Source of perforated AMBLA vinyl seating ??

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ripvanwinkle

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Hi
My trimming mate can't fix the cracks in the tan perforated AMBLA vinyl front seats in my P6B . He says the material is too brittle to repair . A test repair confirmed this . He can recover the seating area , recreating the pleats etc but can't find the perforated AMBLA vinyl which was used by Rover [ Volvo and probably others] in Canada .The original rear seats are fine I really can't justify the cost of retrimming the front and back seats in non original vinyl for consistency
Can any one tell me if perforated AMBLA is still available ?? I don't want to resort to seat covers !!!
Thanks
Rip Van Winkle
 
Gosh! I've never seen a picture of a P6 wearing perforated Ambla! Are you up to posting one? Or, like me, not fitted with techy compatible fingers?

It must be available though - too amny cars of that era used it. Try Woolies to start with, they often have stuff that isn't in the catalogue. [http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk//url] Chris
 
My 3500s has tan Ambla seats. The only reason I know that it is Ambla is I purchsed a 1977 3500 and 3500s Parts Catalogue a few years ago. I have never seen what the condition of the front seats are like because like most cars in NZ, they are covered with sheepskin covers. the rear seats are in excellent condition and the only fault is that there is a few hairline cracks on the top due to sunlight. There is no crunbling . Unlike most plastic seated cars of the era, they do not sweat and are very comfortable to sit in. (Not that I travel in the rear seats very often.)
 
Got the rear seat tops and backs plus all the interior side panels aqnd rear parcel shelf redone in my tan interior P6B a few years ago (about 2002) as one of the local car upolsterers had a roll of the origional Rover Ambla still in stock but unfortunatly he was not up for re doing the front drivers seat as he felt the job would not turn out perfect :( none the less I jumped at the oppotunity to get it done and it only cost me NZ$300.00 I was rapt so much for so little with what I thought had been an unobtainable fabric.
it pays to check your local upolsterers just in case they have something still hanging about in their stock room.

Graeme
 
Classicus said:
Unlike most plastic seated cars of the era, they do not sweat and are very comfortable to sit in. (Not that I travel in the rear seats very often.)
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I find it's difficult to reach the pedals :roll:
 
BAS Ltd <http://www.basjaguartrim.com> can supply ambla but I don't know that the perforated stuff is still available unless you decide punch the holes yourself

The perforated material was only used in the "valleys" in boxpleat seats so it may not be terribly noticeable if you have to go with the plain variety , though it may get a bit sticky on a hot day without a car seat cover between you and the plastic
 
Hi chaps, if I understand Rip Van Winkle correctly he's not dealing with 3500S type boxpleat seats but the vanishingly rare flat pleat seats with perforated ambla facings. So self punching the holes is not an option - they are very tiny and there are thousands of them! The material is similar to that used by Triumph as the main facing material on contemporary 2000's and 1300's!

James Taylor quotes this type of upholstery as having been standard for North American 4 cyl models from the '68 model year and describes it as "Amblair". He doesn't have a picture, but I've always understood it to be smilar to the picture on page 79 of the 2000S upholstery.

Chris
 
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