Re: Interior restoration question

Posted by HH56 On 2010/12/21 12:19:26

You're right about the Caribbean front seat construction. It does have zig zag springs. The covering over them is a very dense rubber material about 1/4 in thick and covered on the top side with fabric--bottom is the bare rubber. Can't get to the back to check that.

Which made me ask the question of what is the stuff in the seats. All the other foam material used in the all the cars I remember had pretty much turned to powder or a gooey ooze. Same as what is in upholstery shops today. The seat stuff however is holding up remarkably well and in almost perfect shape as is this other rubber base bottom.

As to the headliner, I don't remember the perforations on the sedans but that doesn't mean anything. That 56 I had was some sort of a thin fabric but since an early serial number--1032--, wonder if they might have used 55 stuff. I remember buying one of Freds replacements of the time and was of a completely different material. Remember being a little disappointed but once installed, while maybe not the same stuff looked more appropriate with the rest of interior than what had been there.


EDIT to O_D's question. It must be co-ordinated if yours is copper. My car is MKN and 296. Black or the very dark carpet and while the seat frames are white, the rubber seat bottom and back is black. Seats are the red and gray leather/charcoal gray fabric.