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Green Tartan Material

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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby frankman » 12 Jan 2016 08:14

Hi Don

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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby DNK » 29 Jan 2016 14:03

Threads came from Tartan.
I'll pick my idea and then pass it around the country to also pick.
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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby John_C » 18 Feb 2016 08:42

If all goes to plan a recovered seat with the new green tartan reproduction will be on display at the NEC Restoration Show on the TR Drivers Club stand. Member Steve Bishop is having his seats and door cards restored with the new material right now and will bring a seat along on the Saturday providing it's finished in time.
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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby DNK » 18 Feb 2016 13:48

So to stop any uncertainty about the fabric mentioned.
John had some GT made up.
This is not the material I am having made.
His is on the left.

Sorry John, was contacted already about this and wanted to end any confusion
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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby John_C » 20 Feb 2016 10:06

Don't worry about any confustion - you're in America I believeand Steve is in England. The darker green is something he preferred having suffered from colour fade previously and under advice and preferring the look went for a darker option. As a club we may follow this up in future but only if the present material sells. His seats are away right now so we're hopeful to be able to display a fully recondition green tartan seat at the NEC Restoration Show.

For information, I still have new red tartan material and I do think the original red colour looks better than a darker option. Green is a little different and so worth giving the darker colour some consideration. But after the red tartan, green tartan is my next favourite TR7 interior.
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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby frankman » 03 Mar 2016 16:04

Hi Don, I thank you for the information.

I hope the selected Green suits the door panels (mine are new and Intesiv green) I think the color will be paler by the sun and darker through the dirt, so new it can be more intensive like the Door panel behind.

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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby prackers » 16 Mar 2016 09:00

Anyone have any pictures of the NEC seat(s)? Mine will be heading off to the trimmers in the next couple of months and I would like to keep the tartan look.
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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby John_C » 16 Mar 2016 09:29

Drop me an email Prackers and next time I get a chance I'll crop out a little wmv video of the seat at the NEC and send it to you. That goes for anyone interested and if there's a lot of interest I'll slap the video up on YouTube.
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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby AmigaMan » 09 Sep 2016 11:48

Hi

Just got an email from the house of tartan. Looks like they are going to weave some green tartan. They have had quite a few in enquiries and decide to do a run.

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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby DNK » 13 Sep 2016 15:47

I know he emailed me the day I was getting on an airplane for holiday.
I just got back and I think it is going to be the dark color
But not sure
Have corresponded with him just this AM to see what he chose to do.
It seems the threads he sent me matched different panels depending on age I guess
So the question is.
Do you make fabric that matches old panels ...or new ones?
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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby DNK » 13 Sep 2016 16:49

So far they are leaning to these colors
186 (2nd)
128
341 (Don't even see that one)
Neither match my new door card but who knows
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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby DNK » 13 Sep 2016 20:26

So Will Parris matched to 186,
Bill Muntz matches with 443, but said 211 was a close 2nd
and I matched with 211
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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby frankman » 06 Nov 2016 12:06

Hi Don

Still "watching you" lol you get closer to the fabric... let me know post a picture if you have ..

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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby DNK » 06 Nov 2016 13:10

Frank, looks like he is waiting for some sample from someone
We sent him our thoughts
Though I told him anything he got from someone is printed. He did not realize that
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Re: Green Tartan Material

Postby frankman » 06 Nov 2016 13:32

Hi Don Thanks for your fast answer .. also rainy Sunday ;-)


I have still have an other project - an hahaha Espace 1 Phase 2 this cars are rare here and it is a Quadra so Winter car ..
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We get cold now .. snow up to 700 meters so .. time to do some stuff haha
So let me know if I can do something to you

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