Clear Vinyl Seat (Slip-On) Covers

[mch]

I spoke to Dave Thibeault for my 64 GT hawk, He supplied an amazing set of red vinyl seats , and door panels that my interior guy installed beautifully. They fit as new. Give him a call, he is a wonderful source

[mch]

as and addition as I sent to quickly, I bought a pair of red towel from Bed Bathy & Beyond and had a pocket sewed as to hook to the top over the top of the seat as not to sweat when not using the A/C
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[NCDave51]

Yes, I too have used a plain white bedsheet in several of my classics to cover the OEM fabric seats....I finally reached out to LeBarron Bonney (famous upholsterer for almost all pre-war US cars) and it turns out they ARE ABLE to produce clear vinyl covers precisely for our bench seats. Costs are $385 for each of the front and back, so not jumping at the offer just yet....$$$$

Given the legendary quality of LBB, however, I expect the look and fit will be first-class. I'll keep the SDC posted if do end up fitting them onto my 10G-W5.

[NCDave51]

Well, they took a long time to manufacture, but I did go with LBB for a set of clear covers. LBB purchased the assets of EZ Interiors some time back so these were made up at their Maine facility. Excellent quality.

The installed pic was taken the evening of the install. The covers hadn't smoothed-in just yet, but the summer heat should take care of that. I continue to use a white bedsheet on the benches anyways, so thermonuclear skin removal shouldn't be an issue. I just love the look - a option my grandad chose on all of his old cars back in the 60s and 70s.

The other pics are of the rear seat bay and I marveled at what a time warp it was - all grease pencil markings are there, rag scraps use in the holes where the seat back hooks, etc., sprayed tar material all intact, etc. What was interesting to me was the fade line on the still-original cloth (see pic); the rear package tray obviously blocked the limited amount of sun seen by the bench at all. I had a completely different color fabric originally!

[62champ]

My grandparents '62 Lark had clear seat covers with those small raised triangle shaped bumps all over them. We would get excited at how they would leave triangle red indentions all over the backs of our legs. Good times.

[dpson]

My grandparents '62 Lark had clear seat covers with those small raised triangle shaped bumps all over them. We would get excited at how they would leave triangle red indentions all over the backs of our legs. Good times.

That brings back a memory from my youth, my grandparents 60's Dodge Coronet with the clear seat covers with the triangular bumps, I had forgotten about the bumps. The other thing I remember is sitting in the car and hearing the electric clock rewind every now and then. Funny the things we remember.

[Kurt]

My grandparents '62 Lark had clear seat covers with those small raised triangle shaped bumps all over them. We would get excited at how they would leave triangle red indentions all over the backs of our legs. Good times.

My parents 67 Impala had those as well. Funny how we all have similiar memories.

[Silverplate]

My dad use to buy a set of plastic seat covers from Fingerhut back in the day for every car he owned. They fit well to.

[8E45E]

My parents 67 Impala had those as well.

So did my aunt's '67 Meteor Montcalm station wagon.

Craig

[chet445]

I too wanted to protect the upholstery so purchased a favorable Tartan blanket (different sizes available) to match the car and thus have nice seat cover and preserves what is beneath. Probably won't work if you have a center console unless you split the blanket to fit each seat. Just a thought.

[jclary]

Regarding clear plastic covers...here in the South, 1950's, almost no one I knew had air conditioning (home or car). For my family, imagine a couple of adults, and six children only 8 years from the oldest to youngest. Hot, irritated, bundles of energetic kids, jostling for a window seat. Then think about the occasional trip to the local A&W DRIVE-IN, where the car hop brought out the window tray full of hot dogs, frosted rootbeer, & ice cream cones. All that stuff rarely made it getting passed from that overloaded tray to each kid without getting sloshed, dropped, or dumped somewhere along the way.

For any parent who wanted to preserve a small amount of decorum and dignity of their vehicle, those plastic seat covers were an absolute necessity.