07-07-2017, 04:56 PM
Of the variety of trades represented in automotive restoration, I've always admired the upholsterer. In the mid 80's my Dad took me to to his upholstery guy who went by the name "Horse Face Leon". No joke. And from what I remember, his face really didn't look that much like a horse. Horses had pointed ears... Lol.
Some years back I bought this industrial walking-foot machine thinking, "if I can tig weld, how much harder is joining vinyl gonna be?" So, I gave it a whirl and quickly realized I have no business being behind one of these. And then I did the next best thing which was to ask my wife to bail me out of another problem.
In about a day she came up this pretty faithful reproduction of the factory Emmick seat cover. I couldn't be any happier with the results. Now, if I could convince her to "help" me with seat covers for some more karts!
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Some years back I bought this industrial walking-foot machine thinking, "if I can tig weld, how much harder is joining vinyl gonna be?" So, I gave it a whirl and quickly realized I have no business being behind one of these. And then I did the next best thing which was to ask my wife to bail me out of another problem.
In about a day she came up this pretty faithful reproduction of the factory Emmick seat cover. I couldn't be any happier with the results. Now, if I could convince her to "help" me with seat covers for some more karts!