Corvette Seat Makeover In Leather Vinyl Upholstery 

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The older I get, the more I enjoy learning, especially from masters like this guy. I'd never tell you how to do your job. Good job! I just love seeing it come together!

Yea , let's tell this guy how to do his profession ! When I watch masters work I can tell by the way they move , use their tools, speak about their work , and by the finished product that they know their $hIt . I have dealt with armchair warriors but the people trying to tell this guy how to lay down the leather are true ARMCHAIR warriors !!!😁😁😁 Great work !

I cant believe people make comments when its obvious you are a professional. Just watch the videos people. And appreciate that even puts them on here!!

I don't even have a corvette, and I watched all the way through just to see how it's done! Beautiful work!

I love how right at the beginning he goes "i dont know if its a c3 c4 c5 all i know is its a 1975 corvette". Bro only cares about his craft. Awesome.

Much more comfy and more support.

Amazing to watch how you rebuild these seats. Forty three years of experience and know how has created a great craftsman. You make a complicated process appear to be simple, even though it’s not.

Awesome work! Awesome instructions! God Bless!! Phillip Hall

you are a Fantastic Teacher with impeccable work!

Thank you for teaching some of us who want to learn something from you experience

you are the master :))

Richard, you're really a very good teacher. What craftsman. Thank you so much for your dedication to your channel. You're a blessing.

❤❤❤❤❤❤awesome work 👍👍👍👍👍👍

The best way to do anything is the way that works best for YOU

Looking good!

Thanks for your informative videos.

Another great presentation, Good Job!!!

Loved your beautiful work.💯💞

Beautiful work. I love your techniques.

Great job making an improvement on the original 75 Corvette seats.

Right way or wrong way everything you do is excellent ! I enjoy all your videos very much. Keep the good stuff coming ! And piss on the peanut gallery !

Enjoying everything about your channel my friend! Keep up the good work! Just priceless!👌😁

You do Excellent work !!!

Beautiful work!

I am an old school guy, very informative. Thank you!

Perfect keep it up.

NICE!!!

Beautiful work

Very nice work I really enjoyed watching you work

Fantastic job!

Very nice! I enjoyed watching and learning... Subscribed and looking forward to more!

The after looks WAY better!

looks fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks!

Looks great

Hey👋Rudy!!! You will never hear me tell you how to do your craft, I'm here to watch, learn and continue to be amazed by your art in reupholstering. Now, back to the video!!!😁😄

That is definitely a "hook" tool. If that is what you bought it for, then that is what it is!!!!

Beautiful!!!!

Sweet!!

Grate job ❤

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍Really great Job Rudy. The seat looks beautiful.

You have mad skills✌🏽

To quote Doctor Demento (I think) "A mule laden with books does not a scholar make, true knowledge comes from experience". I appreciate you and your experience my friend. Thank you for the video. I don't remember, do you have a video on foam density/firmness?

great video and a great job on the seats

Nice work!!

On the 1/2 inch scrim, you say use the good stuff with quality fabric. I could not tell from the video which side of the scrim (fabric or foam) goes against the back of the leather when gluing the two pieces to each other before sewing. You are an inspiration. Thank you.

I am wanting to do an Interior hopefully this summer --- so will be following you along to see what I can learn --- Thank You for Sharing ------ Rodney

Thanks! You are making master class videos here. So appreciate it!

YOU DO EXCELLENT WORK 😊

Great Video! Working with different designers in automotive and residential furniture, I learned quickly that everyone has their own names for certain parts. A good product development person learns to adjust and do it the way that makes sense to the production operation of the manufacturing facility. Good work!

Excellent Work ! Upholstery Master!😎

Awesome work

Thanks for your help I’m going to start a new upholstery business l hope it works out Thanks again

respect.. I found your channel looking for tips installing my opg interior kit in my 70 GTO immediately seen your the expert in the field and found myself binge watching your entire play list to absorb just a small fraction of your tips and Technics and im certain that my interior (3rd one iv e done over 25 yrs) will turn out far better by implementing your information to my install as well as understand more how this kit is not going to look perfect however just the info of using contact adhesive instead of spray out of a can is priceless ... thanks for the info and keep up the great videos...i subscribed as well u deserve it for sure

I will start by saying I would have used a different method. Lol just kidding. Great work. I do auto upholstery and love your videos. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Your the man! Thank you for another great video. I'm learning a lot.

Thanks for your content it's really been helping me on my hot rod project I'm learning a lot there's nothing like watching a professional like yourself do this thank you

Beautiful work 👍😀

Wow, your Juki going over the seams of leather like butter…..I use Juki too…but only for quilting , just a small home machine.

