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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 06:04 AM
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Upholstery kits

What is the best source for an upholstery kit for the seat for my 1956 F-100 pickup truck?
 
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 06:43 AM
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Pickup a copy of Hemmings Motor News. Whatever you want or need will be in there. Good luck.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 06:52 AM
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I bought mine from here. I bought everything that would have gone into an original interior and have had no complaints.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 12:14 PM
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I second the motion to check out LeBaron Bonney. They are realy good people. I installed a kit in a 31 Vicky years ago. They should sell a kit for your truck in original fabric or any other fabric that they stock which is many. Your could also package up your seat and they will do it for you last I knew. We used to go there every few years with the Early Ford V8 local chapter when I lived in that area.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 03:53 PM
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LMC Truck has a number of kits for 48-56's.
www.lmctruck.com
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 06:09 PM
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We bought the http://www.lebaronbonney.com/ and were very satisfied with it. It is very "vintage" and I would probably look elsewhere if we were doing a custom application or for a newer truck. Ours is a 1951 F1
 
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Old Aug 10, 2005 | 06:39 AM
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Hi

You could take a look at Mid Fifty's they seem to offer a lot of upholstery items.

Mid Fifty F-100 Parts
1-800-252-1956
www.midfifty.com
 
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Old Aug 10, 2005 | 11:41 AM
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I reupholstered the seat of my '53 about a month ago. I bought a seat cover kit from Mid-Fifties. Mid-Fifties recommended a three inch foam pad for a stock seat. It seems to be a little more over-stuffed than I would have guessed the stock seat would be. One of the other seat cover kit providers says two-inch foam is stock. So, you might want to verify that the foam thickness is what you want before ordering.
I contacted LaBarron Jenny about a seat cover, and they said that they presently did not provide pre-sewn covers for 53 or newer trucks.
As far as the quality of the seat cover I got from Mid-Fifty, I am happy with it. I couldn't afford to go with the stock vinyl tweed fabric, so just went with something that sort of looks stock. For what it's worth, the Mid-Fifties seat covers (at least the one that I got) are produced by a company called seatzmfg.com in Southern California.
 
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