Former Military truck interior??

[zieg85]

Odd request but... Does anyone have a ripped up seat out of one of these trucks that could cut a piece out of the vinyl?  The color "Mahogany" is not available in aftermarket seat covers but I was thinking leather.  All the Military Blazers and trucks had this color seats and so does my 85 C20 I am in the middle of restoring.  Thing is my bench is near perfect and the place won't let folks take the leather swatches home and I am not going to take the seat to them.  You never know until you ask???   Here is a picture of a CUCV Blazer.  Mahogany is a brownish red.

[winky]

My buddie has one I'll see If I can sneak a peace off. How big does it need to be ?

[zieg85]

3" square should do nicely.

[winky]

Haha he will probably notice that. His seats are rough though. I'll probably be going over there Monday after work. If I do I'll let you know what I come up with.

[zieg85]

Haha he will probably notice that. His seats are rough though. I'll probably be going over there Monday after work. If I do I'll let you know what I come up with.

NP, get as big as you can then, whatever you can get away with.  Something is better than nothing, thanks a bunch!!!

[roger97338]

A buddy of mine runs an upholstery shop in Salem. (Oregon) Next time I'm there, I'll rummage through the scraps and see what I can find, if you haven't come up with it yet.

[zieg85]

A buddy of mine runs an upholstery shop in Salem. (Oregon) Next time I'm there, I'll rummage through the scraps and see what I can find, if you haven't come up with it yet.

That would be awesome, thanks.  The Mrs and I were shopping at the Lazyboy Showcase store for a new couch and off on the back wall they have all kinds of fabric and leather samples.  They sell them just like a fabric shop but unlike a paint store you can't take the color/fabric samples home...  My seat is nice still but I want to put a pair of high back suburban bucket seats and want to recover them with as close to the same color as possible.

[winky]

Hey sorry has some family issues and haven't Been on here. Still need a sample??

[zieg85]

Roger is sending some from a buddies upholstery shop so I don't know.  I know what you can get will be the right color.  I will post my findings when the samples arrive

[Captkaos]

Can you not just change the color of all the seats?

[fitz]

Zieg,
Did you ever get your seats recovered?
I'm thinking about getting the bench seat in my M1028 recovered over the winter.  I was just wondering what you came up with for options.
Thanks.  Fitz

[zieg85]

Supposedly I found a guy, talked to him, emailed a formal request but have not heard back yet.  He is around St. Louis and can get the exact color I need.  He has restored several former military trucks.

[fitz]

Hopefully he will get back to you with more info.  It will be interesting to see what he has to offer.

[zieg85]

Just contacted his buddy on Facebook, should have an answer soon.  I am planning on dropping my seats off and let him do it.