Seat restoration discussion

I have the luck to have a pair of extraordionary good 67 sport seats. The seats came out of one car and both have the same condition. Problem was that they had the wrong upholstery.

I questioned myself how to reupholster them. New Pepita or Basketweave is not so problematic to use while having the correct materials - but new corduroy misses the often desired patina.

Since I had a complete set of original 67 corduroy sport seat inlets which were overcovered by another layer of corduroy for decades, I decided to make an experiment.

The corduroy had damages on both tops of the backrest and one sitting part was also unusable. So I adapt another sitting part of a 67 bucket seat and sewed a stripe made out of the defect part on both backrest tops.

So all the materials of the inlets are out of 66/67, the perforated vinyl is new.

The original belts of the 67 seats I reused too but reinforced them with new belts.

The point of discussion is : Is such a restauration desirable although there are the shown mendings or is it a waste of time.

What is your opinion ?

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I also reused all cover materials and only repaired where necessary.
Had parts of the foam replaced and added foam "Kaschierung" on the back of the corduroy
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I wouldn’t touch them. Buy some new repos that look right to you but leave these as is. They look great.

Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous, two rare gems restored with original upholstery. No new basketweave or pepita can beat this.

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Originally Posted by mepstein

I wouldn’t touch them. Buy some new repos that look right to you but leave these as is. They look great.

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These seats are already touched, that is the theme and they are fully fit for normal use. :)

I have three seats by Michael. 67 sport seats and a 68 bucket driver. He is the best.

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Why the tilt?

IPhone and forum SW that is old as dirt?

Got'cha covered Steve ... NICE seats !!!

leave as is only repair if the weak spots get worse

Last weekend, I paid Michael a visit in his workshop. A very learning and interesting visit with Michael, sharing his knowledge and passion.

These specific seats are looking stunning! To me, the original corduroy inlets with the specific ’67 patina, is very attractive. The repairs/joints on the backrests are hardly visible in real life. Michael went the extra mile to even hide the reinforced straps under the seat cushions with original ones, to complete the project being as true to the original appearance as possible!

I will soon post some photos in this form of the project Michael just finished for my ‘68! A stunning result as well, in my opinion.

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With the Recaro Sport seats plus other uncountable details the interior project is, for now, completed on BB3020 achieving its’ current appearance.

Michael carefully and expertly restored both seats with cord inserts and perforated bolsters. The seat, right in picture, was in an exceptional good original condition with Recaro’s spec. for 1968 and only needed minor repairs and touching up.
The other seat, Michael generously provided with period vintage cord inserts from a donor seat, for the best possible match and the results turned out really successfully, in my opinion.

We had original photos from the car’s competition days and the “Certificate of origin” entry, to identify the correct seat type, used during the car’s rally haydays.