Need upholsterer in Chicago Area

Any of you hot rodders out there know of a good and reasonable interier man in the Chicago area?????????????

 

Check old car mike here on the hamb, he's out of Aurora I believe. Nice work from a nice guy.

 

Schobers Hot Rod Interiors in Sandwich does excellent work (815)786-8801

 

Oldcarmike, nice work and reasonable. Priced upholstery lately? Makes ya want to learn how to sew.

 

Would you have his phone number? Thanks

 

yep, what Timmy P said.

 

Ogden top and trim in Berwyn does good quality work, but can be spendy.

 

There is a shop on Fullerton Ave in Addison that does nice work.

Ed

 

Oldcarmike's member page: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=4737

Shoot him a PM, he is on here fairly often.

 

Make about an hour trip to Lamoille, Il. Home of Bennets upholstery, this guy is reasonable, is a small one man shop, and he does killer work. Everyone around here uses him, puts everything he has into these interiors, he loves doing it. http://www.bennettsupholstery.com/ Check hime out.

 

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Photo by povertyflats, Hunnert Car Pile-Up 2010

 

What kind of quotes have folks gotten? I've gotten over the phone quotes of $5-6K for a few folks, and one place was more like $10K the place on Ogden that was redoing Maybelline.

 

Mike and John are both great upholsterers and I would not hesitate using either one. The cost of a completed job is variable on so many different issues . All leather , all vinyl, combination of the two, patterns, design, are new backing panels needed , ect.

The cost is really built on time and materials. How much time do you want to spend ?

 

Ha Ha Ha, that Mike burned my retinas at the pile up, my wife loved his head gear, I think he used magnets to hold his wings on.

 

Stitch does good work, reasonable prices. Worth a call.

Goldstar Auto, 847/309-4634 ; Palatine IL.

Marcus...

 

Here are the seats OldCarMike did for my Econoline. Fast, good price, and good communication. HIGH quality work. He's in Aurora. His number is 630-248-6217

 

Thank you and to all who replied.

 

Prices, kinda depends, but for my 32 sedan, leather trim seats and panels, assuming you supply the seats seems to be around $8000 to 8500 for a real nice job.Met a retired guy in Toledo this summer at GGs who did all his buddies 32s, and hes at $6000 for leather.Superb work, one man shop. I had a car done by Paul Atkins almost ten years ago, a 33 three window and that was $8000 then. Again, superb work.What am I doing this time, most of it myself with Oldcarmike doing the seats and maybe the headliner.What I do know is if you want a really nice job, the high end local guys are the same price, if not more than the big name guys like Atkins, Steve Pearson,etc and when you go to sell the car those names add value.If I would have known this years ago, I would have learned how to sew instead of weld!

 

Velcro is magic!!

Oh yeah, I'd HIGHLY recommend oldcarmike for all your upholstery needs.

 

Anyone have experience with Addison Auto Interiors/Jimmy Kowalczyk?