Thanks to help from this group I pulled off my good, bad and ugly armrests. Took them to an upholsterer who couldn’t match the naugahyde(?). Looking for original material source, good used, or a good solution. Tia
Jeff F. replied:
smsautofabrics.com has one of the largest collections of upholstery .
Where is a good place to order original type seat covers from?
Matt B. replied:
I have not ordered a seat cover from them, but www.macsautoparts.com have never let me down on other items, and they list a pretty broad selection of original style seat cover sets in the most common colors. Prices are usually as good as or better than LMC. Sadly, the don't offer the light green/dark green my truck came with, so I'm ordering vinyl swatches from https://www.smsautofabrics.com/ in the hope that I can just replace the seating surface panels and not the entire cover. Happy hunting.
Anyone know of a good connection for "factory correct" cloth seat covers for a 60 sedan? Macs- Dearborn- and Falcon interiors.. Either only have vinyl or they don't go all the way back to a 1960 Sedan. Anyone restored theirs with NOS cloth?
I am looking for a good source for restoration parts here is the States. Mainly trim stuff like weather stripping, headliner, seat covers, carpet, etc. Ford parts are easy to find but Buick not so much. Anyone got ideas?
Not really parts but I'm starting out learning upholstery and I'm trying to find the contact info for the best place around to get material. Anyone got a good source for carpet and marine vinyl?
Hi all, quite a while since i posted anything on here as my 57 has been in storage. I am now making a start gathering parts again. I'm in the UK but obviously most parts i source come from the US, Is...
I believe all 57 Chieftains were delivered with rubber floor mats, not carpet. For original upholstery materials and possibly door cards, try http://www.smsautofabrics.com/ Larry
So I am getting a new dash pad made by Ian Redman, very exciting.
Unfortunately Ian contacted me today saying that none of his suppliers can supply a vinyl that matches my original dash pad colour. If anyone knows where I can get vinyl to match the one in the photos please let me know.
I am not going to paint vinyl, so please don’t suggest it.