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Trimming a 1960 Mercedes 220se,

2/6/2016

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Over the past several months I have been working away on all the interior upholstery components for a 1960 Mercedes 220se that is being restored by Rudi and Company.
We're trimming this car in original Roser Tan colored leather. I was able to find good kits for the seat covers and the the top. But everything else I had to make by hand.

Here you can see the door panels I made, copying the original ones exactly -
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Here are the rear 1/4 panels (before and after) and the rear bench seats -
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The finished front seats...
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On the car, I started by installing all of the lower dash and glove box leather, as well as the rear top stowage area...
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Then came installing the new rear 1/4 panels and trim,
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And the door panels and trim...
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Next came the most time consuming part of the job - installing the cabrio top and headliner. It starts by installing the sewn headliner assembly to the top frame and getting it perfect on the inside...
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Then building up and shaping the inner top padding...
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And finally fitting the top itself - this takes a lot of patients and adjustment to fit right...
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To finish it all off, the seats and the top boot cover...
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Until next time...
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