How many yards for seats?

[gnordlie]

I need to do the front and back seats of a 48 coupe deluxe. Anyone know how many yards of material it will take to do both, including back of front seat?

[Plymouthy Adams]

drop a line to Lou Earle..he has had a number of cars done lately..he buys his material, carries it to the shop...am sure he can tell you for door panels, and seats what amount you will need...

[greg g]

I used 9 yrds of material for a biz coupe. did the front seat no material on the back of the upright parts, the door panels, and the package shelf and a bit of trim below it. Had maybe 1.5 yards material left over.

[BobT-47P15]

I think the upholstry store guy (and the upholstry shop guy) figured I would

need around 17 yards to do seats, door and rear side panels in my

47 Plym convert. Have not had them done yet, so don't know how

close that estimate was.

[Norm's Coupe]

Don't know how many yards it would take for the seats alone. I bought the seat covers already made.

However, to do my club coupe I bought 10 yards of material for the door panels, side panels, kick panels and rear package shelf. I have less than one yard left over. Had only a few small pieces of scrap, so none was wasted.

[David Maxwell]

If you are planning on doing original, remember to break down your purchase by parts:

1. Seat cover (pinstriped)

2. Seat backs and door panels (solid wool)

3. Kick panels/scuff panels (vinyl)

4. Headliner (cotton nap)

5. Sun visors (solid wool or cotton nap)

6. Windlacing

7. Trim for edge of sun visors.

My car is a 4-door sedan so I can't say for sure how much you would need. Lebaron Bonney is where I purchased my material. They had the measurements for the 1942 models which are the same as the 46-48 models material-wise.

[Niel Hoback]

There is about a 3 or 4 foot piece of cotton piping that is a color match for the headliner. It goes between the dash ant the windshield garnish molding.

A much larger piece of piping that goes around the edges of the front seat backs. Color matched, of course. I think it took about 8 feet.

Sorry, but its the nit-picker in me.

[David Maxwell]

...between the windshield and dash rotted? In each of my P15s, the piping there was vinyl in a matching color to the dash. The vinyl had a cotton muslin backing that would appear the color of the headliner if the vinyl had rotted away. I was able to find an exact match to the taupe color in the dash's base coat for my piping's vinyl cover. I bought nylon piping core and wrapped it in the vinyl msyelf.

I dubbed in the vintage image in this photo of my dash and window frame.

[David Maxwell]

...which could have been done in several variations they used back in 46-48. I have seen many P15s with original interiors and have observed the following variations in the piping on the seat and the treatment to the kick/scuff panels on the sides of the front seat:

1. Piping in pinstriped material with solid wool on scuff panels

2. Piping in solid wool color with solid wool on scuff panels

3. Piping in solid or pinstriped wool with vinyl on scuff panels

4. Piping in vinyl with matching vinyl on scuff panels

These variations can be seen in ads, brochures, repair manuals etc as well.

Attached is an example of an original Balfour Green P15 with the V-105 fabric and brown vinyl trim.

[Norm's Coupe]

Actually you can order the windlace for around the doors to match when you buy the headliner regardless if you buy the cloth nap or vinyl. Just have to measure around each door to get how many feet you need. My windlace came already cut to size inside the same box with the headliner.

I had leather piping between the dash and windshield molding. Instead of replacing it with new piping, I just painted it to match the molding and headliner.

[Niel Hoback]

I don't remember what the dash piping was made of, only that it was in very bad shape. The piping I used was the right size and readily available at a fabric store, so I just bought a close color match and used it.

The seat piping I made by looping the same material for the door and quarter panels around 1/2" cord I got at the same fabric store, and sewing it up.

I can get some pics, but it wont be till I get back home next week. I'm here in Fredericksburg VA until the weekend and it'll be 2 days after that until I get home.

Now that I think on it, that windshield piping was something rather hard, probably like the vinyl used along the door edges and seats.

[Captain Neon]

David, I am more than a little concerned that your P15 is unmanned and rolling down the street towards the ocean. I hope that nice lady in the red blouse saw your predicament and cried for help on your behalf before you nice car plunged into the ocean or was involved in a collision.

[David Maxwell]

Yep LOL! and if you look closely, you'll notice my wire harness is hanging loose under the dash!! Pretty sure I wouldn't have any brake lights. If I dared to stop, the car behind me would probably push me right into that poor woman!! OMG!!!! lol!

I couldn't help myself. I have a bunch of these old postcards and photos from the 40's and 50's and just love my Photoshop!

David, I am more than a little concerned that your P15 is unmanned and rolling down the street towards the ocean. I hope that nice lady in the red blouse saw your predicament and cried for help on your behalf before you nice car plunged into the ocean or was involved in a collision.