Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by kevinpackard On 2024/4/8 22:51:24

Seats are done! They called at the end of the day, so I made the drive down to pick them up and pay. It ended up being more expensive than what we had first discussed. But they had to make a few new ABS panels (the original cardboard was rotten), had to sew new panels for the rear of the front seats (was hoping to reuse the original vinyl, but it was unusable), and took an entire day to make the two rope rails. The more I looked carefully at their work, the more I'm glad I didn't attempt it myself.

They adjusted the padding on the rear seat and it looks much better now:


Rear seat




Front seat








Rope rails and new blue panels





Overall I'm very happy with how it came out. Looks great. I'll have to be gentle with the blue fabric....just like the original it's a pretty loose weave and tends to develop little tags. I think that will get better over time as the seats are used (I hope).

-Kevin