Exclusive Opel Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Came across this the other day. Link Thought it might be of use to someone. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Abbott Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Nice find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo3000 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I would imagine there would be a high demand for that if anyone is thinking about it like me. Does anyone know the exact amount of material required for a retrim.someone that's already had theirs done perhaps would know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZYDAVE Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Just bought some I'll report back when it arrives. I've got brand new Daytona check seats for my project (a lucky find) but this looks very good quality and a handy spare to have 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny D114BCW Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 4 hours ago, CRAZYDAVE said: Just bought some I'll report back when it arrives. I've got brand new Daytona check seats for my project (a lucky find) but this looks very good quality and a handy spare to have There's a story? How did you find them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZYDAVE Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I found them by chance. They were still in sealed packaging ( 2 fronts only I don't have new rears but they were already good) and in the possession of a chap about to fit them to a VW camper van that didn't know what they were! Luckily I got to them first! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo3000 Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) 23 hours ago, evo3000 said: I would imagine there would be a high demand for that if anyone is thinking about it like me. Does anyone know the exact amount of material required for a retrim.someone that's already had theirs done perhaps would know. Yeah your looking at 2 mtrs to do the centers as the original,then the other material to make up the rest of the seat area. Hope that helps. Edited August 3, 2016 by evo3000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymanc Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 i think you would be cutting it fine at 2 MTRS you would have to allow a slight bit to get the pattern to match on 8 cuts nearly £90 a MTR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Nice find on the material.. I would say nice find on Dave's front seats, but I'm far too jealous!! Feeling sick in fact.. ..but still happy for you bro {name your price..name your price} Anyway. I take it that pretty much any upholsterer could source a close match of the black corduroy material that commonly wears out on the bolsters? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo3000 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 (edited) 20 hours ago, garymanc said: i think you would be cutting it fine at 2 MTRS you would have to allow a slight bit to get the pattern to match on 8 cuts nearly £90 a MTR 1.5 M wide cut into quarters off the 1m length for the front,then the same again for the second mtr on the back seats, job done gary Although I quess it wouldn't hurt to have an extra mtr in reserve just incase, but at £90 a go.... Edited August 4, 2016 by evo3000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymanc Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 yeah the queens curtains wouldn't have cost that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZYDAVE Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 (edited) On 03/08/2016 at 22:04, Rick-Manta said: Nice find on the material.. I would say nice find on Dave's front seats, but I'm far too jealous!! Feeling sick in fact.. ..but still happy for you bro {name your price..name your price} Anyway. I take it that pretty much any upholsterer could source a close match of the black corduroy material that commonly wears out on the bolsters? Dug the new seats out tonight to show a comparison of the new material for anyone interested in buying some Sorry Rick And sorry to Mantaman for the classic ford show magazine on the couch a friends car was at the show only reason its there is because he was showing me it, at which point i took the Mantas seats out of the cupboard and went on autopilot! Edited August 4, 2016 by CRAZYDAVE 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Wow, look at them all factory fresh at 30+ years old. I don't know about you guys, but when I see a set of Manta daytona Recaros, I just want to bury my face in them, and give them a damn good sniff! ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitandpolish Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Has anyone had a repair / replacement bolster done on one of these yet? If so, how much did it cost? Have been struggling to match the black cord material (Even checked John Lewis!) , and the one quote I had so far was so expensive he may have misheard Opel manta for Aston Martin... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo3000 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Spitandpolish said: Has anyone had a repair / replacement bolster done on one of these yet? If so, how much did it cost? Have been struggling to match the black cord material (Even checked John Lewis!) , and the one quote I had so far was so expensive he may have misheard Opel manta for Aston Martin... Try Retropower they may be able to help you on that one.I seem to recall them offering this material when they did the blitz group buy http://www.retropower.co.uk/ Edited August 5, 2016 by evo3000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitandpolish Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Thanks, will give that a go on Monday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Abbott Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Bloke who is on omoc facebook has a trim company and does interiors, think he's called Craig.. He has a mk1 cortina IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy666oz Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) I have brought some of this fabric (outer black) and never got around to use it. If anyone is interested in buying it from me let me know. Edited February 23, 2018 by andy666oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo3000 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 On 2/23/2018 at 12:28, andy666oz said: I have brought some of this fabric (outer black) and never got around to use it. If anyone is interested in buying it from me let me know. PM sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy666oz Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Still got 2.6m x 1.5m . Including postage £158.00 to UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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