71DP

Just out of curiosity, I was wondering if there was anyway to ID original vinyl covers? Wondered if my interior might still be factory. Note the card still under seat spring!

Vintage Chief

Lucky you! The upholstery looks original to me.

Loaded68W34

Looks original but you should get thar mouse nest out of there. One of the best ways to tell if the seat covers are orignal is to look closely at the stitching. Original stiching will fade an get dingy. Newer covers will have much brighter stiching at the seams. The white/ red binding material also looks original. I have nor seen any reproduction covers with that.

BackInTheGame

You should put that Card in a plastic baggie/wrapper and stash it in a Safe Place. After you take a picture, that is.

71DP

Yes, for sure that’s coming out and going to safe storage. I was lucky the mouse didn’t eat it.

RAMBOW

Those are definitely original, as stated by another poster above, that heavy canvas cording around the inside of the upper cover is not reproduced... so dead give away, but thats only on the upper bucket cushions.
usually the best way to tell is by the hogrings.
Factory covers were installed using a pnumatic hogring gun, and the hogrings are loaded in a magazine like a nail gun, and they form circles after they are closed.
Manually hogringging uses different "loose" hogrings that wind up looking like a triangle when closed.

Now to be fair, you can still buy a production hogring gun, and i have seen some places do that... but 99.9% trimers do it by hand with the triangle shaped hogrings.

71DP

Thanks for that info. Ill have to take a look at the bottoms when I get the seats out. They are still intact but not much cushion or shape left in them for sure.