'61 Deluxe Seat Covers

jazzed · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject: '61 Deluxe Seat Covers

Anyone know where I can pick up some blue/grey seat covers? TMI apparently doesn't make them and Wolfsburg West couldn't answer my question, as they don't carry them. I need a full set, including a full-size middle seat.

Dave24 · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: '61 Deluxe Seat Covers

jazzed · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject:

Nope, not aero papyrus. Blue/grey as shown in the technical section of this site.

Dave24 · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject:

Try WCCR (lenny). He has alot of the no-can-find materials made for him.

1OLD61BUS · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject:

those places would have been the first places I tried. I would put a wanted ad out in the classifieds and see who else may know something.

jeremyrockjock · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject:

I would like some too.
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FlusteredBust · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject:

I have been hunting for vinyl fabrics for intent on re-doing my blue grey interior. (what's there is either not original or pretty trashed). I am going to use panels from Clara and do the panel fabrication myself. For the seats, I have pretty good covers (non-original) to work from, and I think my wife can sew them. If not, there are plenty of upholstery shops in the phone book.

One thing I noticed is that where the fabric has been protected from the elements, the lighter color fabric is a light blue grey. It tends to yellow over the years giving it an almost green tint.

To match the heat pleated charcoal fabric on the panels I found this. I have samples and side by side it's almost extact. For the panels I will have to carefully remove the foam backing, but that looks pretty simple from the sample. There is also a med. grey pleated foam backed fabric for the seat tops. This fabric also comes unpleated so that seat sides, backs and panel bottoms can be matched.

http://www.garysupholstery.com/foamback.html

As for welting, Gary's has a good selection there too...
http://www.garysupholstery.com/weltcord-premade.html

What I have had difficulty locating is the blue grey diamond patterned vinyl used in the center of the panels. The closest I have found is this...

http://www.denverfabrics.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/23000/23042_85-600.jpg

The pattern is too small and the silver could be more blue grey. I may punt and use the smooth med. grey vinyl from above on the panels.

EverettB · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject:

Lenny sells it, although I don't know if it is an EXACT match.

Blue/Grey is one of the worst material for fading so most people don't even know what it looked like originally.
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Clara · Samba Member Joined: June 14, 2003 Posts: 12401

what about the humpseat front seat?
AFAIK, TMI/WW don't offer the front seat cover for the humpseat. My April 61 takes the basalt interior, and has a humpseat. The earlier flat seat covers wouldn't fit right. And the padding is differnt too..

A few years ago I re-did the bottom of the seat with padding and upholstery off the backseat of a '77 bus... more comfy than spring sticking out, cheaper than buying new, but not correct material. But better than shelling out hundreds for not the correct stuff, doesn't fit right, either.
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