of each material I need to do the seats and doors in a '48 Kaiser?
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Samples came yesterday. None of them were suitable.
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So far no luck. One of the problems I have is color. I can find materials similar like wide wale corduroy, but finding anything other than vinyl in a rose color is nearly impossible. I have one more place to look when I go to Florida later this month and if they don't have it I will have to settle with SMS at $90 a yard. I would not mind the money part if it was actually the same material, but it is not; its just as close as I can come.
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My material is not vinyl. It's all cloth and it's exactly the same as the car in the link I posted. I've seen it in many other 48's as well.
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I think I have finally found something that will work. It is close or good enough, but not a perfect match. It is a good deal cheaper that the close or good match SMS offered. I can get it in rose color (slightly off but still works with the volta cloth I picked up from the manufacturing group) and it come at $12 a yard. Got a sample in the mail today and it is a good weight for upholstery. Haven't ordered it yet but will shortly. With this I have everything I need to move forward with restoring the inside of my 49.
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I'm guessing that it's not the same as my material Joe?
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Mine is a 1949 with a rose colored inside. What is yours?
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Mine is a 48 with the same exact interior as the one in the link in my original post on this thread. I don't know what it's called.
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not that is different than what I have. The ribs are called wales and mine has about 4 wales to an inch. This car has much wider wales. The color should be easy to find though. I'll go back and look at all the places I looked for mine and see if I find anything for you. I probably have bee to 40 different sites.
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I appreciate it Joe. I certainly don't mind looking myself. I've just looked at all the places I know to look. I need the solid color cloth and the cloth with the wales.
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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.
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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.
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Thanks.
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Starting my seats today. Finally found everything.
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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.
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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.
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Joe,
Please post plenty of pictures of finish upholstery.
Mark