MikeMelb
Active Member
about 25 years ago I acquired a couple of front seats, upholstered in vinyl (same pattern as the leather seats) with the idea of using them and preserving my original leather seats.
This never happened probably because they had sagged a bit, and I kept feeding and dying (actually painting) the originals.
Anyhow on searching the net I discovered Lseat.com who sell original pattern Rover P6 2000SC and 2000TC from 1968 through 73 (?) as these are the same as early P6Bs thought it was worth a go.
I knew they would not exactly match our Buckskin and they have embossed grain so I ordered front seats in Ivory with dark red piping on December 12 and they indicated manufacture took between 15 and 20 days and then shipping from US to Australia 7-10 days, so I was delighted when they arrived today (given that we had Christmas and New Year holidays in the time frame) Cost US$389 (would have been US$ 349 without the contrast piping) plus shipping to Oz US$59.
Only negatives : The headrest covers are for the full headrests, not the thin head restraints that our car has (but I assumed that going in.)
Despite asking about covering for the seat backing panel none was provided. I emailed them and got an immediate response to say they don't supply as the do not have a pattern, but offered to make them if I sent an original. The logistics are against that so I've asked if they can send some vinyl and piping.
Overall quality is excellent and the embossing is less prominent than I expected based on their website pictures.The leather is thinnish but backed by fabric and the fluting has foam sewn in in the same way as the original. It does seem to be better executed at the margins than the original.
Because the Dunlopillo in the secondhand seats had deteriorated I got some high density foam to replace it and at present those centre sections of the seats are sitting a little higher than the surrounds. The centre sections of the Backs are fine, but trial fitting the covers suggests that the surrounds need beefing up,
The covers come with gussets to go over the sides of the centre cushion sections, but without the extension fabric to clip to the underside of the frame the way the originals did.
Think I'm going to try and use velcro rather than clips to retain the covers.
Some initial pics:
This never happened probably because they had sagged a bit, and I kept feeding and dying (actually painting) the originals.
Anyhow on searching the net I discovered Lseat.com who sell original pattern Rover P6 2000SC and 2000TC from 1968 through 73 (?) as these are the same as early P6Bs thought it was worth a go.
I knew they would not exactly match our Buckskin and they have embossed grain so I ordered front seats in Ivory with dark red piping on December 12 and they indicated manufacture took between 15 and 20 days and then shipping from US to Australia 7-10 days, so I was delighted when they arrived today (given that we had Christmas and New Year holidays in the time frame) Cost US$389 (would have been US$ 349 without the contrast piping) plus shipping to Oz US$59.
Only negatives : The headrest covers are for the full headrests, not the thin head restraints that our car has (but I assumed that going in.)
Despite asking about covering for the seat backing panel none was provided. I emailed them and got an immediate response to say they don't supply as the do not have a pattern, but offered to make them if I sent an original. The logistics are against that so I've asked if they can send some vinyl and piping.
Overall quality is excellent and the embossing is less prominent than I expected based on their website pictures.The leather is thinnish but backed by fabric and the fluting has foam sewn in in the same way as the original. It does seem to be better executed at the margins than the original.
Because the Dunlopillo in the secondhand seats had deteriorated I got some high density foam to replace it and at present those centre sections of the seats are sitting a little higher than the surrounds. The centre sections of the Backs are fine, but trial fitting the covers suggests that the surrounds need beefing up,
The covers come with gussets to go over the sides of the centre cushion sections, but without the extension fabric to clip to the underside of the frame the way the originals did.
Think I'm going to try and use velcro rather than clips to retain the covers.
Some initial pics: