Street seats?

[Tom Donohue]

Don's post awoke some long-ago restoration memories.  When I restored my former 54
VW Beetle, I had a terrible time finding some grey herringbone cloth to match the
original interior.  Finally went to LeBarron Bonney, which specializes in Model A
repro fabrics, and found one that was virtually a match.  My .02. Tom

Don M wrote:

> >> I would love real UrQ cloth seats. However the only ones Ive ever seen (here
> in
> >> the US anyway) are this horrendous orange/black mind numbing pattern. Can we
> get
> >> black or dark gray ones?
>
> > Seat covers are still available from Audi, but they're a HORRENDOUS
> > price.  Occasionally a complete interior comes up for sale in the
> > newsletter, but even used they can fetch a grand or so.
> ------------------
>
> Here's an option...
>
> Went down a similar road 2 years ago.  Wanted to redo the coupe's interior.
>  Purchased a 54" bolt of gray herringbone fabric (noll/knoll?) similar to
> Audi's ($89) from a commercial fabric supplier.  Stripped out the interior and
> took the seats and panels into a local automotive upholstery shop.  They
> recovered everything and even included the piping on the seats and panels,
> reused the imitation chrome stripping and rebuilt the seat cushions...$625.  If
> I had just dropped the car off, I think the price he wanted was around $2k.
>
> Don