[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Upholstery Why So Difficult

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Lu a good upholstery shop is rare. In my area upholstery shops are rare
period. 2 in a 20-30 mile radius. One is run by a guy I know who did my
seats in the yellow car in the late 70's who I have found out from
friends has a drug problem now and cars or parts left there sit for 2-3
months to over a year. The other shop is the place I bought all my
supplies from who does excellent work but also does work on high end
cars like Porches, Jag's, Benz's and high end dealer car's and big buck
60's and 70's muscle car resto's. I had to wait 6 months till between
last Christmas and new years to get the seats done in the orange car. As
you can see by the pic's it was well worth the wait and also the price
was reasonable. I had the car back in 4 days. I gave him my yellow car
the following week and he got busy and he had it for 6 weeks. But I
didn't care. The end result was the same, beautiful. As far as the
carpet goes. I am not familiar with what AMC used to cover the rear
wheel wells on a Gremlin. Both my 74 Hornet's had carpet. I made the
complete new carpet for the yellow Hornet, rear wheels and all. It was a
pain, but doable. On the orange car I bought the complete molded carpet
kit from Kennedy American. Front floor, rear floor, hatch area floor,
and the back of the rear seat and the molded wheel wells. Quality of the
carpet was real nice but fit was a real pain. I had to cut and trim and
hand sew new edge binding to make it fit properly. The molded rear wheel
well carpet also needed a lot of trimming and finessing to make it look
right. I know it is a pain now but you have to look at the big picture.
The end result will be well worth the effort. Hang in there Lu.
"Doc"



 
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