I'm looking for a new factory correct seat covers for my Electra. The locals around here don't seem to want to do it in the right material. I'd prefer the original weight vinyl, and the correct pattern for my 1966 Electra Convertible with Custom trim in "parchment" (off-white) LeBaron Bonney just went under last week, is there anyone who makes this sort of stuff at all, or am I going to wind up at the whim and expense of a local hack working off of a picture?
You should be able to get the correct material/pattern from SMS. Probably kinda expensive, but if it's what you want well worth the price IMHO. Tom T.
Thanks Tom, just emailed them, I'll soon see what they have and how many inches it'll take off my wallet.
My local shop did a super job and found a material that I dare you to determine is not the original. It cost half what SMS wanted a yard. Sad about bLeBaron Bonney as they are local to me. They focused on the brass cars and classics of 30s -50s, they helped me find my uplolstery guy.
SMS restored my door panels on my '64 Electra and did a phenomenal job. Other than the wear marks in the stainless steel trim (I kept it because my dad made those wear marks) the door panels look like brand new.
Thanks guys, haven't heard anything from SMS yet, from the sounds of it'll probably end up swallowing my tongue. I'm just tired of sitting on a wrecked seat, the rest of the interior is in pretty good shape yet. Somewhere in the late 80s the second owner, (who purportedly owned an upholstery shop) stuffed in cheap Mexican made knock-offs, which meant he cut holes away in the original stuff underneath. As far as I can tell there was only one rip when he started and some discolouring on the upper edges from paint. Well, he wrecked it, and when those covers finally started to come apart, I pulled them off and yeah, kinda shot seat. Not to mention, something broke in the upper driver's side frame, so now there may be welding involved. I guess I should lose some weight or quit trying to reach for my wallet at ATMs or drive-throughs.
