The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Interiors Canadian Chevrolet interiors versus U.S.A.

Hello from the frozen wastelands. Recently, I bought a seat reupholstery kit from a major supplier that was advertised to be "correct" and "show quality". Although the vinyl is more or less a dead ringer for the original maroon with black grain, the covers are not sewn together in quite the same manner (although that could be fixed) and more importantly, the piping is a sewn up item made of strips of the seat material and a plastic core instead of the dead smooth vinyl bead of the original. The seller claims that American trucks used this style of piping or beading but that is not my recollection. I think that all the trucks on both side of the border used that solid plastic piping that liked to crack in the cold or break where it was sewn through. My truck is a '49 1300 Chev with 21,000 miles and I would like to keep it as close as possible to original appearance inside and out. Anyone out there have U.S.A. originals that they could look at? I don't think the General sewed up 30 million feet of piping when they could buy a giant roll of it.
Regards,
KGB

First things first, Kenny, welcome to the stovebolt club. Some of the guys 'n gals here can teach you quite a bit. As for your question, I can't say, my beading is not smooth, but it's not a 49 either.