15-08-2024, 10:45 PM
(15-08-2024, 10:10 PM)Parazine Wrote: I've discussed this at length with coachtrimmers and the general consensus is that the soft fluffy material that was used on "ordinary" 1930's cars is unobtanium.
The headlining materials available today would suit up-market vehicles of the 1930's, hence the cost.
My 1929 RK had been retrimmed in the 1950's and retained the soft, fluffy material, which was clearly still around then; in fact, the family Ford E493A Prefect, built in 1952 used it. It probably went off the market with the demise of the Ford 103E Popular or shortly after.
This gels with my own observations, because while some of the surviving fabric looks like it might be original, other sections look newer - 1950's or 60's perhaps - suggesting that someone was able to buy a matching fabric at that time.