History Olde Days Upholstery Shops...

Are There Any Upholstery Shops From The Olde Days In Your Area?...

 

I would love to know. Thinking the Hispanic side of town may be the hot ticket.
They work harder than i do!

 

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I wish you all a happy and successful new year.
Surprisingly, there's a small upholstery shop near me where time seems to have stood still.
My buddy had his Ford Mustang seats refurbished there, just new center sections installed—it was done superbly. So I asked if they'd do the interior of my Model A.
I made the panels for the trim, and the upholsterers covered everything.
See for yourselves.
Regards Harald

 

DAMN NICE JOB... IS THE PICS 2 DIFFERANT MATERIAL.... ONE IS SINGLE AND THE SEATS ARE DOUBLE STICHED...

 

No, it's one type, then quilted in a diamond pattern and sewn together.
I've always wanted a bench like that with diamond quilting.
Regards Harald

 

Seeing the quilted pattern in the above post reminded me of this:

Just imagine how much skill it took to layout the perforated area so it did not fall into where the s***ching is. ( the perforations had to be done on the fabric before it was sewn)

 

I have a 83 year old friend who still does upholstery. He's old-school and doesn't do fancy street rod stuff. Still has a duck tail hairstyle. His prices are reasonable and he's super fast. This is for my 30 A I'm finishing.
He's done 6 cars for me so far. I have him sew and finish seats and just sew all materials for panels which I put together and install. I told him he can't quit or die before I'm done building cars.

 

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Thank You For The Excellent Background And Tribute.....The Flame Still Burns...

 

In the late 1950s,I worked part time at Newt's Upholstery,he did Cars n boat,chairs,couchs,pretty much anything that came in! I cleaned up,n some time removed old covers,an learn a lot by watching. Newt did my 28A roadster as pay. Fun guy,that like too talk; so cool!
I don't know how many kids now days,get job's to learn things ? The next part time after school,was at a Paint n Body shop. Knowing how to do thing right=$$$$$$$$ saved.

 

.....It's too much like work for so many of the youngsters today, Dana.

 

How many hides did that take? Headliner included?

 

I can't answer that at all.
Only what you see in the picture is leather.
The rest is a slightly co****r fabric;
the headliner is a Legacy ragtop. Regards, Harald

 

None of them in my area

 

Local shop that mainly does repairs on big trucks for dealers did the seat for my '39 p/u based on a Glide Engineering frame. Very happy with the finished seat.