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#466283 - 11/22/07 09:52 PM 1950 Buick Super and Roadmaster interior fabric/leather.
roadmaster56 roadmaster56 Member Registered: 07/04/04 Posts: 16 Loc: santa cruz, ca	Hi, I just purchased a 50' Super Sedanette. Its in very good shape with only 46k miles. However,the interior was updated in modern fabrics and I'd like to return it to the correct cloth interior for a Super. I might consider jazzing things up a bit by installing a 50 Roadmaster interior (fabric and leather - if that exists). I've tried LeBarron Bonney and they did not have any fabrics listed, but they might be able to match if I could supply a sample or photo. If anyone has photos of a 50 Super or Roadmaster interior, that shows the fabric in detail, could you email them to me at davdag@pacbell.net. Thanks David
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#466296 - 11/22/07 10:52 PM Re: 1950 Buick Super and Roadmaster interior fabric/leather. [Re: roadmaster56]
Jim_Cannon Jim_Cannon Member Registered: 08/25/06 Posts: 234 Loc: Spring, TX	David- I used to own a '50 Buick Special 2 dr fastback coupe. (Black lacquer -- a real beauty.) It had a light- to medium-grey wool upholstery with some fine stripes spaced about 1/2 inch apart. The stripes were about 1 or 2 threads wide and as I recall, and they were different colors. Any nice wool upholstery like that would be close. Sorry, I have no photos. _________________________ Jim '29 Ford Model A Phaeton (MARC #71406) '63 Riviera, Fawn Mist, Saddle Leather (ROA #9774) Jim's 1963 Riviera
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#466640 - 11/24/07 05:31 PM Re: 1950 Buick Super and Roadmaster interior fabric/leather. [Re: Jim_Cannon]
29 tourer 29 tourer Member Registered: 06/24/05 Posts: 193 Loc: Western Australia	There is a thread on this website somewhere from MICHAELMIS who has had the original wool design material reproduced and has some for sale. He has a 1950 Super in original condition, maybe he can take some pictures of his interior for you. $;\)$ Ken. 1929 / 25 1954 / 76R _________________________ Ken 1929 Tourer model 25 1954 Roadmaster Riviera model 76R ( Irene)
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#466697 - 11/24/07 08:13 PM Re: 1950 Buick Super and Roadmaster interior fabric/leather. [Re: 29 tourer]
Pete Phillips Pete Phillips Member Registered: 09/01/03 Posts: 699	Go to http://www.buicknet.com and start looking through the various pages this guy has posted from the 1950 showroom sample book. The Super's upholstery is a gray herringbone wool, and is pictured there. Pete Phillips, BCA #7338 1950 76-R 1949 59 1963 Wildcat conv.
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#470305 - 12/08/07 09:11 PM Re: 1950 Buick Super and Roadmaster interior fabric/leather. [Re: Pete Phillips]
Pete Phillips Pete Phillips Member Registered: 09/01/03 Posts: 699	By the way, does anybody need dark green leather upholstery for their 1950 Buick? I have a Roadmaster 76-R that needs some, but not a lot. It is a very smooth, shiny, dark green. No one seems to have it in stock, but I found a place that can have some made to match it, but they need an order of a full hide or two, to the tune of about $800. I only need 3 square feet or so. Therefore, I'm looking for someone to go in with me on this special order, to share the cost and the leather. Pete Phillips pphillips922@earthlink.net Sherman, Tx. 1950 76-R 1949 model 59 1963 Wildcat 4-spd. conv. Attachments Description:
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#470400 - 12/09/07 10:23 AM Re: 1950 Buick Super and Roadmaster interior fabric/leather. [Re: Pete Phillips]
49Massah 49Massah Member Registered: 07/21/06 Posts: 40 Loc: Houston, Texas	I have had great luck with SMS Fabrics out of Washington State http://www.smsautofabrics.com/ . If you send them the trim code for the car you want to match they will send you samples. I got some nice stuff for a '58 Edsel Citation I restored. I have a 1949 76S and their samples, while a bit pricey, are very good. They are not Buick specialists so be sure and send the trim code or you may not get what you want. Their grey fabric was $80 a yard, I think. For my door panels, I found a very reasonable vinyl match at a large fabric warehouse here in Houston (Glick's) and a match to the grey fabric at a small regular auto upholstrey shop for $25 a yard or so. NOBODY has the wide gangster pinstripe that was original except SMS that I have seen, at least not from some modern application. Best of Luck! Edited by 49Massah (12/09/07 10:28 AM)
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#470446 - 12/09/07 01:35 PM Re: 1950 Buick Super and Roadmaster interior fabric/leather. [Re: Pete Phillips]
Pete Phillips Pete Phillips Member Registered: 09/01/03 Posts: 699	I didn't know that SMS sold leather. I'll give them a try. By the way, Bill Hirsch in Newark, N.J. has been advertising the 1949 Roadmaster sedanet pin-striped cloth upholstery in the Buick Bugle. Pete Phillips, BCA #7338
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#507057 - 05/03/08 08:51 AM Re: 1950 Buick Super and Roadmaster interior fabric/leather. [Re: roadmaster56]
michaelmis michaelmis Member Registered: 09/13/04 Posts: 70 Loc: Perth Western Australia	David, I do have the fabric for the 1950 Super. I had to have 125 Meters of it made as it was the minimum run. 100% Wool _________________________ My site has photos of my 1950 56R........Plus hundreds of pieces of advertising and printed mechenical information on the 1950 Buicks.............www.buicknet.com
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