The orginal interior I had that I didn't install, was exactly what you had
below..(seats and panels from Moss), and 'delux carpet kit from VB. They were
also red, but the panels and seats did match fine, In fact they were both 'made
in england, and the manufacturer's marks on the back of the vinyl for each was
the same. Of course I had I bought these about three years ago, and Moss may
have changed their source since then. The vinyl was 'deep'(blood?) red, but
appeared much lighter in sunlight. I didn't use the set I had, since my car was
painted green(came out a bit 'brighter' than expected), so I decided to change
the interior rather than have the entire car resprayed. The red carpet kit
from
VB seemed to match the panels and seats fine also.
Wow- VB now has a color coded Hardura trunk set?? I don't remeber seeing that
available anywhere, not even AH-spares (they only offer black, from what I can
tell)
- Bryan
>Subject: Re: Panels - AH Spares
>To: Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
>MIME-Version: 1.0
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>I too, am awaiting an order from AH Spares. So far, very good to do business
>with, and prices aren't that bad either.
>
>As per interiors, just went through a bit of a horror story I thought I'd
>share. I ordered a red seat and panel kit from Moss for my Bugeye
>restoration. I ordered the carpet set and "trunk carpet" set from VB. Upon
>getting ready to install, discovered that the seats and panels from Moss did
>not match. The "trunk carpet" set from VB is actually red Hardura, not
>carpet, and the "OEM" style carpet was nowhere near matching any of the
>above. So, I had four different colors of red in the car. Needless to say,
>the seat and panel kit went back to Moss, and they said they couldn't match
>the seats to the panels or vice versa. The "OEM" carpet set from VB was not
>stitched completely around the top of the tunnel, so it too, went back. I
>considered using the red Hardura trunk liner, but then opted to have my local
>auto upholsterer make up the whole works. BTW, none of the reds shipped to
>me were anywhere near "Cherry Red", but were more of a maroon or burgundy
>shade.
>
>Rod Miller
>59 Bugeye (nearing life), 71 MGB, 78 Spitfire, 72 TR6, 84 XJ-S, 87 XJ6,
>etc......
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