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> Recovered Seats, Autobahn Interiors in San Diego
Rob-O
post May 31 2018, 12:28 PM
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Just received some pics from autobahn of my recovered seats. Kinda excited to get these in the car.

I’ll post more pics once they arrive. This is the German Houndstooth (called Pepita, I believe), which was a much heftier material than the standard houndstooth.


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post May 31 2018, 12:30 PM
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Those look great!
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post May 31 2018, 12:35 PM
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Jeeezzz... those do look great!

Where did you get them done? Autobahn?
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post May 31 2018, 12:35 PM
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QUOTE(Rob-O @ May 31 2018, 11:28 AM) *

This is the German Houndstooth (called Pepita, I believe), which was a much heftier material than the standard houndstooth.


If it's the old school German fabric, yes it was called "Pepita" Rob, & will be a better & heavier fabric than the newer "Domestic" or other-country-of-origin fabrics.

IIRC you can see it from the original dealer ordering documents as available on the 70-72 914-6s on Jeff Bowlsby's website Interior Fabric section.

I've seen this inset done on both 914s & 911/912s by Autos International on a few SoCal cars, & it looks good.

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post May 31 2018, 01:15 PM
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post May 31 2018, 02:27 PM
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QUOTE(Beebo Kanelle @ May 31 2018, 10:35 AM) *

Jeeezzz... those do look great!

Where did you get them done? Autobahn?


Yup, Autobahn Interiors in San Diego.
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post May 31 2018, 02:32 PM
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QUOTE(Tom_T @ May 31 2018, 10:35 AM) *

QUOTE(Rob-O @ May 31 2018, 11:28 AM) *

This is the German Houndstooth (called Pepita, I believe), which was a much heftier material than the standard houndstooth.


If it's the old school German fabric, yes it was called "Pepita" Rob, & will be a better & heavier fabric than the newer "Domestic" or other-country-of-origin fabrics.

IIRC you can see it from the original dealer ordering documents as available on the 70-72 914-6s on Jeff Bowlsby's website Interior Fabric section.

I've seen this inset done on both 914s & 911/912s by Autos International on a few SoCal cars, & it looks good.

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I think I’ve seen that document on Jeff’s site.

Autobahn sent me several samples. One was the ‘other’ houndstooth. It was amazing how thin it felt. It looked decent but I didn’t think it would wear well over time.

I am looking forward to a cloth insert. While I do like the original basket weave, it’s a hot seat during the summer months here in Texas. And I usually only drive late in the evening or night!
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post May 31 2018, 03:19 PM
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Looking super.

Now that is a nice job.

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Those look great. Even better than original basketweave.
Are you going to Okteenerfest in September?
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Sorry but how much for the work on the seats?

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post May 31 2018, 04:31 PM
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Sorry but how much for the work on the seats?

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Sorry, same question
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post May 31 2018, 05:38 PM
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I get more comments on my seats than any other item...
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post May 31 2018, 05:43 PM
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nice seats, but why is there a ferret in the car?
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Hey Towle! Great question! Because of my custom center console box, the seat could not be slid forward at all without hiding the seat belt latch. I added a belt latc extender to it which I then covered with a sheepskin cover. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)
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post May 31 2018, 08:14 PM
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Those look great. Even better than original basketweave.
Are you going to Okteenerfest in September?


Don't think I'll make OkteenerFest this year. I have two small kiddos, so anything more than a half day or day event is tough to pull off. But once the seats and dash is back in I'll be once again hitting the cars and coffee and events like those at Ed Mayo's place.
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post May 31 2018, 08:21 PM
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I drooled over many photos of your interior before I pulled the trigger. There was another thread with some seats that had a blue tartan insert thing going on that Autobahn did. I really should've taken some pictures of my seats before hand. They were just demolished. As a matter of fact, I haven't had a passenger seat in the car in at least six months. The driver seat had the back pulled entirely off and my back was against the fiberglass shell. The bottom cushion was split in about five places and the cushion underneath was tired and ripped. You could easily see the sensor for the seat belt relay system in the cushion. The rest of the interior looked pretty good though.

I'll update this thread once the seats are back. While the seats were gone I restored the seat adjusters. Powder coated them and had the adjusting hardware re-plated. Bought new bushings from 914Rubber, too. Only used one of the bushings from that kit, though. The majority of the stock bushings were in great shape and fit a little better.
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post May 31 2018, 08:28 PM
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I purchased the 914rubber kit. I hope it turns out half as nice as yours. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)


Are you installing them yourself? Because after seeing the way your house project turned out I'm sure they'll be really nice.
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post May 31 2018, 08:54 PM
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I purchased the 914rubber kit. I hope it turns out half as nice as yours. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

Me too. Took about a day of work. I like em.
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post May 31 2018, 08:59 PM
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QUOTE(Rob-O @ May 31 2018, 10:28 PM) *

QUOTE(mepstein @ May 31 2018, 11:15 AM) *

I purchased the 914rubber kit. I hope it turns out half as nice as yours. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)


Are you installing them yourself? Because after seeing the way your house project turned out I'm sure they'll be really nice.


That's nice of you to say but there is a big difference between what I can do and what I contract someone to do. My only real "talent" is tracking down (hard to find) parts. I have great respect for people who can really create things.
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post May 31 2018, 09:06 PM
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I'm kind of the same. I can paint (really well) and wield a wrench pretty well, but sometimes I see the things that other people do and it's just art to me. Like metal work and interiors...

I'm still waiting for you to find another set of 3" front struts with the newer style pin. After this interior the 5 lug is going to have to happen.
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