My new seat upholstery showed up just before I headed into work. Took a quick look and went to work. Anyone have any good or bad things to say about Cartouche ?
Greg M-47

 

How does your seat look? Pictures?
Brian

 

No pictures. Don't even have the box out in the garage yet. Still sitting in the livingroom. I'm hoping that it turns out okay. Got a birthday party to go to today. Mother's day sunday and back to work at the body shop working on the truck's tailgate and hinge so probably won't get at it for a while.
Greg M-47

 

Hey Gregg I have been looking at them too . I thought someone had pictures up of a seat-cover they had recently installed . Can't remember who , old age is a terrible thing . Anyway they looked pretty good as I recall .

 

I got the kit from Moir's which is in your area Allan. It's just the stock brown cover . I've got enough of my old seat left that I can compare the two and see how close to the stock seat it is. Just have to find the time. Managed to fit some FTE time in before I go get my mother for her lunch time visit.
Greg M-47

 

Cant wait to see some pics. Mine is still 'in the future', not sure which way to go yet.

 

It took a lot of pulling and tugging but I managed to get the new seat covers on. Very close to my original seat coverings. A little darker in colour than my headliner but I like it.
Sorry no pictures but if you're going the original route I would give these the thumbs up.
It takes two sets of hands to install but wasn't a bad job.
Greg M-47

 

I got a new seat kit for my 1950 bench and it was real nice. the seat came out great and the cover fits very good.

 

Are these the covers that mac's offers ?I saw in the catalog that cartouche is their in house upholstery shop??? Was wanting a new set myself but wasnt sure of the quailty.

 

I'm not sure Mad Max. I ordered mine through a Canadian supplier but my bet would be that they are one and the same. I'm sure that there wouldn't be too many interior companies.
Greg M-47

 

Greg
The fact that it took two of you to install certainly indicates a good fit .I am curious did you install the cover over the original padding or did you upgrade that also ?

 

I did add a layer of 1inch foam to the back and double on the seat as it looked like my seat saw a lot of abuse. The kit comes with the padding included Allan. One layer of what looked like carpet underlay and the white fluffy type fill.
Hope this answers your question. For the seat bottom my helper sat on the upside down seat to make it easy to tack the front edge and hogring. Also borrowed a better pair of hogring pliers as the ones they included were pretty lame.
Greg M-47

 

Does anyone have any pictures to post of the seat when finished?