No, I'm not talking night school class, I'm talking professional program. When you visit the shop its full of boats and classic cars as well as nice furniture. A friend of mine had them redo the interior on his '65 Mustang and it came out as good as the original Ford factory job.
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote: > Alternatively, you could take the class and do your own seats. I recommend > caution with this approach, however, due to unanticipated outcomes. My > bride signed up at our local school in order to re-do the club chairs we'd > picked up. She fell and dislocated her right elbow after the first of the > twelve sessions and no tuition refund was available, so guess how I spent an > entire season of Saturday mornings. > > But I can do upholstery now. > > Stephen > > --- On *Fri, 6/25/10, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>*wrote: > > > From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> > > Subject: Re: Let's Talk About Seats > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Friday, June 25, 2010, 11:10 PM > > > The local community college here has an upholstery program that does great > work at unbelievably low prices. You have to get on the waiting list but > its worth it... > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Rowan Tipton <uther@dragonhome.org<http://mc/compose?to=uther@dragonhome.org>> > wrote: > > > On Jun 25, 2010, at 6:26 PM, Thomas Buese wrote: > > > > On Jun 25, 2010, at 3:35 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > >> > >> Man does that add up. > >>> > >>> I see 2 back foams at 35 ea and 70 for two in your list ..etc.. > >>> > >>> but for seat cover at 300 each, you only list one in the right > >>> column ... > >>> if you need two of those .. > >>> and all these other parts, looks like a grand to rebuild the front > >>> seats. > >>> > >> > >> & you can take the seats to a good upholstery shop that knows what it > >> is doing for that or less installed? > >> > > > > Ah, but there's the problem - how does one find a "good" upholstery > > shop? > > > > > > > > > >> YMMV, > >> > >> Mr. BZ-tuck & roll anyone? > >> > > > > > > I remain, as always > > YrLyl&ObdntSrvnt, > > > > r > > > > > > -- > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van' > 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie' > > Crescent Beach, BC > > www.thebassspa.com > www.crescentbeachguitar.com > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 > > >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van' 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie' Crescent Beach, BC www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 |
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