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drpete Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2004 Posts: 780 Location: NorCal
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:19 pm Post subject: Looking for upholstery fabric for door panels on my '51 Standard |
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I'm looking for this material to do the door and rear side panels of my 11e. I had the seats covered a couple years ago by Lennie (West Coast Classics). But the panels were never done (long story). The seat material was purchased from a European source. That source no longer has any of this color. Does anyone know of a source for this material? Or is there someone that has some that they would like to sell? These pictures were taken outside (natural lighting) both in and out of the sunlight.
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esde Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for upholstery fabric for door panels on my '51 Standard |
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There is no better source than Marcus
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drpete Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for upholstery fabric for door panels on my '51 Standard |
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Unfortunately, he doesn't have this color in stock. I got the material with the car. The previous owner had bought the fabric from Marcus. I'm hoping we can find some somewhere so we can finish out this bug... _________________ Happy to be alive. Hey Dad, Mom, wish you were here to see all this.
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finster Samba Member
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esde Samba Member
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kaieric Samba Member
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drpete Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2004 Posts: 780 Location: NorCal
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:40 am Post subject: Re: Looking for upholstery fabric for door panels on my '51 Standard |
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Yes. Thank you for your suggestion. I looked this website. No matching fabric. _________________ Happy to be alive. Hey Dad, Mom, wish you were here to see all this.
Pete Keesling
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drpete Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:42 am Post subject: Re: Looking for upholstery fabric for door panels on my '51 Standard |
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Thank you for your suggestions. I have posted on the Facebook group. And I looked at Ricardo’s fabric listing and couldn’t find a match. _________________ Happy to be alive. Hey Dad, Mom, wish you were here to see all this.
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billmetric Samba Member
Joined: March 16, 2006 Posts: 1061 Location: Columbus City USA
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:55 am Post subject: Re: Looking for upholstery fabric for door panels on my '51 Standard |
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just to clarify, late split standard door panel material does not match the seat upolstery, its a thin wool felt material:
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drpete Samba Member
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Posted: Yesterday 6:41 am Post subject: Re: Looking for upholstery fabric for door panels on my '51 Standard |
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billmetric wrote: |
just to clarify, late split standard door panel material does not match the seat upolstery, its a thin wool felt material:
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Do you have any idea what year they started using this solid color wool felt? _________________ Happy to be alive. Hey Dad, Mom, wish you were here to see all this.
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sinclair Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2004 Posts: 398 Location: New Forest UK
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Posted: Yesterday 8:19 am Post subject: Re: Looking for upholstery fabric for door panels on my '51 Standard |
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Hi. Yes it should be a grey pattern but it’s not the same herringbone as a deluxe.
I think for 51 the doors should be the same. Though I have used sugar cloth in the past like in earlier cars.
This is original July 49 for reference.
And this was the fabric supplied by Marcus Raeke for my 52 standard.
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