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Old 06-08-2021, 10:18 PM   #411
DeadheadNM
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto

Hi Tim - I’m glad you got that Blazer. Good buy.

Thanks for the good words. Dealing with the upholstery was a lengthy nightmare.

My covers were made to order by Truck World (Larry Nease) who essentially wholesales to dealers he works with. There’s a member here that’s successful at keeping Larry focused. Send me a PM and I’ll share the details. The member that I used at the time is no longer in the business.

There is a vendor in Texas that was advertising plaid front bucket covers. I’m uncertain where these were/are made but I’ve yet to see examples that have the pattern correctly aligned. There’s a consistent pattern of alignment with the front bucket covers but that’s not the case for the rear from what I’ve observed. It takes more yards of fabric to achieve the correct alignment between the front covers.

SMS fabric offers repro plaid fabric and the vinyl can be had. The rub is the rear seat cover, which has embossed scrolling. Larry is able to get correctly embossed vinyl to assemble the rear seat cover. Also, make sure that the rear seat receives the correct pattern on the vinyl across the back of the seat (it’s ribbed).

Hope this is helpful. If possible start a build thread for your Blazer, I’d like to follow.
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