mexican blanket

Or "San Marcos" if you're a real mexican. LOL

 

The upolstry guy wants $500 to cover my seat. I found 2 serapes that match my truck at a five and dime in Santa Fe for $10. My wife backed them with something or other to keep them from comeing apart. Been running them for 3 years now. Picks in my album if interested.

 

I used a Navy blanket since I needed blue.
Top notch wool.
Made in USA.
$6.99 at Goodwill.

 

okay, here's another question. how do i keep it from fallin down off the back of the seat?

 

Safety pins! It's roddin man, don't over think it. Ha ha.

 

sit on the back of the seat

 

Mom used to use them on the couches when we were younger. Function and fashion.

 

Not a big fan of most of the over done stuff but I think they look great. Got a couple for my car in Mexico on vacation last week. While I was down there all the mexicans were askin me for knit afghan pattern blankets for there vw's

 

Saddle Blanket, in use before cars were invented

 

Only if they are eating chalupas while they make em!

 

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haha good idea, i wasnt over-thinking it, i hadnt thought about it at all until i posted that

 

I wonder if J C Whitney ever sold them.

 

I just spit beer all over my screen.

 

No,it was the only thing in the world to ugly for them too sell

 

bwahahahaha ...... oh sorry

 

He HE, I hope you're kidding. But if not I'll draw a stick figure diagram for you and we can sit at the kitchen table and I'll tell you what each one means and does.

Tim

 

On a recent trip to Mexico I looked for one. If you got away from the tourist traps you could find some nice ones. They would start out at about 60 bucks and would haggle down to 25. What's funny is every place had a stack of the ones made in China. If they couldn't hook ya for an authentic one they'd try to sell ya one of the Chinese ones for about 10 bucks. I can buy the exact same kind at the local truck stop for 5.

 

Does anyone have a good online source for these?

 

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Mex blankets were cheap cover for worn out upholstery if you couldn't afford Sears Roebuck, Monkey Wards or RayCo seat covers. There is no traditional to them.

 

I'm sick of Indian and mexican blankets. It seems to me that if someone was trying to make a quick fix seat cover a long time ago, they would have used a worn out old quilt because that was something readily available to most people at one time. The seat was long gone out of this Model T when I got it and I wanted to leave the car in worn out condition, so I used some old quilts and smeared them with dirt and funk. This truck was originally a touring car that was cut down for WWII war gas rationing stickers. You could buy more gas if you had a farm truck.

 

My Mom sewed up a mex blanket for my first 32 sedan only upholstery it had.

 

Hey Jason,

How's the seat holding up? I was looking at getting traditional Falsa blankets, like that too, for my '65 Plymouth Fury III. Easiest way to keep them so tight to the bench without ripping 'em up? Was thinking hog rings.