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Spitfire 1500 Houndstooth Seats
I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to help me locate the
correct Beige houndstooth fabric that was used on the 1977-1980 triumph spitfires. I've seen the seat covers that are made by Newton Commercial and the houndstooth fabric is a perfect match. Only thing is the beige vinyl is a very bad match. Please see pictu http://home.comcast.net/~reinarson/seat.jpg It seems that all of the suppliers like Rimmer Bros, Moss Motors, British Victoria all sell the Newton Commercial kits. I purchased a set from Moss and I was disappointed that the beige vinyl did not match at all as you can see in the picture. The cloth houndstooth seat panels are a perfect match though. My spitfire only has 14,000 miles and the only part of the seat that needs replacement is the houndstooth seat panels. I thought I would try contacting Newton Commercial to see if they would sell me a couple of yards of their fabric and I would have a local trimmer sew in new panels for me. The response from Newton is that they won't sell the just the fabric to a retail customer. All they offered to do is sell me another set of their poorly matched seat covers. I was wondering if anyone in this group knows how I could locate some of this material? Best Regards, Rusty |
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Spitfire 1500 Houndstooth Seats
Hello,
You may be better off buying a vinyl dye in the color you want and changing your existing seats yourself. If not, here are some companies I have had good experiences with: www.justdashes.com 1-800-247-3274 www.newportupholstery.com 1-877-820-4411 they'll send you free samples www.smsautofabrics.com 503-263-3535 these guys are kind of expensive but they have a lot of original fabric (not just reproduction) for a lot of different cars www.lebaronbonney.com 1-800-221-5408 If these guys can't supply it, I doubt anyone can Good luck. Post back if you find what you're looking for. Forrest |
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Spitfire 1500 Houndstooth Seats
Otto Skorzeny wrote:
> Hello, > > You may be better off buying a vinyl dye in the color you want and > changing your existing seats yourself. If not, here are some companies > I have had good experiences with: > > www.justdashes.com 1-800-247-3274 > > www.newportupholstery.com 1-877-820-4411 they'll send you > free samples > > www.smsautofabrics.com 503-263-3535 these guys are kind of > expensive but they have a lot of original fabric (not just > reproduction) for a lot of different cars > > www.lebaronbonney.com 1-800-221-5408 If these guys can't > supply it, I doubt anyone can > > > Good luck. Post back if you find what you're looking for. > > Forrest Also try Autokraft, they might be able to supply something cheaper. Sometimes their stuff matches "OK" and sometimes it matches pretty well. Do you still have the repro covers or did you send them back? If you still have them a good local trim shop should be able to easily sew the new cloth into your old seat covers. good luck nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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Spitfire 1500 Houndstooth Seats
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"Rusty" > ha scritto nel messaggio ... >I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to help me locate the > correct Beige houndstooth fabric that was used on the 1977-1980 > triumph spitfires. > > I've seen the seat covers that are made by Newton Commercial and the > houndstooth fabric is a perfect match. Only thing is the beige vinyl > is a very bad match. Please see pictu > > http://home.comcast.net/~reinarson/seat.jpg > > It seems that all of the suppliers like Rimmer Bros, Moss Motors, > British Victoria all sell the Newton Commercial kits. I purchased a > set from Moss and I was disappointed that the beige vinyl did not > match at all as you can see in the picture. The cloth houndstooth seat > panels are a perfect match though. > > My spitfire only has 14,000 miles and the only part of the seat that > needs replacement is the houndstooth seat panels. I thought I would > try contacting Newton Commercial to see if they would sell me a couple > of yards of their fabric and I would have a local trimmer sew in new > panels for me. > > The response from Newton is that they won't sell the just the fabric > to a retail customer. All they offered to do is sell me another set of > their poorly matched seat covers. > > I was wondering if anyone in this group knows how I could locate some > of this material? > > Best Regards, Rusty |
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