deluxe non-knit seatcovers in early '68s...

Establishing dates for midyear changeovers would be very helpful for concours resto.

Vikki, I had the non weave covers, but my 68 was a fall 67 model.

Guess my resto is a "Coors" resto then..

The '68 in my garage is a 9B 67 build and has the original rear seatcover, wide non-comfortweave.

Vicki,
Can you snap a couple pictures so everyone knows what it looks like. I can take a picture of my comfort weave for comparison.

All, hold on as I want to, if Vikki has not already, create a easy form to capture data. I need to decide if want to quick update Registry to handle or stand alone. Either way, I would want to display what we have as we go.

Rear seat cover, Week 2 September 1967 build deluxe interior
Pleat depth detail
Underside, intact showing jute pad
Detail of cheesecloth wrapping padding
Detail of padding wrapped in cheesecloth
Detail of padding material (kapok?)
Detail of burlap under springs (referenced to underside)

Wonder if they ran out of FB covers on the line, and used camaro's?

Camaro covers don't look like that. I checked.

Microscopic examination of the fibers against known fiber samples indicates natural cotton batting.

Microscoptic examination WoW that's Heavy !

not really...I could have burned both samples too and compared the smoke, but I save my olfactory nerves for better purposes.

I figured since I already have built a Registry to gather a lot of this information, I would I would use it. A lot of coding left to do as all the ideas I have for the Registry probably would take me years to finish plus there are sure to be bugs I never found on my own testing.

The nuts and bolts for the Registry are there to gather the information and for me to review. The real power will be when I finish the research section so the data can be searched while maintaining confidentiality for the VIN. One reason I am the only one with access to the data thus far. Would be nice for you to be able to have a question on how many of this option came on the 67 and then search the data we have collected to answer that question.

I updated the Registry Option Form to include the Custom Seat Inserts. Also updated the form organization and coded it so only options for a particular year are listed instead of a generic form with all information (note: The Sample Document lists all year options as year has not been selected yet.)

Register your Firebird or update what you have already entered at:
http://FirstGenFirebird.org/registry/

See posts merged here

I have the same non perforated deluxe/custom seat covers in my 68 vert, all original except the alternator. It was built the 5th week of sept 67. I have also seen mention of this somewhere on this site a couple of years ago being verified by a couple of other verified original cars. As a side note my interior is the same color as the op Teal, might be a coincidence or possibly a clue. have to have more people chime in to find out.

To add more info on this I have narrowed down from research in the Pontiac master parts catalog http://www.teufert.net/partbook/67-76/15-p.pdf that only 4 colors came with the first type non knitted vinyl which they called "grained vinyl fabric". Parchment, Teal, Gold and Turquois. The 3 cars in this thread are early built cars and the latest I have seen is a second week of January Autumn Bronze with Parchment interior.

very cool, thanks for posting