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Originally Posted by jaunty75
I think that wmachine is working from a dealer album, which has fabric swatches and paint chips and which one would use to select colors and fabrics when ordering a car, and I'm guessing that that's more authoritative than what the brochure would show.
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Good detective work! Yes, I was using the dealer album you describe. I don't believe that the dealer album is any more "authoritative" than the brochure. They were both "illustrations" and not actual pictures. They obviously were never intended to be restoration guides!
The work on your car is outstanding. But remember, any *good* upholsterer could recreate almost exact work using the old for reference. In vinyl or leather.
Which I would say is the case with your car. Very good work!
And based on what you found in the brochure, it is likely the seam *is* per original.
I'm going to the Nats Wed. and I hope to find comparable interiors to look at. If I do, I hope my feeble memory kicks in and I'll take pics!