stepdown interior help/ thoughts?

chopperchuck

i found a guy who has some seat cover that would fit my 48,i just some options of color choices,no color on my car yet so i'm open for any thought,i'm kinda leaning towards the blue 'cause i'm gonna run a blue steering wheel,but not a real fan of blue.i really need some options here since i can afford these.but i will have to find some matching material for the head liner & door panels-chuck
1# blue
2# green
3# red

chopperchuck

NO opinions ? how about the price of $150-good,bad,normal?

[Deleted User]

I had the green one'd from your picture in my Hudson when I bought it, was ok for the front seat. Back seats had original covers and were not very nice being faded and dirty looking, probably just dust got into the fabric. Don't know about the price, you can check on the internet because these were made the same for several cars of the 50's not just specifically for Hudson. I got the interior re-upholstered as soon as I could afford it, they were musty and didn't look good, but did their job as temperory seat covers.

lostmind

Hi Chuck. You asked for comments , so here is mine.
I think you should look for two matching ,high quality "Indian "
blankets and hog ring them to your cusions. A lot cheaper and more
"artistic ".wouldn't be any more effort than the seat covers.
I don't like any of the ones you show , Hey you asked !
Roy

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If you are not in a hurry you can find the seat covers like that at a Hudson meet for a lot less than that. $75 -$25 a set I would say depending on the vendor .
Roger

chopperchuck

Tallent R
if you are not in a hurry you can find the seat covers like that at a Hudson meet for a lot less than that. $75 -$25 a set I would say depending on the vendor .
Roger

i couldn't make it to any of the meets,i can NEVER get any time off!--chuck

lostmind
Hi Chuck. You asked for comments , so here is mine.
I think you should look for two matching ,high quality "Indian "
blankets and hog ring them to your cusions. A lot cheaper and more
"artistic ".wouldn't be any more effort than the seat covers.
I don't like any of the ones you show , Hey you asked !
Roy

yeah, i thought of the Mexican/Indian blanket idea,still batting it around--chuck

RL Chilton

I agree with lostmind, Chuck. Except I'm not too fond of the Indian blankets, either.

Jon B

Chuck, are these seat covers made of NEW "retro look" material, or are they actually NOS, made of a 50-year-old fabric? If the latter, then watch out -- that's old material and it won't last long.

If it's new, then I assume you're going for the look of the type of seat covers my parents would have (and did!) have installed on our car in the mid fifties. And it does look neat, in a way, to us who remember that stuff in cars. But for most younger people nowadays who aren't in on the joke, it says nothing. You might want to consider paying a bit more in return for the right to pick a custom material that "works with" the original colors in your car and looks like it belongs.

Uncle Josh

My friend who bought my 39 CC6 (and has it on the road by the way) did the seats in indian blanket. Does he look like a happy man? And his wife likes them, which makes him happier yet!

chopperchuck

Jon B
Chuck, are these seat covers made of NEW "retro look" material, or are they actually NOS, made of a 50-year-old fabric? If the latter, then watch out -- that's old material and it won't last long.

If it's new, then I assume you're going for the look of the type of seat covers my parents would have (and did!) have installed on our car in the mid fifties. And it does look neat, in a way, to us who remember that stuff in cars. But for most younger people nowadays who aren't in on the joke, it says nothing. You might want to consider paying a bit more in return for the right to pick a custom material that "works with" the original colors in your car and looks like it belongs.


They are N.O.S looks like the guy bought over 150 sets,i asked about dry rot he said he's sold over 80 sets with no problems,i don't just wanna spend a crazy amount of $ since i realy don't have all that much {school district doesn't pay all that well!}

UncleJosh
My friend who bought my 39 CC6 (and has it on the road by the way) did the seats in indian blanket. Does he look like a happy man? And his wife likes them, which makes him happier yet!

well with me being a half breed,{Indian} i grew up riding car junkers with pony blankets over the seats,i really starting to think i need to learn to sew.-chuck