[Healeys] Upholstery and install cost

[tomleavy at comcast.net]

Hi Alan-



Thanks for the reply (and moral support). I have read alot of your posts, and
I respect your opinion. I have done literally everything else on my car (save
the clear coat) myself, and have done several American interiors, including a
baby bird and a mach 1. Sounds like a good idea- subbing out the bottoms, that
is. Any reco on an accurate supplier of carpet, trim and upholstery?


By the way, I could never have achieved the level of finish on my car without
the contributions of listers like you. Thank you. Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut at gmail.com>
To: tomleavy at comcast.net
Cc: "Charlie Baldwin" <mgcharlie at comcast.net>, Healeys at autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 11:09:02 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Upholstery and install cost

Tom -

Most of the interior on your car can be done by any interior shop, but the
front seats should be done by someone knowledgeable of healey seats.B  New
foams are too stiff and how you drill them out can depend on how heavy and how
tall you are.B  The seat back is a pretty straightforward affair, but the seat
bottom is where some knowledge is helpful.

Also, the squab seats need to be properly stitched to the seat pan otherwise
the seats will look stupid.B  I've seen too many Healeys where the rear seat's
piping is not stitched to the pan, and it looks wrong.

It isn't the most fun job to do yourself, but I would highly recommend that
you consider doing the job yourself.B  Purchase the Moss motors video tape
that tells you how to install the interior, and it will make a huge difference
on making it look right.B  Don't pay attention to the 80's surf clothing of
the dude in the video!

Cheers,

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8