Leather Upholstery
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Gary
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Houston,Tx
Leather Upholstery
Has anyone had their their 70-72 Cutlass seats redone in leather? If so do you have any pictures? I know that the regular pattern probably cant be done is leather even though Legendary said they can get them done close to the original pattern.
Oldsdruid
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Southside Vajenya
You talking about the stitching pattern or the actual grain of the material? There is no good reason any competent trim guy can't stitch leather to match the factory vinyl's stitching pattern. Leather upholstery stitching in newer cars is no less involved than 70-72 era cars.
Now if you're trying to duplicate the pinpoint or diamond point vinyl grain pattern, that might get expensive.
Now if you're trying to duplicate the pinpoint or diamond point vinyl grain pattern, that might get expensive.
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Gary
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Houston,Tx
You talking about the stitching pattern or the actual grain of the material? There is no good reason any competent trim guy can't stitch leather to match the factory vinyl's stitching pattern. Leather upholstery stitching in newer cars is no less involved than 70-72 era cars.
Now if you're trying to duplicate the pinpoint or diamond point vinyl grain pattern, that might get expensive.
Now if you're trying to duplicate the pinpoint or diamond point vinyl grain pattern, that might get expensive.
Just an Olds Guy
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
leather vs naugahyde
I have gone to 3 different upholstery shops here and neither one of them can duplicate the stitching of the original seats. I don't really care about the grain.I would prefer to keep the stitching as is .My present seats are in good shape but I think I want to change them to leather and wanted to see if anyone had redone theirs in leather.
Original material on a 72 is Madrid naughahyde - it's not straight vinyl. Its a surface-coated fabric made for automotive soft trim and later for furniture by the U.S. Rubber Co., later Uniroyal. I don't know how many people have sat in my car and commented about how nice the leather seats are
. I guess that just goes to show the quality of naughahyde compared to straight vinyl. BTW, my seats in my 72 Cutlass are original and still look absolutely perfect. The naughahyde is still supple enough that it won't crack when you sit on it. Not bad for a 37 year old original interior.2008_0314MILLER0022-Copy.jpg?t=1261614421
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