[FC] Corvanatics Digest, Vol 110, Issue 10

John Luscinski vair_65 at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 26 12:04:49 EDT 2014


All you can do is buy it look to see if it fits and if it doesn't return it.

John

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On Mar 26, 2014, at 12:00 PM, corvanatics-request at corvair.org wrote:

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>   1. Vinyl Seat Covers (Fred Adler)
>   2. Re: Vinyl Seat Covers (Rod Murray)
>   3. Re: Vinyl Seat Covers (J. R. Read)
>   4. Re: Vinyl Seat Covers (Clark Hartzel)
>   5. Fw:  Vinyl Seat Covers (J. R. Read)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:24:55 +0000
> From: Fred Adler <fadler at genbio.com>
> Subject: [FC] Vinyl Seat Covers
> To: "corvanatics at corvair.org" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
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> Here is a question to you guys.
> 
> Bench seat on a Rampside.   I am on budget on this restoration.
> 
> Clark's front bench seat cover Monza Style looks beautiful but it is over $330 bucks not including delivery.  Was the bench seat different dimensions (front) in a Rampside than it was in the other 1961 Chevy trucks?   I ask because there are some pretty nice vinyl seat covers from other Classic Chevy houses..........not as nice as Clark's but about half the price.
> 
> Thanks for comment if you know answer.   I would think GM would have a common part if it were possible.
> 
> Fred Adler
> San Diego
> 61 Rampside.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:32:50 -0400
> From: Rod Murray <rmurray at pittsburghpenguins.com>
> Subject: Re: [FC] Vinyl Seat Covers
> To: Fred Adler <fadler at genbio.com>, "corvanatics at corvair.org"
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> Same size as the greenbriers and corvans :)
> 
> Seriously, seems doubtful given the unique smaller size of the FC line.
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> Rod Murray
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org [mailto:corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Fred Adler
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:25 PM
> To: corvanatics at corvair.org
> Subject: [FC] Vinyl Seat Covers
> 
> Here is a question to you guys.
> 
> Bench seat on a Rampside.   I am on budget on this restoration.
> 
> Clark's front bench seat cover Monza Style looks beautiful but it is over $330 bucks not including delivery.  Was the bench seat different dimensions (front) in a Rampside than it was in the other 1961 Chevy trucks?   I ask because there are some pretty nice vinyl seat covers from other Classic Chevy houses..........not as nice as Clark's but about half the price.
> 
> Thanks for comment if you know answer.   I would think GM would have a common part if it were possible.
> 
> Fred Adler
> San Diego
> 61 Rampside.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:32:43 -0500
> From: "J. R. Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [FC] Vinyl Seat Covers
> To: "Fred Adler" <fadler at genbio.com>,    <corvanatics at corvair.org>
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> I can't think of any reason that it would be different dimensions since both 
> pretty much go fender well to fender well.
> But, I never measured one.
> Later, JR
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred Adler" <fadler at genbio.com>
> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 5:24 PM
> Subject: [FC] Vinyl Seat Covers
> 
> 
>> Here is a question to you guys.
>> 
>> Bench seat on a Rampside.   I am on budget on this restoration.
>> 
>> Clark's front bench seat cover Monza Style looks beautiful but it is over 
>> $330 bucks not including delivery.  Was the bench seat different 
>> dimensions (front) in a Rampside than it was in the other 1961 Chevy 
>> trucks?   I ask because there are some pretty nice vinyl seat covers from 
>> other Classic Chevy houses..........not as nice as Clark's but about half 
>> the price.
>> 
>> Thanks for comment if you know answer.   I would think GM would have a 
>> common part if it were possible.
>> 
>> Fred Adler
>> San Diego
>> 61 Rampside.
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:22:01 -0400
> From: "Clark Hartzel" <chartzel at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [FC] Vinyl Seat Covers
> To: "'J. R. Read'" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: corvanatics at corvair.org
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> The Corvair FC seat is very thin at the outer edges because of the
> wheelhouses.  Maybe a regular Chevy cover could be wrapped around underneath
> but might not look right.
> Clark Hartzel
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of J. R. Read
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 7:33 PM
> To: Fred Adler; corvanatics at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: [FC] Vinyl Seat Covers
> 
> I can't think of any reason that it would be different dimensions since both
> 
> pretty much go fender well to fender well.
> But, I never measured one.
> Later, JR
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred Adler" <fadler at genbio.com>
> To: < >
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 5:24 PM
> Subject: [FC] Vinyl Seat Covers
> 
> 
>> Here is a question to you guys.
>> 
>> Bench seat on a Rampside.   I am on budget on this restoration.
>> 
>> Clark's front bench seat cover Monza Style looks beautiful but it is over 
>> $330 bucks not including delivery.  Was the bench seat different 
>> dimensions (front) in a Rampside than it was in the other 1961 Chevy 
>> trucks?   I ask because there are some pretty nice vinyl seat covers from 
>> other Classic Chevy houses..........not as nice as Clark's but about half 
>> the price.
>> 
>> Thanks for comment if you know answer.   I would think GM would have a 
>> common part if it were possible.
>> 
>> Fred Adler
>> San Diego
>> 61 Rampside.
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:40:12 -0500
> From: "J. R. Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [FC] Fw:  Vinyl Seat Covers
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> Later, JR
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "J. R. Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Fred Adler" <fadler at genbio.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 8:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [FC] Vinyl Seat Covers
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> 
>> Fred - I think that I misunderstood the question.  I thought that you 
>> wanted to know if all of the Corvair FC bench seats are the same.  I did 
>> not catch that you were asking about OTHER Chevy trucks of the era.  In 
>> that case, I doubt they would be the same because the FC seats are very 
>> narrow depth over the wheel wells.
>> Later, JR
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Fred Adler" <fadler at genbio.com>
>> To: "J. R. Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 7:00 PM
>> Subject: RE: [FC] Vinyl Seat Covers
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks JR.   I will wait for the Classic Chevy places to wake up tomorrow 
>> and ask them if the frame on the FC's is the same as on the C10.
>> 
>> Fred
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: J. R. Read [mailto:hmlinc at sbcglobal.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 4:33 PM
>> To: Fred Adler; corvanatics at corvair.org
>> Subject: Re: [FC] Vinyl Seat Covers
>> 
>> I can't think of any reason that it would be different dimensions since 
>> both pretty much go fender well to fender well.
>> But, I never measured one.
>> Later, JR
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Fred Adler" <fadler at genbio.com>
>> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 5:24 PM
>> Subject: [FC] Vinyl Seat Covers
>> 
>> 
>>> Here is a question to you guys.
>>> 
>>> Bench seat on a Rampside.   I am on budget on this restoration.
>>> 
>>> Clark's front bench seat cover Monza Style looks beautiful but it is over
>>> $330 bucks not including delivery.  Was the bench seat different
>>> dimensions (front) in a Rampside than it was in the other 1961 Chevy
>>> trucks?   I ask because there are some pretty nice vinyl seat covers from
>>> other Classic Chevy houses..........not as nice as Clark's but about half
>>> the price.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for comment if you know answer.   I would think GM would have a
>>> common part if it were possible.
>>> 
>>> Fred Adler
>>> San Diego
>>> 61 Rampside.
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Corvanatics mailing list
>>> Corvanatics at corvair.org
>>> http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/listinfo/corvanatics
>>> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America,
>>> http://www.corvair.org/
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