RE: Interior woes

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

Pat, thanks for the reply - sorry it's taken me a while to get back to 
you.
Any pics you can send should be a help. Email them to r.lane@xxxxxxxxxx 
if they are email-able.
I have some pics of an original, low mileage 63 Polara 500 with a 
brown/tan interior that looks to have brown/tan stitching.
But I also have some pics of our seats that make the stitching look the 
same color as the vinyl - it depends on the angle the photo is taken at. 
Unless it's 'head-on' the stitching can get lost in the folds of the 
upholstery.
I have an old brohure somewhere but as far as I recall its pictures are 
'artist's impressions' so may not show that kind of detail exactly as 
they would have gone into production. I'll check it out though, thanks 
for the suggestion.

I would have liked to keep our vinyl but it is cracking at the seams in 
a few places and the foam really is shot. Every time you go anywhere 
near the seats the carpet gets showered in yellow dust & crumbs from the 
old foam. If we tried to replace just the foam I can't see the seams of 
the vinyl surviving the removal, let alone the refitting over the more 
bulky new foam.

Robert
63 Polara 500
England

Pat Herman wrote:
> 
> Robert,
> 
> I think it's possible that the thread has faded.  I found a picture of 
> the 63 440 Max Wedge that I used to have and the upper part of the bench 
> 
> seat had what now looks like white thread.  It was the original 
> interior.
> 
> Maybe a better example is my 62 Sport Fury.  It has a bucket seat 
> interior with a funky two tone brownish with bronzeish inserts on the 
> seats.  They are original and have almost the same pattern as a 63 
> Polara 500.  On the face of the seats in the upper corners of the face 
> of the seat back and the lower lumbar area parallel to the length of the 
> 
> seat, where your old and new covers use white thread for the white seat, 
> 
> the Sport Fury's have white thread, which doesn't really make sense on 
> the brownish material.  I can send you a picture if you like, please let 
> 
> me know.  
> 
> Also, my April 62 Motor Trend has a pretty decent shot of a Sport Fury 
> interior.  The thread, while possibly lighter, sure doesn't look white, 
> even though it is a B&W picture.  The 63 Polara 500 may be different, 
> maybe you can confirm with a period magazine or press photos.
> 
> Do you really need to replace the original seat covers?  The one in the 
> picture looks pretty good!  By the way, feel a little lucky.  I've had 
> zero luck with convincing Legendary to make seat covers available for a 
> 62 Sport Fury since they say there isn't a business case for it, even if 
> 
> I supply my originals for patterns.  Go figure - they'll now make a one 
> off custom flamed seat cover for a Cuda but don't care about 62's (you 
> can't get 62 Polara 500 from them either).  Anyone know who else may 
> make 62 B-body bucket seat covers?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Pat


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