Thread: IIA - Deluxe roof liner - recovering

Bit of an update. I finally got the vinyl off one of the seat backs today and separated each of the pieces which go to make up the back covering. I than laid out a piece of linen with a width a bit less than the 1.4m Exmoor supplies and laid out all the six pieces - three for the base and three for the back - in a way to reasonably minimize vinyl usage. I think the method shown in the photo, below, does that. Using that lay-out the usage is a bit under 700mm, so say 2.1, or 2.2m of vinyl of 1.4m width to complete three seats.

http://www.aulro.com/app/data/500/medium/IMGP1309.jpg


Of course that is the inside of the vinyl you are looking at.

Here is a close-up shot of the worn seat vinyl on the right and part of the "untouched" roof liner vinyl on the left together with a piece of white paper.

http://www.aulro.com/app/data/500/medium/IMGP1310.jpg

Damian,

It seems to have changed from grey to brown....
It'll be interesting to see a sample swatch from Exmoor to see how close the match is to the headlining.

From the material laid out the seatback must be different to my previous Series II & IIa
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/series-ii-...t-details.html

The backs had a piece of vinyl that went from the bottom of the front over to the bottom at the back making for a much bigger piece.


Colin

I've sent off a request to Exmoor for a quote including freight of 2.2m sheet of vinyl as well as a quote for finished seat covers for me to fit. They are already posting the swatch. I will photograph swatch and put up on forum once it arrives.

I also mentioned to Exmoor that there may be others on the AULRO forum interested in a purchase. This MAY provoke a discount but even without a discount we may save some dollars on a single freight order if anyone is interested?????????

Damian

Update from Exmoor.

As I already posted 2.2m of vinyl sheet 1.4m wide at a metre cost of 39GBP. Exmoor quoted 78GBP plus 60GBP for freight/postage, or 138 GBP.

They have this evening also advised that they will sell us made-up vinyl at 25GBP per base or back, using our own base/back plate and fittings. This includes vinyl cost. A set of three seat bases and backs therefore would be 150GBP plus freight/postage.

As soon as the swatch arrives I will put a photo of it up on this thread.

In the meantime I will approach a couple of motor trimmers and see if they would be prepared to sew up vinyl I cut to pattern and, if so, at what cost.

more to come . . . . .

Well this has been a long time between drinks.

As previously posted, I contacted Exmoor and asked if they would send me a sample of the elephant-hide vinyl they accessed for seat covering. The first lot apparently was lost at sea cause it never arrived. So after a respectable period of mourning I asked them to go through the "posting to the colonies" exercise one more time. They very generously did so. It's arrived and I have photographed it with a piece from the roof lining which has a fibre board backing lying across it and a sheet of white paper. It looks a pretty good match to my eye.
Here are the pics:





Hope this all helps. Prices are in earlier posts.