I see the add all the time in rod a custom but dont know much about the company. Do they make covers to go over your old seats or what exactly do they do. I am looking for and interior for my 54 merc if anyone has any pictures of work done by them post them on here it would be much appreciated
You'll want to do a search on this one....lotsa threads. There has been good & bad said about them...the quality seems to be nice enough but they can be difficult to reach, or were at times. This may have improved lately....IIRC they moved at one point.
Yeah i serched the board for work by them and couldnt find much so i figured i would start a thread hoping get some answers.
Yeah I have a kit in a '57 buick. Fits perfectly, quality is good and I have no complaints about the product. My complaints are that it took a very long time to get my covers. If I remember right it was about 3 mos. They were very hard to reach on the phone as well. Also Make sure you get samples first, The light green I thought I was getting turned out to be more of a late 60s / 70s mottled green, but I blame myself for not making sure that was the color i needed.
I have been talking to these guys for a while now and originally it was a fella and his wife somewhere in Mass. Now it appears the company has been sold and I am talking with a new group who sent me a catalog several months ago. My first call back then was answered by a fella who was sending me a quote for my car which didn't come resulting in my second call wherein a new fella was clueless about who I spoke with and said they never send quotes!?? Got the catalog but haven't talked to them again.
I tried to order from them about two times. I finally received a call back on my cell but didnt have the order with me. I gave up on them.
I'm making my own. The cost of doing the whole interior- new door panels+covering, kick panels, quarters, front and rear seats, carpet up to and covering the firewall, carpet for the trunk(headliner I already have-$100) projected cost including 10% overage right around $750 that's including the cost of the sewing machine. I've never done this before, so I'll report back the results and final tally! For what people here in LA charge for stuff, I'd rather do it myself and if somnething isn't perfect I'll live with it.
With the way the economy is now, you should talk to an interior shop. You would be surprised what people will do when business is slow. I am getting my seats front and back, door panels , rear shelf package, and headliner. all custom work for a little less than half what he normal charges. granted i am making the door panels and the rear shelf but if it saves me money why not.
I do, I have door panels and the roof made by them. And they also sent me extra material to do a panel behind my seats. they did a great job and you can do anything from original mohair to pink, its all customizable.
I bought a complete interior kit from them about 5 years ago. This is when it was family owned...I wasn't aware they had been sold recently. The kit was EXTREMELY well made and still looks good as new. I gave them the year, make and model of my car and the seat covers are made to factory specs and attached with hooks. They were a bitch to get on, only because the fit was so tight (which = good IMO). The fabric part of the door panels are sent pre-sewn and they included plastic panels that I cut to fit and upholstered mysef...push pins were included, too. The carpet was decent quality as well. I didn't really like the headliner, so I never instaled it and went with some fuzzy fabric instead. Overal, the kit was extremely nice, but it was pricey. I probably could have pulled the seats and had the work done locally for the same or cheaper...which is likely what I will do next time.
So pretty much everyones vote is half and half. i need to see some pictures of the seats, i wanna do a two tone with white leather and dark green
I bought carpets from them for my '34 roadster.They have a bunch of different styles.Prices were good and they sent more than enough carpet for the car and rumble seat area. They were the only ones who had carpet for the roadster and I got it in about two weeks. I think they are still in the Springfield,Mass. area. Glenn
Has anyone ever tried Autocraft interiors? I used to do a lot of business with them when I ran a trim shop and they were always fast and reasonable. They have hundreds of patterns and will make seatcovers for most any car. When I was ordering from them, all their pleated materials were press pleat (not sewn) which might bother some people, but the finished products looked super. It has been a while, so they may have different pleat options now. They also had MANY colors of cloth and vinyls to choose from, and stuff like contrasting color welt, was no problem. They made a set of covers for me that were blue pleats with white boxings. The rear seat was stock '50 Merc and the front was a split bench from a '65 Olds hearse!
I got a seat cover for my 59 ElCamino in this pearly aqua color with white. I have a new respect for upholsterers after trying to build foam and install the seat cover. The color and fit are pretty good. I had the same trouble getting ahold of them a couple years ago, once I got through everything worked out well
My interior. It has held up really well after 4 or 5 years. I'm just getting a little tired of the leopard, so I plan on getting it re-done later in the year. It was definitely a chore getting them on. As you can see, there isn't a loose area or wrinkle anywhere! The door panel fabric came in pre-upholstered panels and they shipped 4 big sheets of thick black plastic to make the panel backs with. I used the old door panels as templates and traced it onto the plastic, cut, drilled for the handle holes, and upholstered. The kit included plastic push pins to install into the existing holes, but I ended up using the factory metal clips in most places because they hold in place really well.
Has anyone ever tried Autocraft interiors? I did a search for Autocraft Interiors and came up with this... http://www.autocraftinteriors.com If you click on "General Public Inquiries" in the upper right hand corner, it takes you right to EZ Boy interiors web site. Looks like they bought them... Tom
i have bought from them and had things done at the uppolstry shop. they are ia bit expensive on run of the mill stuff and i got the wrong thing twice wouldnt use them again
Here's the website I found for Autocraft. I talked to Diane on the net, and she was really helpful, sending me samples of material and carpet. When you talk about traditional, remember Rayco? How about JC Whitney? They used Autocraft products. I remember lots of rods in the day with "welded" pleats in them. Interiors have always been expensive, and just like then, here is a workable alternative. Mike www.automotiveinteriors.com/
I've used both in the past couple years. Autocraft is much cheaper, but the colors and patterns are much more limited. Still, for a simple job, like my F-1 truck, I used their covers. Fit nicely, looks good in black and maroon. On my 61 Dodge, though I wanted a wilder interior. I went to Rodinteriors, and got covers in Pearl White vinyl, with Zodiac flake inserts. More money, but better materials, more selection, sewn pleats, instead of heat pressed. Mostly fit very well, just a little problem with the rear seat corners being a different radius, easily fixed by adding a bit more foam. But it looks great, and still only 1/3 the price of having it done professionally. I posted pics of these in a previous thread about these 2 companies, do a search.
alright cool am probably going to give them a call and see what they can do. And if you have any pictures of your interior by them post them here
I know Joel very well who was the guy who originally stared EZ boy. He was a shoe designer and has now gone back to doing shoes and has launched a new kids shoe. Anyway I did my '49 ford and the kit was well made and held up very well. It is not as quality as a real pro shop would do though. for example on a two part seat, the center panel was a little wider than the seat bottoms. Not bad for a driver but not shop quality. take a peek at my interior using their kit. Here is a tip for putting the covers on, cover your foam with extra large lawn bags and make sure the covers are nice and warm. Slide them over and then pull out the garbage bags. What makes it hard is the foam on foam.
I normally use upholstery shops but I decided to try them out. I ordered a headliner kit with over head console for my 51 Ford truck and this was a year ago. Contact was no problem and they were very helpful at the time of purchase. When I received it the quality seemed good. When installing the headliner the war began and finally figured that it was just about 2 inches short on the sides that go over the door area. I never got an answer after many try's so I gave up on it- It was back to my upholstery shop.
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