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Finally got this ’29 on the road again. After several years of doing nearly all of the work my self I am very pleased to say that is nearly done.
The upholsterer will be done in about 6 weeks.
I hope to make some shows this year.
Color is the original Granite Gray and Cameron heath.
GREAT LOOKING CAR. I am impressed with your effort.
Calvin,
The car looks great! Maybe you and Mary will let me tag along again when I attend The Gathering at Gilmore sometime in the next couple of years.
John
Great beautiful Car. What colors will the upholstery be?
Beautiful car, very “Pierce” colors….and the rare bracket lights…great car, hope your trimmer does it justice, remember, no foam, cotton and horsehair like original! I do upholstery work so constantly preach against foam, it’s not original, nor is it long lasting…the additive that was used to make foam last longer was proven to cause cancer and is not allowed, so foam is sold in years by wholesalers, such as “8 year foam” and “12 year foam”….sorry, it’s just a real pet peeve, do your car in correct materials inside and it will last for a long, long time….
It is a beautiful car with a great color combination.
Best of luck with the upholstery.
My 31 phaeton had a similar color combination from the factory, and I remember on a tour in Texas the late Fred Tycher looking at it and saying it was “very Pierce Arrow””….yours is a very nice looking car…
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Calvin,
A very handsome motorcar!
Peter
John
Mary and I would love to have you join us. It has been a few years.
We will pick out the upholstery material on Monday. The original is gray pin striped broadcloth very thin. Mary wants to go with a more modern more durable material. We pick some samples out last fall but now we will have to narrow the choices to one. Probably a brownish mohair. we will see.
Thanks for the recommendation on the backing material.
The upholsterer that we have chosen does excellent custom work so I am looking forwards to the finished product.
One more comment, you may know this, but be sure the fabric that you pick out is suitable for automobile use. Not all fabrics are capable of standing up to the sliding in and out that occurs in car. Furniture, you sit down on and straight back up in most cases, not so cars.
In other words, most of the fabrics you’ll find at a local or chain fabric store are not good choices for cars.
Make sure you post some finished pictures when it’s done!
Cal,
Your efforts have finally come to excellent fruition. Let’s get touring!
Dave
Good point on the materials used. I will make sure the material is auto motive. This upholsterer does all automotive and marine upholstery and I have seen some of his work.
Will it detract from the desirability if the material chosen is not of the same type as the original?
Sorry for the sideways picture.
here is another angle.
WellDone Calvin!!! Now enjoy the Drive!!
From an Aussie Club Brougham owner.—Jak.
From an ownership and enjoyment perspective, chose an appropriate material that you like and look forward to sitting on and in.
From a desirability or resale standpoint, an incorrect interior can be a real turn off. I’ve seen velvet interiors that were awful, and wild pattern material that just doesn’t make sense. I know of an early 30’s Pierce that had a JoAnn fabrics interior, it was obviously incorrect and made the car hard to market.
I’ve also heard a story about a fellow who found some beautiful wool fabric, at a distress auction, it was for men’s suits. He bought it for next to nothing, and used it for his car’s upholstery. After about a year, he noticed the driver seat was wearing and getting a nice shine to it…..remember, suit fabric is sat on, not slid across, and we know what happens to a fine wool suit if elbows are other parts are rubbed…a nice shine.
Just make sure you get something that is automotive and has the correct period look, and you’ll be fine. I’m not a fan of greenish paint, but that car is beautiful….
Calvin,
SMS Auto Fabrics or LaBarron Bonney have good selections of materials, as do many other autoFabric specialists.
Check them out online and then request samples.
SMS is custom weaving for me 10-yards of fabric to match the original fabric in my Series 80.
That has taken some time (over 1-year), but they promise it to be completed this June.
Peter
Calvin,
I will send you a picture of my ’29 Club Brougham interior, which is decent and original. Does anyone know how to dumb down the picture file size in Windows 10? This picture is almost 4 Mb, and simply won’t load onto this site. I used to be able to do this before “upgrading”” to Windows 10…
Bob”
Calvin,
Do you have an email I can send this to? You don’t have one listed in the roster. Feel free to email me at [email protected], and I can send a picture in a reply.
Bob
Peter,
Be very careful in your dealings with SMS. In Jul ’07, Doug Pollock promised to custom weave an exact copy of my model 1703 fabric to be delivered in 6 mos. TWO YEARS,25 phone/email contacts promising “soon”, and $2492 later I still had no fabric. After much gnashing of teeth, I got a full refund in Apr ’08. A week later I had dark gray Bedford cord fine rib fabric from Bill Hirsch. If you wish, I can send you a copy of my log book.
Peter,
Sorry for the typo in the above. It should read — “In Jul ’06, Doug —-“
SMS does have some availability of unusual fabrics, but they seem to be very iffy to deal with….so as Bob states, if you have a schedule, make sure it’s very flexible with regard to obtaining fabric from them..