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Dick Carne · 02-06-2022, 05:45 PM

We are entering the final stages of completing our 68C slant windshield cabriolet, and although I am not looking toward building a "points car", I would appreciate help on trying to obtain some thoughts on some of final finish details on the upholstery. Any thoughts, advice, direction, etc., will be most appreciated.

1. We are using the "artificial leather" option for the interior, rather than the Bedford Cord with cloth door panels. In that instance, would the windlace have been cloth, or covered instead in "artificial leather"?

2. There is a reference in Bob Johnson's "68C Restoration Manual" to the effect that if the artificial leather were used, that the "package tray" behind the seat would have likewise been in the same material rather than using the material that would have been used on the cloth seats or even perhaps bowdrill. Would anyone have any confirmation on this?

3. We ordered our top kit from Mike at Classtique - nice fellow. Most of the top edges use a medium to dark, brown binding; however the welting used to go around the edges of the top is a markedly lighter, almost tan color. Would this have been correct on these cars? If not, what would be a good source for one having a color more similar to that used on the rest of the top?

4. I was also thinking that I had seen somewhere that in the later 68B cars that used the lever action seat adjuster, and all 68C Cabriolets, that there was also a piece of seat fabric that was apparently attached to the seat back, and then somehow attached to the bottom of the package tray, so that the gap between the seat back and the exposure to that area below, would be covered regardless of seat position. Is anyone familiar with the design criteria for such a covering?

My thanks in advance to all who might care to respond. I appreciate any and all thoughts on any or all of these questions.

02-06-2022, 05:45 PM	#1
Dick Carne Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Fayetteville, Georgia Posts: 472	68-C Interior Questions We are entering the final stages of completing our 68C slant windshield cabriolet, and although I am not looking toward building a "points car", I would appreciate help on trying to obtain some thoughts on some of final finish details on the upholstery. Any thoughts, advice, direction, etc., will be most appreciated. 1. We are using the "artificial leather" option for the interior, rather than the Bedford Cord with cloth door panels. In that instance, would the windlace have been cloth, or covered instead in "artificial leather"? 2. There is a reference in Bob Johnson's "68C Restoration Manual" to the effect that if the artificial leather were used, that the "package tray" behind the seat would have likewise been in the same material rather than using the material that would have been used on the cloth seats or even perhaps bowdrill. Would anyone have any confirmation on this? 3. We ordered our top kit from Mike at Classtique - nice fellow. Most of the top edges use a medium to dark, brown binding; however the welting used to go around the edges of the top is a markedly lighter, almost tan color. Would this have been correct on these cars? If not, what would be a good source for one having a color more similar to that used on the rest of the top? 4. I was also thinking that I had seen somewhere that in the later 68B cars that used the lever action seat adjuster, and all 68C Cabriolets, that there was also a piece of seat fabric that was apparently attached to the seat back, and then somehow attached to the bottom of the package tray, so that the gap between the seat back and the exposure to that area below, would be covered regardless of seat position. Is anyone familiar with the design criteria for such a covering? My thanks in advance to all who might care to respond. I appreciate any and all thoughts on any or all of these questions.