Template/Pattern for herald seats
Posted By : William Davies, 30-Jul-2004, 00:28am
Hi Iain,
As far as I am aware there is nothing of this nature available. The best possible pattern is already fitted to your car - if your wife is happy to make new seat covers then I am sure she will be able to interpret the construction by disecting the existing covers.
Let us know how she gets on - it's always good to hear about the more abstract aspects of restoration, the kind of work which is invariably farmed out to professionals,
Cheers,
Bill.
As far as I am aware there is nothing of this nature available. The best possible pattern is already fitted to your car - if your wife is happy to make new seat covers then I am sure she will be able to interpret the construction by disecting the existing covers.
Let us know how she gets on - it's always good to hear about the more abstract aspects of restoration, the kind of work which is invariably farmed out to professionals,
Cheers,
Bill.
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Template/Pattern for herald seats
Posted By : Iain Pringle, 30-Jul-2004, 11:13pm
Cheers Bill for the words of encouragment .
The wife is going to have a go, at the end of the day the seats are pretty knacked anyway and what ever she does can only be an improvement
Will let you know how she gets on Bill , it is going to be her winter project , while i try and do my first spray job, now this i am worried about (LOL)
once again bill cheers and all the best
Iain and her indoors-
Template/Pattern for herald seats
Posted By : William Davies, 01-Aug-2004, 11:24pm
Hi Iain,
One afterthought, you might want to treat your wife to a present - there is a book on restoring car upholstery in the Osprey Restoration Guides series. I don't have the ISBN or author's name to hand, but I can find out tomorrow, my own copy isn't accessible at the moment. This book covers all of the common techniques used in upholstering our cars, very worthwhile reading,
Cheers,
Bill.
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Template/Pattern for herald seats
Posted By : Iain Pringle, 31-Aug-2004, 07:33pm
Any look an the name etc of that book, Bill
cheers Iain-
Template/Pattern for herald seats
Posted By : William Davies, 31-Aug-2004, 08:47pm
Hi Iain,
The book is called "How to Restore Upholstery" by Tony Fairweather, Osprey Restoration Guide 7. ISBN 0-85045-623-I.
I can recommend this entire series of books, though I must get around to filling the gaps in my own set,
Cheers,
Bill.
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Template/Pattern for herald seats
Posted By : Iain Pringle, 31-Aug-2004, 09:34pm
many thanks for that info, Bill .
will let you know how we get on !
cheers once again
Iain
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Bill as promised
Posted By : Iain Pringle, 07-Nov-2004, 08:14pm
Hiya Bill,
Wife has started work on the recovering the seats, she wont let me post any piccies as she hasnt finished the whole lot yet , but not far from finishing .
But decided to let all have a look at my first attempt at spraying, though it isnt a professional job, the car does look 100% better then when i got her 2 years ago , who knows might even get her valued next year by the club .
Anyway bill and all ,cheers for all your help over the past months and once seats are finished im sure she will let me post one .
cya E
Wife has started work on the recovering the seats, she wont let me post any piccies as she hasnt finished the whole lot yet , but not far from finishing .
But decided to let all have a look at my first attempt at spraying, though it isnt a professional job, the car does look 100% better then when i got her 2 years ago , who knows might even get her valued next year by the club .
Anyway bill and all ,cheers for all your help over the past months and once seats are finished im sure she will let me post one .
cya E
Bill as promised