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Fabric 1

Italian Leather
Producer/Manufacturer: G M leather Italy
Primary Use: Main Fabric

Fabric 2

Sterling Cut pile carpet
Producer:
Primary Use: Additional Fabric

Fabric 3

Wool headlining
Producer/Manufacturer: Lemans auto fabrics
Primary Use: Secondary Fabric

Fabric 4

Dunlop foams
Producer:
Primary Use: Seating foam

Please describe the project specifications

This beautiful 1930s sedan was fully submerged in 2 metres of water during cyclone Gabriel. We were referred to the job by another happy customer. When we got to start on the car about a year after the cyclone the interior had been fully stripped and water blasted, all of the old seat covers , carpets , headlining and door cards were long gone. We started with spring sets for each seat , a front seat frame , handles , window winders ,interior light fittings , armrests and sunvisors
There were no old covers or patterns of any kind the customer lost everything in the flood waters so had no photos to use as a reference and most photos on the internet lacked the details we desperately wanted.
To say this interior was a challenge is a massive understatement everything was either missing , rusty , broken , coated in silt residue or a combination of the three.
We built this interior the we felt it should be from our experience and when we were done the customer described it as perfection.

What is unique or complex about the project?

This project is one of the most challenging ever. So many details on how the trim fitted and how it went together were lost when the car was stripped by friends and volunteers during cyclone recovery. We have not had a lot of experience with this era of car but we were determined to capture the art deco style with wide tuck n roll pleats on the seating and a slim deco style stitched design on each door card to match the window surrounds. We really wanted to make this interior better than it had been prior to cyclone Gabriel and are very pleased with the results.

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