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Spitfire 1500 Houndstooth Seats


Rusty99

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I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to help me locate the
correct Beige houndstooth fabric that was used on the 1977-1980
triumph spitfires.

I've seen the seat covers that are made by Newton Commercial and the
houndstooth fabric is a perfect match. Only thing is the beige vinyl
is a very bad match. Please see picture:

http://home.comcast.net/~reinarson/seat.jpg

It seems that all of the suppliers like Rimmer Bros, Moss Motors,
British Victoria all sell the Newton Commercial kits. I purchased a
set from Moss and I was disappointed that the beige vinyl did not
match at all as you can see in the picture. The cloth houndstooth seat
panels are a perfect match though.

My spitfire only has 14,000 miles and the only part of the seat that
needs replacement is the houndstooth seat panels. I thought I would
try contacting Newton Commercial to see if they would sell me a couple
of yards of their fabric and I would have a local trimmer sew in new
panels for me.

The response from Newton is that they won't sell the just the fabric
to a retail customer. All they offered to do is sell me another set of
their poorly matched seat covers.

I was wondering if anyone in this group knows how I could locate some
of this material?

Best Regards,  Rusty

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Gotta be honest Rusty, I can't see your problem in the pictures - the seats just look cleaner than the rest which doesn't look "dirty" just 30 years older. Have you tried asking Newtons if they would take your old covers and remake them with their houndstooth cloth?
You could also try TD Fitchett for some NOS stuff but it's getting hard to find now , they are at
Fitchett (Redland) Industrial Estate
Station Hill
Oakengates
Telford
Shropshire
TF2 9JX
England
Tel. 01952 619585 / 620434 Fax. 01952 610510

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The newton commercial beige vinyl is brown. The vinyl on the spitfires is more of a golden/honey color.

I found a supplier with a perfect match Sierra Montana:

http://home.comcast.net/~reinarson/match.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~reinarson/sample.jpg


Here's a picture with the Newton Commercial sample:

http://home.comcast.net/~reinarson/newton.jpg

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