Re: Interior restoration question

Posted by BH On 2010/12/21 13:02:02

Let me add that both of my '56 Patricians and the '56 Four Hundred parts car had cloth and leather seat upholstery, dad's '56 Exec had cloth and imitation leather (vinyl), but the '55 Pat was all-cloth. However, I've never personally inspected a '56 Patrician with all-cloth upholstery

The parts book is rather vague as to the type of headlining material (just specified by trim set number), but I see that the '56 Four Hundred was offered with only cloth and genuine leather trim and '56 Clipper hardtops with only cloth and imitation leather (vinyl) trim.

Perhaps only those models with all-cloth upholstery received a cloth headliner.

Getting back to the Carib seats, I had the covers off years ago, as part of going through the car, and do recall the pads/cushions being embossed, but not what it read.