THE RE TRIM OF AN EARY SPLITSCREEN VAN BACK

Hello to you all here are some pictures and info on a re trim of an early split van...this was done as a sample for a customer.....yes he liked it and his job is on my list.

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As you can see it was in a bad way...well 40 odd years.....not bad really.......

 

Good old gaffer tape.....turned up side down revels some old school workmanship.........and the spec was to try and re use as much old wadding's as possible.

 

There striped back to the bare bones.....some broken springs to replace and some painting and be as good as new.

 

Once the old cover came off minus the gaffer tape the cover fell apart...........let the fun begin.

 

The top panel was spiked out to get the original shape so I could template for the new cover.

 

Oops a sideways view sorry about that....this is the new top panel cut with the sewing marks and fluting lines ready for stitching.

 

All the side panels laid out and marked on the new cover...always a good idea to do this to make sure you have got all the panels and using the least amount of material.

 

As you can see the tuck and roll all stitched in with the contrast piping fitted.

People often ask how this is done.....its a very simple process which I will cover in a how to do section of my blog soon.

 

There all done, sorry about the jump and not showing the sewing to the top panel.. I got carried away and forgot. still I hope you like and watch out for more updates........ta ta for now.

Colin.