Al B
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It can be repaired. It isn't uncommon to repair leather, plastic, vinyl, etc, re-die, paint etc. Had a thief break into my truck, poked a hole in the back of my leather seat in the truck, had it repaired, can't tell it had a hole the size of a dime, and it's been a year of wear and tear.
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campercajun
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My sister-in-law does upholstery work, on cars, trucks, boats, golf carts, RVs, etc. The leather seats can be repaired, and the upholstery shop can probably obtain some matching leather from the manufacturer. However, leather isn't exactly cheap, and most upholsterers don't work for free. Check with one, and then check with the "boss"!
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Tek-Rep
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Duct tape?????
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chuckster11
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emmmw wrote:40 or so years ago my folks bought a new 1967 Ford Galaxi and immediately covered the seats in plastic... I'll tell you one thing. When that car went to the junk yard many years later, those seats looked like new! :-)
Oh my the memories of this quite common practice in the 50's! Until you have peeled yourself off a plastic seat cover in a Southern Illinois August afternoon, you haven't experienced humidity at all.
Lordy, I wonder why people did that back then? It wasn't because cars lasted that long--50,000 miles and they were generally shot.
Thanks, you brought back some fun times.
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bondebond
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First, get thicker hide. Then, get the leather repaired. Give the Boss the bill (thus, the thicker hide).
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donawilcox
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I know when I bought my truck he said he had someone that could recover with leather cheaper than ordering the truck with leather seats. We were contemplating a one ton that did not have the bells and whistles but we wanted leather seats and ended up a few other items so we did not go that way.
You may even ck salvage yards or a replacement seats may even be cheaper.
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Cox89XJ
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It would be cheaper to buy a new MH than that!!!
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mike4947
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Since I see Texas as an address, and I'm not sure if it's still the same way south of the border, but we used to shop out our upholstry work accross the border in years gone by. Cost was considerably less, and workmanship was really better than anything we could find outside of having the factory recover the seats.
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H & E
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We had leather matched for house furniture. It took awhile but we finally got a sample that matched and had the new furniture made. Keep the leather covers get it repaired and enjoy it. Never understood covering the seats to preserve for the next owner.
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gaymeadowsman
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We had a friend to accidentally burn the leather back seat in our car. I carried it to an auto upholstery shop and they were able to replace only the damaged section with a high grade vinyl in a perfect match color wise that had almost the same grain and feel as the surrounding leather. They even reused the "piping" trim. It only cost me $250 dollars. If the color is current it should be an easy match.
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