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Just my $0.02 worth but I have done a 64 and two 63s one hard top and one convertible with little if any problems using Legendary interiors, other than my mistakes.  Before them I had never done an interior before.   Beginners luck I guess.  I do know if you don't take your time with great care, carefully removing the old trim from the old panels and carefully with great care replacing it to the new panels you will do grave damage to the trim bending and twisting it.  My first panel I did was a hot mess, and suspected the Legendary panel was the culprit, a friend of mine that has been doing interiors for 30+ years showed me the errors I committed in Haste.  Our old interior's are unlike anything used in autos today and time and peasants working with them is the rule of the day.  Todays mentality is dam the torpedos, get them in and out as expeditiously as possable.   I was lucky enough to get another set of good trim from Clay Kossuth and taking my time my second panel was much improved.  I consistently get asked if the interior is factory original because of the fit and finish.  I had a recent appraisal done and my interior is rated as a 1.  Again not trying to speak for your experience, just conveying mine, but maybe you might want to look into a different upholstery shop, just a thought.  BTW I don't have any affiliation with Legendary or even know any one there.  I do know I am going to use them when I redo my 300 Hurst's interior.
 
 Herb
 
1956 Plymouth Belvedere 361 4-Sale
1959 Coronet 326 Poly
1961 Belvedere Custom Suburban Wagon 318 Poly
1962 Dodge Dart 225 Slant Six  4-Sale
1963 Fury 2D/HT 6.1L
1963 Sport Fury Convertible 361
1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst 440
1979 Dodge Aspen R/T Sport Wagon 360
1999 Durango SLT 5.9L
2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1L
St. Louis, MO.
 
 
 
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Date: 7/6/2011 3:53:38 PM
Subject: Legendary... just in their own minds?
 
Picking up on Jim's comments, I ordered a set of front/rear side panels from
Legendary for my 64 Sport Fury. My upholsterer called me and showed me that
the Legendary panels won't work. I'm going to post what's wrong with their
panels on this website after writing their company president a letter. When
we saw the issue with the panels, I sent an email to Legendary, got a prompt
"we'll make this right...just call me" response from one of their employees,
which we did, over 20 times between the two of us. Left messages most of the
time, but did not get even a courtesy response from Legendary. Anyway, we
boogered the side trim to make it all "kind of work", but it's just not
right. I know it's not the car or my upholstery shop. You can just look at
the panels and see, comparing to my original 1964 set, that they were made
wrong. NOW I KNOW why when I saw a 64 Sport Fury last year with the trim
bent out of shape exactly what happened. Legendary side panels.
/Butch/Ferndale, WA
 
** Here's the note I got from them. Jim, if you see this guy, you could let
him I'm more than a little disappointed and am going to make a lot of people
inside and outside their company aware of their crap products and bad
service. Maybe he got sick, took vacation, quit, whatever, but having been
in business myself for almost 40 years, I can say that this is one of the
best ways to drive away customers.
 
Butch
"Please give us a call.We have done many many interors for the 64 and been
able to get all of them to work.If your interior shop cannot get them to
work give us a call and we can provide you with the quality installation you
expect. If there is any problems with the panels themselfs we can  repair or
replace them if needed.
 
Thanks
 
Ron Halbritter
Technical Advisor
Legendary Auto Interiors
or
1-800-363-8804    ext. 213
 
THERE REALLY IS A DIFFERENCE!!
     if it's LEGENDARY, it's QUALITY!"
_______________________________________
From: W.A. Edison [mailto:waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 7:52 PM
To: Ron Halbritter
Cc: 'Butch@comcast. Net'
Subject: Tech question from website/ 64 Sport Fury side panels
Hello. I ordered side panels for my 1964 Sport Fury from you all in 2008,
order# 096080. I just did take them to my local hot rod upholstery shop a
couple of weeks ago for him to install them. He called and said the side
chrome trim doesn’t fit correctly. I went out and looked and sure enough,
the white tops of the Legendary panels are about ¾” wider than the factory
panels. I’m attaching photos to try and show what is incorrect.  The
Legendary panels are correct  as far as the holes, etc., but the top vinyl
is simply too wide.  Photo # 030 show the problem the best. The panels need
to be narrower at the top for the bottom of the chrome trim to rest into the
channel where they should. What do you think is going  on and what can I do
about it?  If we were to try and shift the panels up, the holes for the door
and window cranks won’t align.
Thanks/ Butch Edison
 
-----Original Message-----
[mailto:1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Altemose
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: Headliner install
 
Legendary.  But over the weekend I got it out of the box and it's
wrong.  My 63 Polara 500 has how I can best describe it as a grey,
spongy headliner with small horizontal striping running the same
direction as the bows (i.e. side to side).  It's mounted above the
bows and chrome bows are visible and exposed.  The headliner I got is
vinyl and has pockets on the underside for the bows to slide into.
 
So, I'm going to bring it and a piece of the original with me down to
Carlisle and talk to them about it.  I can live with the vinyl I
suppose, but I'd prefer the original.
 
I guess there were different styles?
 
- Jim
Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
'63 Polara 500 (383)
'65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
'71 Bronco
 
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:24 AM, george smith <bt6t4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What vendors did you guys buy from? And did you prefer vinyl or cloth?
>
> George
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> Sent: Fri, July 1, 2011 6:09:00 AM
> Subject: Re: Headliner install
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"how to"
> article.
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> Thanks,
> Gary H.
>
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>>
>>  I might try installing a new headliner on my 63 Polara 500 this
>>  weekend.
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