RE: Interior woes

["Robert (UK)" <r.lane@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks David, good to hear some perseverence paid off.

Well I've had a response from Legendary re the red/white stitching. They 
said "The thread your talking about has faded, bleached out."
Sounds like a bit of a cop-out? Or could they be right?

I remembered seeing our seats in Year One's online catalog recently so 
looked on their site to see if the stitching color was visible. It 
looked pretty red to me so I emailed them with a general query 'is your 
stitching red cos our original seats have white' etc etc (didnt want to 
say I'd just bought from Legendary), and they replied
"The stitching on the red portion of these seat covers is red. The 
manufacturer is convinced this is correct and suggested you inspect the 
stitching color on the inside, as they have seen original thread turn 
white from age."
Not sure who 'the manufacturer' would be - could it be Legendary?

We cant see the stitching on the inside of our seats until we dismantle 
them, but the stiching at the base of the rear seat back, and at the 
rear of the rear seat base (ie where the back and base meet and where 
the sun dont shine!) is still white. Not red and not faded.

I'd love them to be right so we could just get these covers fitted but 
it'll bug me for eternity if we fit them knowing it's not right. My 
brother isnt too bothered, saying that he likes the completely red bench 
seat interiors often seen in the early cars - I do too but I also prefer 
our seats with white stitching! The pitch of the stitching being too 
close and irregular doesnt help the overall appearance, either.
It's tricky to know where to check. If I find a pic on the net of an 
original interior and the covers have white stitching, Legendary would 
say it has faded. Without knowing the history of that car's interior, I 
can't argue.
The only one I think might challenge their thoery is the ex-Mike Zagata 
MW Polara 500 (1 of the 5 originals) that we saw in NC when we went over 
to see ours. This car had been fully restored and the interior looked as 
good as new. From the only pic I have of the interior, the stitching 
looks to be white. I doubt I'll ever get to know where those seats were 
restored but I'll bet Mike Zagata made sure they were done right.

I'll see what Mr Legendary & Mr Yr1 say about our unfaded stitching...

Robert
63 Polara 500
England

david wrote:
> 
>    I sent parts to Layson's to be repaired, including  dash bezel, steering 
>    
> wheel and the plastic dome lite bezel. The dash and dome lite they told 
> me 
> the cost up front. The steering wheel would have to be looked at to 
> estimate 
> a repair cost. Was it expensive? Yes, very.  Was the workmanship good ? 
> I 
> would also say very good. Did it take awhile for the parts to be 
> returned to 
> me? Yeah, sure did. Any problems?  Yeah, my dome lite bezel got lost 
> somewhere. I called Layson's asking were it was and they said they had 
> no 
> recollection of ever receiving it So, I kissed that piece goodby and 
> started 
> the process of finding another. Well, about 5 or6 months later here 
> comes a 
> package from Layson's with a re- chromed dome bezel and a note saying 
> sorry 
> that they couldn't find mine and for the delay and everything, but here 
> was 
> a nice shiny bezel. No charge.
>    I dealt with a lot of different outfits and people while rebuilding my 
> car. By and far most were friendly and very helpful and informative, 
> even 
> the guy from Mr. G's. There was a certain aluminum anodiser in Sandy Or. 
> 
> that was a real jerk and I would never recommend him to anyone, but he 
> was 
> the only one.
>    I think we have to remember that there are only so many people that have 
>    
> these products and do these repairs to a limited clientele. They are 
> expensive and take a lot of time, so you can't be in any big hurry. This 
> 
> doesn't mean people can't be held accountable and they should be. But 
> what 
> it boils down to is that we participate in a very expensive hobby with 
> limited parts and pieces ( especially Mopars ). Just time and $$$. But 
> that's easy for me to say now that my car is done.


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