Hello all,

This may not be a very exciting post but I wanted to share my achievement and see what you guys think. I have owned my 77 for about 5 years now and the upholstery on the seats has disintegrated.

I had a couple options in the last year or so:

Option one: I had a pair of low end racing seats given to me - fail: due to the fact that the side bolsters were so wide I couldn't shut the door.

Option two: 1984 Corvette seats from the car I parted out - loved the bolsters but still a Fail due to that they never really fit 'right' and the size of the back rest eliminated the storage for my tool kit behind the seat. (and they also need recovered)

So I went to option 3: Recover the originals myself - with added support.... here is a condensed version

What we had to start with:


My wife and I cut the seams apart from the original seat covers to make patterns (not easy when the material is falling apart in your hands)



Jumping a head a bit... here the lower seat cover is fit and we are testing the back rest. The under lying foam was in good shape so I glued extra foam on for the bolsters (2in on the seat and almost 3" on the back rest)



...And here is the finished driver seat with its old passenger companion



I know it is not perfect, But I spent less than 100 bucks in materials and I don't think its /too/ bad for our first time working with automotive upholstery.. and we will have nice plush seats for power tour! What do you guys think?

 

Not trying to be ignorant but , this is a joke right ? Do you really want to know what we think ?

 

It looks like a tremendous improvement and you can't beat the cost. I could never have done such a neat job. Congrats.

 

Wow, that's a nice job especially for a first-time out on doing this. Should be more comfy and look better not seeing a torn-up seat every time you walk up to it.

BTW got any pics of your '77 to share?

Later,

Lee

 

GREAT JOB!! If you want a critique I would add one more seam about 1/3 of the way from the top. It just looks like it is missing one there.

critique aside, damn. thats a nice job!

 

Looking good, not bad at all
Did you guys need a heavy duty sewing machine to sew
the new vinyl?

 

Thanks!, and its funny you say that. We said the same thing... of course that was after everything was sewn up and fitted But maybe next time.. and with more practice I would like to cover them in leather.

My wife has a beefier Singer machine. It's not industrial or anything though and at most we are going through about 3 layers of vinyl, So it worked pretty well.

these are from last year... but still good.







also here is the link to the thread I did for the console sides I made:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ole-sides.html


Hmmm... not sure how to respond to this. Like I said, they are not perfect and I know many others around here might say something about not being original, or that I should have spent $$$$$$$$$. But if you never try anything, then you learn nothing.

 

Honestly I thought you meant it as a joke. I didn't think of myself as a perfectionist but I guess I must be.

 

Cool - those things were really falling apart! Doing upholstery has to be would be completely foreign to me. No idea how they do that. Nice job and a big improvement.