[Shotimes] Brand New Leather Seats Group Buy!!

[James F. Ryan III]

Adam,

I got a quote of $400+ to redo just the driver's seat, so a little more
money for the entire interior is great.  But, I don't see Gen1 listed on
their web site.  Did you speak with them?




>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Adam J. Green
>Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 11:03 AM
>To: Carl Prochilo; shotimes@autox.team.net; Donald Mallinson
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Brand New Leather Seats Group Buy!!
>
>
>Yes... full leather fronts, mostly leather backs... the inserts are leather
>with vynl edging... for another 100 bucks, the back seat will be
>100 percent
>leather... the shops around here (Harrisburg, PA) want anywhere
>from 1100 to
>1500 to do it... stiching and recovering....  www.leatherseats.com
>"Guarantees" that the seats will be factory and stiched correctly. It might
>be a pain in the but to re-do our seats ourselves... but what haven't we
>done to our SHO's that wasn't a PITA and that we've appreciated greatly
>after it was done? I rest my case...
>
>          -Let Ged der done--
>
>                   -Adam
>
>'94 MTX
>'65 Studebaker
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
>To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:40 AM
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Brand New Leather Seats Group Buy!!
>
>
>> Carl,
>>
>> It has been several years, but I had a good shop repair the
>> seat cusion and just the "wings" on the seatback of my
>> cloth/leather 89.  Cost at the time was $250 if I remember
>> right, for leather and labor.  Now that included taking
>> apart the stock seats and re-stitching.  Just replacing the
>> covers would be less time consuming.
>>
>> I think the under $600 price for a new interior is a
>> bargain...that was front AND rear seats...right?
>>
>> I would expect a good shop to charge $200 to $400 to install
>> them, but that is just a guess.
>>
>> Don Mallinson
>>
>> Carl Prochilo wrote:
>>
>> > Adam,  This assumes that a person buys the kit and then has to
>> > install, right?  How does the $600 compare with going to a local
>> > re-uphostery shop to repair the seats?
>> >
>> > In a lot of ways the kit sounds appealing because of the quality of
>> > the leather, but installing the kit might be a drag.
>> >
>> > BTW, embroidering the SHO letters in the seatback might be a nice
>> > touch.
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