RHD 67S Aga Blue Restoration

[Mark111]

i know there are a few seat fetish members on this forum, so my next update will probably go down well with those few members, for the majority of everyone else you will probably think i have a bit of a problem.

Firstly i have to thank Mr Garry Hall (VisualFX) for his attention to detail and taking on my seats......he had his work cut-out....

The plan for my car was to always replicate with as many original parts as possible an interior which would have been in a car back in 67/68, with as much patina as possible. So i was really pleased when i managed to get my hands on an original 67 race bucket seat which was basically just a bare shell and a 68 Recaro sports seat which had been in storage for a while.

So the plan for the 67 bucket seat was perforated bolsters and corderoy inserts. i have seen many photographs of sports purpose cars back in the the late 60 which had this finish.
For the 68 recaro, well the majority of the seat was in good condition, apart from a few marks on the back of the seat and on the perforated bolsters the material look great, so this would just be cleaned. The inserts were a different matter, i have always loved the faded worn brown discolouration finish on old corderoy seats and this is what i wanted to replicate, the inserts on the 68 were to far gone with several rips etc so there was only one thing to do.....

67 race bucket seat:



68 Recaro seat

So this first picture shows the original corderoy inserts, the material is lovely and faded showing that classic brown worn discolouration



I attempted to replicate this look by taking some corderoy samples and exposing them to various concentrations of bleach as you can see the results were not to good. An original control sample shows just how black the original material is.

So after talking to Garry the best course of action was to obtain sufficient material for covering two seats and then exposing the material to sunlight for a prolonged period of time.

So back last spring the material arrived and for the next 3-4 months on any dry sunny day the material got pinged on a washing line outside....

Sad i know but the results i was very pleased with:

[PMNorris]

I can't confess to having a seat fetish, but those look great

[Mark111]

I can't confess to having a seat fetish, but those look great

Thanks for the kind words, both seats are now complete and in the car, will post some further pictures shortly. Really pleased with how the seats have turned out they really do finish the interior and a little different to the majority Of what you see in most 67s