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MG TD TF 1500 - TF Seats are Back

The upholsterer has finished my seats and door panels and they are superb. £500 for the seats, £100 for the panels (with the correct stitching) and £50 for the dash rail and enough vinyl and hidem for me to finish the job. I now have the old covers and door panels. If anyone wants them for patterns or perhaps patches they are totally free of charge.


Jan T
J Targosz

That sounds like an exceptionally good deal - its costing me much more!
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Dave Hill

No pictures = didn't happen.

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MAndrus

Before you get rid of them Jan I need a few more measurements on the door panel:

TD Door Trim Details:

Stitching Details:

Decorative centre pocket stitch size: 3.5 mm
Decorative centre pocket thread size:
Door panel pocket stitch size: 5.0 mm
Decorative centre pocket thread size:
Pocket piping stitch size: 3.5 mm
Pocket piping thread size:

Pocket Details:

Decorative centre pocket height front: 125 mm
Decorative centre pocket height rear: 55 mm
Decorative centre pocket length top: mm
Decorative centre pocket length bottom: mm
Pocket piping height: mm
Pocket bottom to panel bottom: 63 mm
Pocket front to panel front: mm
Pocket rear to panel rear: 81 mm
Pocket top to panel top; Varies
Centre pocket to panel piping stitching: mm

Some of the measurements above were a little difficult to read from the pics so hopefully these are correct. I may well end up needing the original pocket so if somebody here has one that I could borrow to measure that would be a huge help. Cheers
Peter TD 5801


P Hehir

Jan,

What color are the seats? And are they in decent shape.
I'm resurrecting a 55 TF and would like to keep its 60 year old patina. The seats were replaced with vinyl sometime in the sixties and just aren't going to cut it.

Thanks, Dan
Daniel Nordstrom

Hi Daniel,

They are dark red but the leather is very dry and has cracked in places. I understand though that it is possible to recondition it using products from Furniture Clinic (their web site links to some excellent videos). If you were in the UK I would send the covers to you tomorrow but the postage to the States would be high. If you want photos email me direct so I can attach half a dozen or so to a single message. The covers are free of charge and like wise with parcelling up.


Jan
J Targosz

Jan,

Thanks for the offer. Yes, I would like to see a few pics just incase. My upholstery is bright red, but they may be better than the ugly vinyl I currently have.

My email is as shown. Or dnords 541 six at g mail dot com

Thank you
Daniel Nordstrom

Jan,
Saw your message on my post as well. I am very interested on what you could spare. Please feel free to contact me.
TRH Hammond

Hi Jan. I have misplaced your email address. Can you contact me again on pjbm at bigpond dot com. I'm in need of the missing measurements above as well as further info on how the original pocket was made. It seems to be 2 layers of vinyl with some sort of padding in the middle?
Cheers
Peter TD 5801
P Hehir

I am in Italy at the moment and am having to the hotel computer where all instructions are in Italian. Will repond next week.

Jan t
J Targosz

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