Trimming has started!
I have to admit it. I hit a roadblock this summer. The inside of the car was completely bare, all the trim had been "restored" in the 1980's but it was a poor job, not from an appearance point of view but in that the materials used were just plain wrong.
I realised that the seats were way beyond my very limited competence level so these were dispatched to Nightingale Coachtrim in Corsham and I received them back this week, beautifully reupholstered in a material that was as "art deco" as I could find.
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I enlisted the help of a friend who has some experience in headlinings to help me with this aspect and here are the results of the first day's work on the main roof. It was tricky because the headlining is very large compared to the later cars with sun roofs and the support pieces had to be in exactly the right place. However, it doesn't look too bad I think. On to the back curtain....
Here are the tools of the job, magnetic tack hammer is a delight to use, thoroughly recommended.
The sewing machine is a 1911 Singer 66K, bought from a junk shop for a few quid forty years ago. I restored the machine and used it extensively in the eighties and nineties to restore a succession of Ruby and Box models but it hasn't been used much since. It needed a good oil up and a new belt as well as converting from a back clamp to a side clamp machine so that I can use a zipper foot to produce piping.
I'll be on to the door panels and window surrounds later in September, as soon as I get the latest bout of teaching out of the way!
I have to admit it. I hit a roadblock this summer. The inside of the car was completely bare, all the trim had been "restored" in the 1980's but it was a poor job, not from an appearance point of view but in that the materials used were just plain wrong.
I realised that the seats were way beyond my very limited competence level so these were dispatched to Nightingale Coachtrim in Corsham and I received them back this week, beautifully reupholstered in a material that was as "art deco" as I could find.
IMG-20210806-WA0001s.JPG (Size: 83.57 KB / Downloads: 389)
I enlisted the help of a friend who has some experience in headlinings to help me with this aspect and here are the results of the first day's work on the main roof. It was tricky because the headlining is very large compared to the later cars with sun roofs and the support pieces had to be in exactly the right place. However, it doesn't look too bad I think. On to the back curtain....
Here are the tools of the job, magnetic tack hammer is a delight to use, thoroughly recommended.
The sewing machine is a 1911 Singer 66K, bought from a junk shop for a few quid forty years ago. I restored the machine and used it extensively in the eighties and nineties to restore a succession of Ruby and Box models but it hasn't been used much since. It needed a good oil up and a new belt as well as converting from a back clamp to a side clamp machine so that I can use a zipper foot to produce piping.
I'll be on to the door panels and window surrounds later in September, as soon as I get the latest bout of teaching out of the way!