In a message dated 3/1/2010 2:13:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jpalmer@MTS.NET writes: I have an 85 Westfalia GL, and up until now I thought i had different upholstery than everyone else. Why is this called corduroy? It looks more like velour to me! Anyway. My van has 300k kilometres (about 180k miles) and the upholstery is almost like new. And believe me I've got a big enough butt to do some serious damage to the seats if I tried. I do live north of the 49th if that makes a difference UV wise as I've never had a garage (sorry except until recently - it now spends winters in a garage). Pictures available upon request.
'85 westy full GL campers got tan herringbone velour '85 westy weekenders got shreddy tan corduroy the corderoy doesn't hold up well, the velour does. |
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