Spitfire 1500 Houndstooth Seats

I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to help me locate the
correct Beige houndstooth fabric that was used on the 1977-1980
triumph spitfires.

I've seen the seat covers that are made by Newton Commercial and the
houndstooth fabric is a perfect match. Only thing is the beige vinyl
is a very bad match. Please see picture:

http://home.comcast.net/~reinarson/seat.jpg

It seems that all of the suppliers like Rimmer Bros, Moss Motors,
British Victoria all sell the Newton Commercial kits. I purchased a
set from Moss and I was disappointed that the beige vinyl did not
match at all as you can see in the picture. The cloth houndstooth seat
panels are a perfect match though.

My spitfire only has 14,000 miles and the only part of the seat that
needs replacement is the houndstooth seat panels. I thought I would
try contacting Newton Commercial to see if they would sell me a couple
of yards of their fabric and I would have a local trimmer sew in new
panels for me.

The response from Newton is that they won't sell the just the fabric
to a retail customer. All they offered to do is sell me another set of
their poorly matched seat covers.

I was wondering if anyone in this group knows how I could locate some
of this material?

Best Regards, Rusty

Hello,

You may be better off buying a vinyl dye in the color you want and
changing your existing seats yourself. If not, here are some companies
I have had good experiences with:

www.justdashes.com 1-800-247-3274

www.newportupholstery.com 1-877-820-4411 they'll send you
free samples

www.smsautofabrics.com 503-263-3535 these guys are kind of
expensive but they have a lot of original fabric (not just
reproduction) for a lot of different cars

www.lebaronbonney.com 1-800-221-5408 If these guys can't
supply it, I doubt anyone can


Good luck. Post back if you find what you're looking for.

Forrest