marc_lee
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Hi all. I'm new to posting, though I've been an active reader of this forum for about 3 years. I own a 1976 Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 biplane and keep it hangared at Santa Ana/John Wayne airport out here in California.
The seats in the thing are staring to really deteriorate and I have foam sticking out in an increasingly large number of places, especially the bottom cushions in both 'pits. So I've decided to have the seats re-upholstered.
The Great Lakes being an airplane that has not changed in design much since the 1930's, I wanted to give the seats a "vintage-y" look. I don't want a 1930's look necessarily, but maybe something 60's or - gasp- 70's. I was inspired by a Starduster I saw recently that had a very 1960's looking, 2-tone upholstery job like you might see in a classic car. It was gorgeous but I have no photo.
I was wondering if any of you had done any interesting upholstery work on your airplane? Or does everybody just stick with boring ol' black vinyl?
Thanks, and nice to "meet" all of you!
The seats in the thing are staring to really deteriorate and I have foam sticking out in an increasingly large number of places, especially the bottom cushions in both 'pits. So I've decided to have the seats re-upholstered.
The Great Lakes being an airplane that has not changed in design much since the 1930's, I wanted to give the seats a "vintage-y" look. I don't want a 1930's look necessarily, but maybe something 60's or - gasp- 70's. I was inspired by a Starduster I saw recently that had a very 1960's looking, 2-tone upholstery job like you might see in a classic car. It was gorgeous but I have no photo.
I was wondering if any of you had done any interesting upholstery work on your airplane? Or does everybody just stick with boring ol' black vinyl?
Thanks, and nice to "meet" all of you!
