1958-59 Export Model Interiors

hootowls · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:37 pm Post subject:

mario_0609 · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 3:07 pm Post subject:

OvalTeenAZ · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:11 pm Post subject:

Heres the Interior in my original Black 59 semaphore ragtop.

Ive seen one other black car with blue interior. 24k original Km...

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I havent taken the covers off the front seats yet. But the original material is there.

Heres the all original 58 euro.

john7 · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:35 pm Post subject:

mario_0609 · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:20 am Post subject:

huskyboy · Samba Member Joined: October 29, 2006 Posts: 40

Here's some stuff from my '59 garnet red. Very dirty. I wish the drivers door panel was useable, the rest seems to be fine with a little cleaning.

hootowls · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 5:28 pm Post subject:

Side-by-side comparison of the Red / Green / Blue material samples for the door panels and seats. I've seen the door panel insert material referred to as both a "diamond" and "waffle" style pattern. Interesting how the grey was subtly tinted to coordinate with the primary color.

P134 Brown-Grey / P133 Green-Grey / P132 Blue-Grey

K305 Brown-Grey / K304 Green-Grey / K303 Blue-Grey

K183 Red-Brown / K182 Grey-Green / K181 Blue

KsK3 Brown-Grey / KsK2 Green-Grey / KsK1 Blue-Grey

spectre6000 · Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:32 am Post subject:

At first glance I thought the fabric was a houndstooth pattern, but with the considerably larger image above (click on it, it's huge) it's obviously not a houndstooth. The guy doing the body work (and teaching me to do it) on my '58 works at a restoration shop, and I talked to the owner last night and he said he could do the seat covers without hesitation and the price was pretty attractive given the quality I've seen coming out of there (mainly because it's such a simple interior). I've been looking through all of the major manufacturers for interior kits, and none of them have a fabric that's terribly close to what I need. Does anyone know where I can get some fabric that's at least close to OG? Specifically the P134 Brown-Grey.
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GüteAndTite · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:19 am Post subject: Re: Door Panels

Black58EuroBug · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: Door Panels

GüteAndTite · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:15 pm Post subject: Re: Door Panels

Black58EuroBug · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:31 pm Post subject:

I will hunt around this weekend for the can. I removed the vinyl and the piping from the boards, repaired the broken clip holes in the boards with fiberglass resin, cleaned and dyed the vinyl then glued it back on. I scrubbed the piping with Bon Ami Smile

then stapled the piping back on. The staples are hard to find though, I found ones really close at www.mcmaster.com and a stapler there. The dye is sprayed on like paint, but it's really flexible and is like a dye more than a paint. If you buy all the prep stuff it really works well.

My seats were toast, I had my Euro fabric custom woven and then sewn by Lenny with the right color vinyl. Here is my back seat bottom, I haven't taken any more pics yet of the rest:

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GüteAndTite · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:17 am Post subject:

ive noticed Lenny does this thing on the seats about 4 inches forward on the seat bottom from the back rest the cover has a stitch down through the seat springs to pull a crease in the seat bottom. it looks like only cars with cloth topped original seat covers had this, and the leatherette topped seats did not. am i wrong on this? i have very nice og seat covers and there is no threads coming through the the covers. they were removed from the seats with the horsehair pads intact and there no thread there. hmmm... any one know this detail??
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GüteAndTite · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: Door Panels

bsvwoc · Samba Member Joined: July 26, 2001 Posts: 217

That is my '58 beetle on the repro photos at the top of this page.
I have since found original rear panels.
Although my car didn't have it's original interior when I bought it, I went with the red/brown combination.
Occasionally dealers would swap interiors for there customers, so you may find a car with a interior that doesn't fit the color charts.
As a rule 90% of the black beetles came with the red/brown combination.
The headliners were gray, and the carpet a dark gray.
Gray rubber mats were offered for the first time in 1958.
Also if you have an original door panel, remove the chrome trim and you will see the gray color it was when new. There were no beige door panels in 1958-59
Finally the seat rails matched the color interior.

Deanodynosaurs · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:54 am Post subject:

Sorry to resurrect a old thread, but i am desperate to find somebody who can supply this cloth material (pattern on right). I'm in the UK, but happy to have it shipped. Can anyone help?

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princeherman · Samba Member Joined: April 20, 2010 Posts: 13

I ordered seat cover replacements and matching door panels that were correct reproductions for my 59 from either Wolfsburg West or westcoastmetric(I cant remember and I cant find that receipt, sorry). They made them to order which took about eight weeks, and besides the fade of the originals they match exactly. When I placed the order they called me to confirm textures so I sent them a photo so they could match.
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Deanodynosaurs · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 5:23 am Post subject:

princeherman · Samba Member Joined: April 20, 2010 Posts: 13

I think they sub out the work to a shop that does the work custom so they may be able to make what you need. Hope this helps
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