Cathy’s VW T6 rear bench all finished up this week. This should inject a nice dash of colour into her van’s interior! Apologies for the random location for the photos, it’s too big to fit anywhere else in the workshop.
“Build me a new old bench”! The brief from Simon over at NOSVW for his Studebaker truck’s front bench was to build a bench that looks like it’s been in the truck for years, being used and abused. He showed me an old leather coat he had to give me an idea of the look he was after. This fantastic leather from Wildman and Bugby was the perfect match as it’s “brûlée” texture cracks as it’s handled to give an instant worn look. I’m very happy with the finished result and can’t wait to see it in the truck. I’ll be doing some nice red carpets for the cab to go alongside this.
A productive morning down at NOSVW today patterning out the custom carpets and getting the front bench installed. The aged leather instantly looks at home in there!
A quick repair job for my neighbour's Oliver Bonas handbag. None of the local cobblers wanted to touch it but I’ve done it for her! One new loop fitted for the strap as the original one had nearly worn through. Before: During: After:
He stuck his head over the fence while I was putting up the cladding on the garden room and said it seemed mad to throw the bag away as the rest of it is in good condition. Always satisfying keeping something out of landfill if possible.
My son got a Kipling bag to go to school, the zipper is broken and nobody seems able to change it! He used 4 years and was in good shape. It kills me to dump it just for a zipper.
The first few bits for Marc’s Porsche inspired T25 “Magnum” interior are starting to come off the sewing machine this week so here’s a little preview. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That's the T25 rear bench and buddy seat all finished up in the stunning Porsche tartan for Marc’s van. What a great combination of fabrics!
That’s the last of the tartan upholstery pieces for Marc’s T25 magnum. I’ll be doing an Alcantara headliner next month to finish up his van.
Sarah’s ‘73 only beetle seats reupholstered in a stunning combination of white vinyl with red cloth. Lots more goodies for her beetle will be coming off the sewing machine in the coming weeks.
I’ve been working on a few accessory items for Sarah’s beetle. Some nice aftermarket armrests reupholstered to match the rest of the interior and a genuine set of sunvisors sourced from Simon at NOSVW stripped down and reupholstered in white vinyl. I’ve made a good start on the “Sparkafer” style headliner tonight. I’m glad I kept the template I used to make the headliner that I made for our own Baja, the same piece of hardboard was also used to make the wiring harness for my Baja, hence all of the cable ties and scribbles on it!
One sparkafer style headliner made up for Sarah’s bug. These were fitted to the 1200cc “economy” beetles, one of my favourites (my Baja was one originally!).
Lovely to see this set of prototype bay westy seats I sold a few years ago being put to good use . This camper is looking fantastic.
