Thread: Back from the upholstery shop.

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This week Don and I were able to pick up my Son Dan's RPU from the upholstery shop, Dan had to work. He was having a top made, the bomber seats covered, and carpeting done. Because he is doing this car along the lines of something from the past, he wanted the top to not look too modern. The upholstery guy did a nice job and it has the look Dan was shooting for. We used Murphy snaps at the bottom rather than button snaps because they hold better and look a little more oldtimey.

Bomber seats are not exactly comfortable, but the seat and backrests he made up make them very nice to sit in now. I was even able to get my old bones inside and get back out again. Dan wants most of the floor metal exposed, except for the area where your feet would scratch the finish, so he had carpeting put there. It is VW square weave material and snaps out for cleaning. Now he has to install all of the alumimum interior panels to finish it off.

The back window zips out so he can run either with glass in there or not. We trailered the car at 60-70 mph and didn't see a lot of effect on wind on it going down the road. I think it changes the look of the car and makes it look like something from the little books. The guy did a nice job . Here are a few shots from yesterday.

Don