kilkm Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Does anyone have an old set of bucket seats out of a '62 Electra, Invicta or Wildcat? I'm putting a set of bucket seats in a '62 Electra and need an old seat cover for the upholestry shop to use as a pattern. Very expensive to have these hand sewn without a pattern, it would save me a lot of money if they had an old seat cover to copy the pattern from. I'll pay good money for one if anyone has one they could part with, even return it if you want it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Riviera Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Sorry , I do not have seat covers but I thought that I would mention that on my 61 the seams are Heat Seamed , not stitched . I would guess that the 62 is he same. This process is expensive but correct. I used SMS in Oregon to do my seats. I think they would have the pattern as well. Just a thought ! http://www.smsautofabrics.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wildcat62 Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Dick is correct. 62 bucket seats are heat seamed as well. I'm not sure, but I think Electra pattern is different than the LeSabre and Wildcat interiors. The literature I have is primarily Wildcat for that year, so I cannot compare to the Electra, other than there are lots of pictures in there that someone may be able to base a pattern on. I'm going to attach a picture to show the interior of my Wildcat. I can try to get down and take more photos of my seats if you think it might help. Just let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wildcat62 Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 This is another example of a Wildcat bucket seat showing more of the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilkm Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 Thanks for the photo. I see the Electra seats are quite different. The pleats on the Electra are verticle and they are stitched, not heat seamed. I have a few photo's of a bucket seat in an Electra, it is the same pattern as my bench, stitched, not heat seamed. The Electra seats also have buttons. I tried to attach a photo with no luck. I could attach the picture to an email if you wanted to see them. I was just wondering if anyone had an old Electra bucket seat cover by chance that the upholestry shop could use as a pattern. They are going to be very expensive to reproduce without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest COMPACTBC Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Check with the Buick Gallery at the Sloan in Flint, I think they will have pictures of the patterns. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> They had them for my '62 Special/Skylark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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