Woah Joe I just scanned through this whole thread. Amazing work! You built yourself one helluva nice car that's for sure.
Nice car, your Upholstery looks great. IMO the upholstery business as a side line or full time, the time is now, every shop I'm aware of here in Wisconsin is busy, backed logged 1- 2 years from the lower quality to the top shelf, all busy and from prices quoted/charged, making money. As always, supply and demand, seems to be a shortage of reputable shops, and hearing stories of Upholstery jail like paint shop jail. If I was a younger man, this would be my next career choice.
The handyman’s secret weapon, just remember I’m pullin for ya! Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app www.speedoservice.com Should I rush your rush job or the rush job I was rushing when you rushed in?
The beginning of the seat shape, I ended up doing a lot more carving of the foam but this was the starting point. Picked up a slab of 6” dense foam from Albrights supply, cut the pieces out and used landau glue to attach them. A nice simple design using a tuck and roll pleat over 1/2” sew foam. To finish it off I made a set of floor mats with a tuck and roll panel that is folded under and attaches to the mat with Velcro sewn on both pieces. There’s a few small things to finish up including windlace and some door stop straps that I should have wrapped up here shortly.
Thanks for the good words guys, it’s been a fun winter project and definitely learned a lot in the process.
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