Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered

[69Tom]

Originally Posted by HOTFUN

The seat 74 style fabric looks great and actually not far off a factory fit job back in the day. Did you install new storage pockets on the lower front edge door panels or are they the originals? They sure look nice. I was wondering if anyone had used the reproduction door pockets that USA1 Industries sell in all the original colors or tried to dye original ones?

They are the USA1 Industries pockets. I can't say they're entirely worth the cost based on what they are (I think they were $80 or something like that), but they do serve their purpose and are made of the correct material and color.

[Soundmound]

So having read through this thread from start to end I can see the evolution in quality of the seat covers. Also, it appears with having someone making them for you you might have started going semi custom? The black with hounds tooth inserts being what I saw.
Have you or your supplier started offering "custom" covers? Could you PM me what purchasing a seat from you would start at? Shipping mine to you seems foolish(read crazy expensive) when you have units ready to complete. I still have so many questions lol.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by Soundmound

So having read through this thread from start to end I can see the evolution in quality of the seat covers. Also, it appears with having someone making them for you you might have started going semi custom? The black with hounds tooth inserts being what I saw.
Have you or your supplier started offering "custom" covers? Could you PM me what purchasing a seat from you would start at? Shipping mine to you seems foolish(read crazy expensive) when you have units ready to complete. I still have so many questions lol.

The Black Houndstooth is actually the previous generation truck seat fabric. So he has that fabric on hand. So yes, I guess you can say “semi custom”. But he doesn’t like doing custom covers, and honestly I don’t either. It’s just too time consuming getting the Fabrics now. And the cost of custom covers is more. I spent time for awhile trying to get people what they wanted as far as “custom”. I found that I was wasting my time. Not one person ever followed thru, and I didn’t have that kind of time spare on doing all the leg work that’s involved. It was taking time away from me of getting anything done. It’s just me, myself and I.

[TKCR]

This is a 1977-1980 Fully Restored BenchSeat. Black & White Houndstooth. It will be heading to Missouri once it’s packed up.

[TKCR]

Charcoal Velour Deluxe, fully restored. Being picked up Friday.

[JJH Jimmy]

Originally Posted by TKCR

Charcoal Velour Deluxe, fully restored. Being picked up Friday.

Looks great! I can’t wait to get this installed in my project!

[KQQL IT]

Can you tell by the frame what the seat is?
We took the seat out our 68 the other day.
And looks suspiciously like a squarebody bench.
Only has a tilt release on the passenger side.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by KQQL IT

Can you tell by the frame what the seat is?
We took the seat out our 68 the other day.
And looks suspiciously like a squarebody bench.
Only has a tilt release on the passenger side.

I can, on most seats.
Pic #1 The 73-80 seat, if it’s a tilting seat, will have the release of both sides of the seat just behind the seat back. And then the seat slide adjust knob will on the drivers side of the seat, towards the door opening.
Pic #2 shows a better picture of the passenger side seat release.
Pic #3 is the seat slide adjust.
Pic #4 is the 81-87 seat, which tilts, but doesn’t have a release. They just tilt forward by leaning the seatback forward. Unless it’s a Suburban or CrewCab front, those are fixed and do not tilt forward. Slide adjust is in the front of the seat.
Pic #5 just shows the 81-87 bottom frame & grid. It is definitely different than the 73-80 seats.

[KQQL IT]

Thanks, when I get home later I'll see if I can identify it.

The 68 had buckets originally. Who knows what's been swapped around.

[mongocanfly]

Tina, that houndstooth seat up at 691 is very nice.!.great job on that

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

Tina, that houndstooth seat up at 691 is very nice.!.great job on that

Thank you! that's one of my FAVORITES

[TKCR]

Got a couple more seats built.
77-80 Black Velour
81-87 Charcoal Velour
81-87 Blue

[TKCR]

1981-1987 Charcoal Velour Custom Deluxe.

[TKCR]

This is a 1981-1987 Black Velour Deluxe. Fully restored. It’s new home will me in Michigan. Will be picked up in the coming weekend.

[Warrens69GMC]

Nice!!

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by Warrens69GMC

Nice!!

Thank you. Only took a year to get this cover made. This blue has been on backorder.

[cdub2010]

A question for you about the blue velour deluxe seat. I have redone my interior pieces with SEM color coat in shadow blue. How does the color of the blue velour seat compare to the SEM shadow blue. The seat looks different on both my computers so its hard to judge.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by cdub2010

A question for you about the blue velour deluxe seat. I have redone my interior pieces with SEM color coat in shadow blue. How does the color of the blue velour seat compare to the SEM shadow blue. The seat looks different on both my computers so its hard to judge.

I only use dye from USA1 Industries, it's a perfect match. They use SEM, but it's Custom Color, because see has discontinued the colors for our trucks. USA1 has the correct colors.

[TKCR]

Here is an 81-87 Charcoal Velour Deluxe I built for someone. Fully restored frame, tracks and hardware. I used a NOS seat bottom foam on this seat.

[TKCR]

Just completed this Beautiful 77-79 Blue BenchSeat. Fully restored. I think I have a new favorite!

[TKCR]

Here are some before pictures of the seat above.

[oldgold70c10]

And here it is installed! I could not be more pleased! And it is as comfortable as it looks.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by oldgold70c10

And here it is installed! I could not be more pleased! And it is as comfortable as it looks.

Happy to here!

[TKCR]

73-74 Charcoal bench seat. This one went to California, but it’s the last seat that I’m shipping.

[Getter-Done]

I have a Seat belt Question

Is there a Vendor that sells the Center seat belt sleeves?

The plastic pieces that crumble apart.