Hornet 54 interior Cloth

Oz54Hornet

Im in the search far and wide for some cloth to redo the interior of our 54 Hornet. Never realised how hard it would be to find! SMS sent me samples, but they're pretty far off. At $90/yard i feel it should be a little more acurate. A local Australian company has an old local car OEM role of green for about $20 which i feel is almost better looking. Anyone had any luck with any other supplier who may have the two shades of green i need? I've tried online all over the US, UK, Germany, Australia... I'll attach a photo of SMS sample (small cuts) ontop of original seat. Also the large sample is the Australian offering... I was thinking if anyone knows how to add more green dye to Australian sample? Perhaps that could be another path. Guess it would have to be UV stable dye etc... Any help is greatly appreciated! Pete

Glowplug

I am not sure what SMS was doing, but I know that they have correct fabrics for the car you are working on. Also the fabrics used in 1954 Hudson Hollywoods. Not trying to be a dope, but I think they failed to send right samples. Good luck

Nerve_Center

Pete. I'm not sure if this helps but if you Google Classic And European Motor Trimmers Suppliers in Carrum Downs Victoria, you will get contact details for a company which deals with suppliers (incl. SMS) around the world to source material for motor trimmers. When my trimmer got sick of me, he put me onto this guy who will source samples/materials to match my samples. Having said that and looking at your samples - good luck! Looks like the gold? rib in the green is going to be a difficult match.

duncan

I sent original swatches of the brown cord cloth in our 54 hornet hollywood to SMS and finally after a long wait we received the prettiest new material reproduced.Awesome looking.We could not tell the difference except for the color Ray

Oz54Hornet

SMS did send out the sample based on my VIN and color code, sommaybe i will,try and send them my original to try and get a closer match. Nerve_Centre - there is no gold in the green. I was just hoping for something a tad closer. Thanks for the Carrum downs tip. We're up in the Dandenongs - might give them a go...