Re: Barries's 1950 standard 8

Posted by africapackard On 2011/7/22 1:35:41

It has been a while but I finally scraped together some cash to redo my seats. I found someone in Pretoria that will do it for about R12000.00. taking the stuff there on Saturday. I think that is about $1700.00? They do retro fitting of leather on Mercedes cars and provide a 3 year guarantee on their work. Also they import the leather from Italy and will finish the job in 2 weeks. I have decided on a beige leather. Know this is not original, but will be better than the ugly vinyl I have at present. The carpeting I will handle myself. The ceiling I will leave original, although it is dirty and brittle it adds to the cars character. I still need to redo the wood grain effect....that will be a first for me. It is high time that I get the inside finished as it detracts from the enjoyment of driving the car.

I have been driving intensively since fitting a new exhaust system. I had to have it made up locally and though it is a bit loud on exceleration it idles very quietly. And it is stainlessteel so should last hopefully! Here is some recent photos. The non standard rear view morror is for safety sake. Also check out the Packardinfo sticker - doing some advertising in South Africa for Big Kev! Also some pic sof the insides and my other oldie being impounded by police - but that is another story.....

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