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lotsatoys, they are making the old Naugahyde vinyl again it is called Zodiac. That is what I am using. It is the same thing that they made back then but due to legal issues they call it Zodiac now.
barnsey; I would recommend soft sand color for your interior. You could use the same color you have outside as an accent for the inside. It would look great.
Art classes teach that the natural complimentary color for purple is yellow. How about a light creamy tan, or maybe a cream color?
Safe bets include neutral colors like white, gray or black, but those are too common for me. Another option might be to try to match the body color, for part of the interior....but my vote would be for a light tan or cream.
I was talking to an old guy today, he said he has a 20 linial metre roll of leather look buckskin at his work shop, it was left behind when the motor trimmer who used to work there went bust, he said if i want it i can have it for $100, the roll is about 2m wide :)
looks like i will go and visit this old fella at his shop after the xmas break and have a look.
I havn't seen buckskin before, but would imagine it as being a light color, worth a look though $100 for a 20 metre roll sounds cheap enougth.
barnsey
Here is the front seat finished.
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so we see what you've been doing over the holidays !! :) looks good. whats it going in ?
This is going into a 1959 Impala.
Its been a while since ive been here. A lot has changed in 2009 for us. Life has been a big whirlwind, Between my wife and I we lost 3 of our parents in 2009. We started building our dream home, put our house on the market, over priced as to drag out to allow time to finish our new house. Well someone bought it in 5 days. Since I also inherited my moms corvette, and already had a dragster, mustang, and anglia, That forced the imediate sale of all the other garage items, It was whatever 2 cars other then the vette sold were out of there. Mustang, Anglia, Gone. I hated to sell the anglia as it was my dads project car but the Vette meant the world to my mom, it was her baby and it made her very happy. Any way here is what I have now, no new vette pics, I have not had the heart do drive it yet.
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cool the hotrod is done and the house isn't !!! gotta love it !!! ps. nice vette !! just to let you know.... we are building a new home too.... shop side is done.... house isn't !!1 :)
If a guy wanted to sew his own interior what would be a good industrial sewing machine make and model to purchase? How about "used or reconditioned" machines? What do you need to "look for" in the condition of a used machine? How about renting one for a month or so? Not looking to do it full time, but would still want a machine that would produce a good quality stitch in leather.
My roadster will be ready for side panels and carpet soon. Any suggestions on sewing the welting around carpet?
Many years ago my dad was building a kit car. So for Christmas he got my step mother a new sewing machine for her gift. She loved it until 4 hours after opening the presents, he took it out to the garage to do his seat covers.
I finally got around to posting the 1959 Impala seats finished and installed.
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Very nice.
WOW! That is really nice. Sure wish we didn't have so many miles between us. Great job and yes I'm sure it was quite tedious.
Lugnut
1948 English Ford Thames 1/4 ct panel van ........... 327 Chevrolet, Turbo 350
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