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> Finishing A 914-6 GT Conversion Project, Great Start, But The Devil Is In The Details!
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post May 13 2018, 03:12 PM
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Head rest installed with silicone on the post shafts
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post May 13 2018, 03:20 PM
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What a great experience! I highly recommend his work!

Escondido Custom Upholstery
Oscar Reyes
520 N. Quince St. Suite 2
Escondido CA 92025
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My seats are going home! They Are Perfect! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
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post May 13 2018, 03:22 PM
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QUOTE(raynekat @ May 12 2018, 10:30 PM) *

Looking crazy nice! Those will be some beauties to sit on.


They did turn out "crazy nice" Now to install them!
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post May 13 2018, 03:24 PM
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Terrific looking seats. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post May 15 2018, 10:28 AM
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I have seat envy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)

I think an upgrade to my stock seats is in my future!
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post May 15 2018, 10:42 AM
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Beautiful seats.
It is a pleasure to see a craftsman at work, and with pride in the work he/she does.
I think it is our responsibility in the automotive hobby to keep craftsman like Oscar busy with work to help preserve the craftsmanship.
I have two seats that need redoing; too bad that I am at the other end of the country. Will have to find someone in the Daytona area to do the work.
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post May 15 2018, 11:06 AM
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He did a great job on those seats. Interesting to see how ugly the bare metal frames are on those seats.
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post May 15 2018, 11:29 AM
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Congratulations Jim on making these seats better than new.
So happy to see all your efforts paying off. Love your positive attitude.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/309.gif) Congrats to Oscar (upholsterer) as well, great workmanship!!!
He must be a cool dude with a name like that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/134.gif)
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post May 15 2018, 12:40 PM
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QUOTE(Cairo94507 @ May 13 2018, 02:24 PM) *

Terrific looking seats. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)


Thanks! Hey I don't know where you are on seats for your car but Oscar is certainly one option. Oscar is Kent level on seats. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Other shops in the area (who shall remain nameless) bring the difficult stuff to Oscar but I doubt they would ever admit it.

You have to be getting close to paint on your car, it sure is looking good! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post May 15 2018, 09:04 PM
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QUOTE(daytona @ May 15 2018, 09:42 AM) *

Beautiful seats.
It is a pleasure to see a craftsman at work, and with pride in the work he/she does.
I think it is our responsibility in the automotive hobby to keep craftsman like Oscar busy with work to help preserve the craftsmanship.
I have two seats that need redoing; too bad that I am at the other end of the country. Will have to find someone in the Daytona area to do the work.
Bill.


Thanks Bill, they really did come out well and I couldn't be happier with them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

As for your seats, there may be someone as thorough in your area, but you could ship them to Oscar. U-Haul wardrobe box works for great for this, fitting both seats clam shell like. Might be worth the cost of shipping. Tell you what, if you do, I will personally look in on them once in a while for you, he is about 15 minutes from my house.

Interesting what you said about preserving craftsmanship because on one of my visits to the shop he was telling me that he "is old school" meaning no cut corners and takes to time to do it right, giving several examples of how many do seats that look good but aren't really underneath.

Best of luck with whatever you choose to do.
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post May 15 2018, 10:00 PM
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He did a great job on those seats. Interesting to see how ugly the bare metal frames are on those seats.


Yes those frames are not much to look at for sure! And it wasn't until after they were in process at Oscar's that it came to mind that I should have made more detailed drawings and measurements to copy those frames. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

You probably saw all the "fun" I went through to make the two frames look the same.

Wanting to install the seats today, I ran into more "fun". Wish I'd paid more attention when I removed the 914 seat rails that were installed on the seats when they arrived. I thought all was good. Turns out one seat had much smaller bolts than the 6mm they should have had. So that meant drill and tap the 8 seat frame holes. No biggie. But wish I'd caught it before upholstery.

Okay, then I saw the track rails had been modified with elongated holes because the frame holes were not necessarily located in the right location. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) How do you mess that up?
Wait, it gets better, the rails when mounted did not line up, fore and aft, hence the need for the square shown. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) More hole elongation was then needed to properly match up the tracks! Does it ever end?
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post May 15 2018, 10:34 PM
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QUOTE(defianty @ May 15 2018, 09:28 AM) *

I have seat envy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)

I think an upgrade to my stock seats is in my future!


With the extra time spent today rectifying "issues" with the driver seat I was able to get it installed. That's right, only one seat today, but it was so cool to sit in the darn thing after all this work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Way better and it feels so "right". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Stephen, when you see the pictures below of the original next to the beautifully done Scheel it is an amazing comparison and you are really going to have "seat envy". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) You sit on the stock seat and in the Scheel. If you can swing an "upgrade", I highly recommend it! Happy hunting! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Oscar kept telling me that these seats would match the door panels perfectly and he was right! (Try not to notice the saw dust I managed to get on the driver seat side shot)
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post May 16 2018, 05:04 AM
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I missed the part were you removed the red roll bar. Good move. The interior looks great. I always like the backpad delete on a GT car.
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post May 16 2018, 05:34 AM
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Wow, my dream seats, Congrats.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Damn they look good! It's amazing what a difference the seats make in the driving experience (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Looks like we might have to set up a local back roads drive here pretty soon! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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Drop dead gorgeous seats.
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post May 16 2018, 09:11 PM
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QUOTE(ValcoOscar @ May 15 2018, 10:29 AM) *

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

Congratulations Jim on making these seats better than new.
So happy to see all your efforts paying off. Love your positive attitude.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/309.gif) Congrats to Oscar (upholsterer) as well, great workmanship!!!
He must be a cool dude with a name like that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/134.gif)


Thank you Oscar!

He is a cool dude for sure and all the Oscar's I know are cool dudes! That would be 2 Oscar's altogether! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

Cheers to Oscars's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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I should have warned you about the smaller bolts to hold the tracks onto the bottom of these seats.

I had to use washers to shim because the vinyl was impeding the seats' ability to slide back and forth.
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I missed the part were you removed the red roll bar. Good move. The interior looks great. I always like the backpad delete on a GT car.


I agree on the red roll bar removal. It was in the car when I got it and in the beginning I thought I would track this car so I had it powder coated black. It was a custom made roll bar for this car, so I will hang on to it.

Pic of car with red roll bar and Sparco seats, circa 1998 I believe, in WA state. Just before it went silent for 20 some years.

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Thanks for weighing in on the interior, and the back pad delete was an easy one, as I never had one to begin with! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

Thanks for the horn parts they arrived today! much appreciated! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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