Wilsons Sandbox

Tom, I did this task over the holidays last year while my wife was out of town. I found the Moss kits to be of good quality and by following the instructions things went together pretty nicely. The key is to work slowly and not rush the job and making sure the inner 'works' are in decent shape, mine were surprisingly. It was a nice job to do inside a warm house while the snow was coming down as I recall. cheers, Steve Stierman TC 2911 --- TMcNam4510@aol.com wrote:

> The adventure continues........One of the items on > my to-do list is to > re-cover the seats on TC 2850. Now that Moss is > having their sale, I am thinking > of getting new covers from them. My question to the > group is, how big a task > is the job? I seem to be OK cleaning, painting and > replacing mechanical > parts but, in truth, the body tub work currently > undertaken seems very difficult > to progress with. I have never re-upholstered > anything and I don't want to > buy them only to replace the entire seat > eventually. Has anyone attempted, > failed or succeeded in this task? Advice? As > ever, thanks, Tom, TC 2850 > disassembled > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mg-tabc-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > >

Tom, Another approach might be to purchase the seat cover kit from Moss and have a local upholsterer do the actual install. The Moss leather seat kits are pretty good. Doug Pulver TC 5850 (with Moss leather seat kits installed by someone other than me) San Diego, CA -----Original Message----- From: TMcNam4510@aol.com To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:28:48 EDT Subject: [mg-tabc] seat covers The adventure continues........One of the items on my to-do list is to re-cover the seats on TC 2850. Now that Moss is having their sale, I am thinking of getting new covers from them. My question to the group is, how big a task is the job? I seem to be OK cleaning, painting and replacing mechanical parts but, in truth, the body tub work currently undertaken seems very difficult to progress with. I have never re-upholstered anything and I don't want to buy them only to replace the entire seat eventually. Has anyone attempted, failed or succeeded in this task? Advice? As ever, thanks, Tom, TC 2850 disassembled [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Tom, With the help of your sample tonnau I got a new one stitched in India for less than 30 $. But I had to fix the Dot lift matching to the pins on the car. TC 0448 at present got black leather seats. They are in good shape. Early TC had black paint. So I do not think it had black leather. Some places the grey colour is showing out on the black leather. Side part of the seat cover was never stitched out of leather for early TC. Seat covers are easy to stitch. I am planning to get a set of seat cover in grey or light green leather stitched from India next year. In 1950's I had seen often the upholster doing it for in the work shop for my Dad's cars. The leather is stitched on to a stuff as 2" length wise pocket. Then these are filled with cotton. May be in colder countries they can use some other stuff instead of cotton to fill the pockets. Filling the cotton will give that nice bulged form and it is a bit of work. Then they are cut in to the size and side part is added to it by stitching. And finally the edges are stretched and nailed to the wood frame. If you watch them doing the work it looks very simple. But I never wanted to under estimate those craft men. Madhu -----Urspr ngliche Nachricht----- Von: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com]Im Auftrag von TMcNam4510@aol.com Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. Oktober 2005 01:29 The adventure continues........One of the items on my to-do list is to re-cover the seats on TC 2850. Now that Moss is having their sale, I am thinking of getting new covers from them. My question to the group is, how big a task is the job? I seem to be OK cleaning, painting and replacing mechanical parts but, in truth, the body tub work currently undertaken seems very difficult to progress with. I have never re-upholstered anything and I don't want to buy them only to replace the entire seat eventually. Has anyone attempted, failed or succeeded in this task? Advice? As ever, thanks, Tom, TC 2850 disassembled

Tom If you purchase a Moss upholstry kit then be sure you get the correct one, as there are two models of seat spring frames. See Mike Sherrells book page 56 for more information. Check which spring frame you have. On the earlier frame the springs cover the entire timber frame from top to bottom where as the later spring frame is some 3" shorter at the bottom. There is another reference is in "T Series Restoration Guide" by Malcolm Green showing an early model seat spring frame. Page 118 I purchased a kit through my local supplier and found I could not make it fit my frame and had to rejig my frame to suit the later kit. (The back rest only). Be carefull as this it a fair task, with your fingers ending up like a pin cushion. Otherwise the upholstring was quite an enjoyable task, Maybe involve your wife as a bonding thing, I did and she was most pleased to be able to say that she help me in the restoration, other than spending nights alone in the house whislt I was tinkering in the "shed". Regards John Oliver TC 6643 now restored & TC 9453

> The adventure continues........One of the items on my to-do list is to > re-cover the seats on TC 2850. Now that Moss is having their sale, I am thinking > of getting new covers from them. My question to the group is, how big a task > is the job? I seem to be OK cleaning, painting and replacing mechanical > parts but, in truth, the body tub work currently undertaken seems very difficult > to progress with. I have never re-upholstered anything and I don't want to > buy them only to replace the entire seat eventually. Has anyone attempted, > failed or succeeded in this task? Advice? As ever, thanks, Tom, TC 2850 > disassembled > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This mail has been virus scanned by Australia On Line > see http://www.australiaonline.net.au/mailscanning

Hi tom! I also got a Moss kit and did it myself..... Came out pretty good! My car is a driver so it's fine. If you have a trailer Queen best have someone else do it unless you have done it before. Just take your time and if it seems you are not able to complete it a shop could finish it for you. Give it a shot!!!!! Cheers, Dave 48' TC -----Original Message----- From: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of TMcNam4510@aol.com Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 4:29 PM To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Subject: [mg-tabc] seat covers The adventure continues........One of the items on my to-do list is to re-cover the seats on TC 2850. Now that Moss is having their sale, I am thinking of getting new covers from them. My question to the group is, how big a task is the job? I seem to be OK cleaning, painting and replacing mechanical parts but, in truth, the body tub work currently undertaken seems very difficult to progress with. I have never re-upholstered anything and I don't want to buy them only to replace the entire seat eventually. Has anyone attempted, failed or succeeded in this task? Advice? As ever, thanks, Tom, TC 2850 disassembled [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links