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Re: Vinyl (or other) Upholstery -question, and interchangeability?

To: sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
Subject: Re: Vinyl (or other) Upholstery -question, and interchangeability?
From: aeh53@juno.com (Andrew E. Henderson)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:45:58 -0600
Count me in if the price is right.  Just for the record, I've a 71 MK IV
w/ highbacks. I'm looking for foams & covers for both seats.  (Sorry for
the late reply.  I've been out of commission for about 10 days.)

Andy Henderson

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998 19:24:29 -0500 Scott Hall
<sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu> writes:
>I started the thread about leather seats in the spit, and I'd be 
>willing to get together a list of people that might want to do this 
>and call around to see what kind of deal we can get.  though, like 
>ryan says, there are at least 4 different types of spit seats that I 
>know of: mk. I, mk. II & III, mk. IV, and 1500 (unless the IV and 1500 
>are the same, I don't know).  the mk. II and III are the same to my 
>knowledge.  I'd have to find out if a manufacturer would be willing to 
>give a discount for different types of seats, or would they have to be 
>all the same?  color is also a consideration.  again, I assume black 
>would be the best way to go if they all have to be the same, but if 
>they don't, well, I guess the sky is the limit.
>
>so, if y'all want to e-mail me your mk. type and preferred color, I'll 
>make a list and see what can be done.  I'll have to wait until my last 
>final is finished this wednesday, but after that, I'm free.
>
>oh, along these same lines, does anyone know if other tr seats match 
>any spit seats?  I'm thinking specifically of tr2/3 seats or maybe tr4 
>seats in early spits.  I'm not up on the exact years, but wasn't the 
>tr3 in the early '60's and the tr4 in the mid/late '60's?  maybe there 
>was some parts-bin engineering.  something else we could bargain down 
>with.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Ryan Smith [SMTP:shmitty99@hotmail.com]
>Sent:  Monday, December 07, 1998 1:29 PM
>To:    spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject:       Re: Vinyl (or other) Upholstery -question
>
>Who started this thread?  And what is our plan of action, there seams 
>to be a pretty good amount of interest for the seat covers and foams.  
>But 
>there are at least 4 different types of seat covering and what is 
>everyone looking for?  I personally have high back MkIV seats that 
>can't use the 1500's covers.  And I know some of you must have 
>houndstooth 
>inserts and may or may not want to preserve them.  Personally I need 
>to 
>have the stuff to rebuild my seats by early january or I won't get it 
>done by the time I go back to school.  
>
>Ryan Smith
>72 Emerald Green Spitfire
>
>From: "N.A. Campiglia III" <spitdrvr@camalott.com>
>To: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>, 
><spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
>Subject: Re: Vinyl (or other) Upholstery
>Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 11:50:59 -0600
>Reply-To: "N.A. Campiglia III" <spitdrvr@camalott.com>
>
>Count me in also, I need new skins and foams for my '74...
>
>Nick Campiglia
>Abilene, TX
>'67 Spitfire MK III
>'74 Spitfire 1500
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mostrom, Paul <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
>To: 'spitfires@autox.team.net' <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Date: Monday, December 07, 1998 8:30 AM
>Subject: RE: Vinyl (or other) Upholstery
>
>
>>Count me in!  I need new covers and seat foams for my '77.  Getting 
>ready
>to
>>pull the seats out(now that the Iowa winter seems to have set in!), I 
>
>have
>new
>>carpet and plan on re-doing the panels myself, so I only need the 
>seat
>covers.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Paul Mostrom
>>'77 Spitfire 1500
>>
>>'Black holes, where God divided by zero......'
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: SpitfireKP@aol.com [mailto:SpitfireKP@aol.com]
>>Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 11:05 PM
>>To: spitfires@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: Vinyl (or other) Upholstery
>>
>>
>>If a bunch of you guys are interested in buying upholstery, then this 
>
>is an
>>idea. On my dad's e-type list, about a dozen guys needed interior 
>kits.
>they
>>all got together and contacted a supplier as a group. they cut them a
>relaly
>>good deal b/c of the numbers of one sale.
>
>
>
>
>

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