Man, you make this look so easy. 😆. I love the experience part to the past comments. What you do is a lost art. Today it's cheap covers and so on. Not many can appreciate what it is you do. I worked at a new car Lincoln- Mercury dealer right out of high school. I was fascinated watching the interior shop install leather interior and vinyl tops. I don't know if you remember , but I contacted you a few months ago. I asked roughly how many " labor book" hours it was to recover seats from a 88 corvette. You responded back and I thank you for your time. I just bought back my 1988 corvette last year. The interior was ruined by the last hurricane that came through Florida, which I live. I got the alert about your new video about corvette seats and had to watch. A 1975 would be " C 3 " corvette. Mine is a C4. I have a few more questions if you don't mind me asking. 1) I have decided to restore my 1988 corvette back to all original. When you quote a job to recover the seats, do you make the seats or use pre made kits . then install the kit. I.plan on buying a factory dealer set of corvette seat covers still in the box. Then have then installed. If I were to bring my seat kit to my upolster he should charge me less to install. Am I correct. Or am I missing something. What would be the price range to install the factory covers over the seat and refome the seat to be made new. I. Will be 50 in July and have never once done. Any interiors work. I learn so much from you video over video. I've learned a lot from your channel. Could you do me a favor and either say this job took me about. Xyz . I think others would like to know roughly how much time to expect when we go get out work done locally. Thank you again for sharing your tricks to the trade with us. Take care my friend. God Bless

Finished product looks awesome. Thanks for putting in the hard work to make these videos!

Good job

Looks great!

I just found your channel and im liking the way you show your trade. For the last 13 years ive been restoring leather steering wheels and about 5 years ago I upholstered the seats in my pickup in leather. Ok, i used 1/4" headliner for my foam. Note to self, but also so far so good. I will correct my ways. Looking forward to more videos!

Awesome job!

"There's more than one way to skin a cat! " is the old saying that comes to mind when you mention "your way" of doing things! There is always more than one way to do something, but as I stated in your sun visor video, you way was way better and simpler than all the others I'd watched. Great video!

Your videos are da bomb! If you ever have a car in for it, I would love to see a video on how you make pillowed cushions (right name for it?) like on a 93 or so Buick. Yeah, I have one. Just curious!

Great job my man! Don't pay any attention to the RU-vid haters, they are on the fabricator's channels as well. The best thing to do is never mention them again and they will go away, you just do what you do. I am here to watch you and learn from you, not hear what's in your in box. Hater's are hater's, now us good good people are here to watch you. God Best!

I learned some new things today, thank you so much for sharing your talent 👍😁❤️

amazing job man

That is amazing what you did in reproducing those Corvette seats! Since I subscribed I look forward to all your upcoming gems! 🙂 Thanks👍

Thank you for sharing your technique!!!! I watch a lot of videos about upholstery because I’m learning the craft. You make it much simpler! Keep the videos coming. Thanks again.

Tremendo trabajo, que bien

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Amazing. Thanks a lot for sharing your secret old school tigh to the spring technique. I was always wondering how this is done. Yours is simple, clear and solid. Now only if I find that straight needle. 🙏

I like it...

You do such beautiful work! Reminds me of one of my uncles who passed away a few months ago. He worked mostly on aircraft interiors for a living but did show cars and boats on the side in his garage. When I was younger I had asked him how he learned to do what he did and he said he would take old upholstery apart at the seems and use that as a pattern for the new covers just as you yourself are doing. I really enjoy watching your videos just as I enjoyed watching my uncle do his work.

Your videos are so incredibly helpful! Thank you!!!

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Thank you so much for including the CCs. I really appreciate buddy and keep up the great work!!

Beautiful job👍

Thanks for the amazing videos and sharing your years of experience! I’ve restored multiple cars, trucks and motorcycles and was always amazed by the “magic” involved in making new seats.

I have a tool exactly like that but mine is a bird feeder opening tool. =)

Nice artistry! It takes patience to perform at high levels of quality. It's always recognized and should be compensated for appearance. Some of the greatest interiors came from the fifties thru the seventies. They should bring back those designs...after all, we do ride on the inside!

Sad that your had to make a disclaimer. Todays folks just plain suck while they think they know so much. These are the same folks that binge watch youtube and view Pinterest and in their mind are experts. I for one would have comments off. Seats look awesome!

I love your videos! I was a parachute rigger in the Air Force for many years. We got merged with another career field and picked up upholstery and some other things when that happened. I wish we would have had an instructor as skilled as you when I was learning how to do this stuff. You are an artist! One question I have is how breathable is vinyl compared to leather? I’ve always heard leather was the best, but since you said that leather in that corvette has plastic applied over it, it seams that maybe that’s a myth 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Those turned out great ... one question ... I see when they do french seams they always put a strip of material over the two flaps for double strength ... is that necessary?

You do quality work … What soft leather do you like to use ? I had my 70 Chevelle seats redone in 2014 and the guy that did them use a stitch, called baseball stitch, which I really like it was in a red color and my seats are a charcoal gray

Another great video. Do u trim the after u sew the .5 inch down to make it fit if you are not doing a French seem or anything like that . Tks

You mentioned that the foam was simpler because the old foam wasn't damaged. I have a side that's badly (sun?) damaged, a few inches of foam disintegrated. What do you different then? And/or do you have a video of foam rebuilding/repair?

Well thanks man you just answered a question I've been wanting to ask you for months. How do you install listing wires to create bolsters on a seat that never designed with bosters or listing wires? I now now I can use string and go completely through the new foam and tie it off to new wires which I will install on the underside of the foam. Thanks

Thanks for the great videos. I would like to buy a better sewing machine to do upholstery, what Julie do you have? Thanks

I love watching all of your videos, but I would like to know what is the type of phone that you used that is black?

Hello Richard I can’t find that thread knife you modified? Please link me up Thanks

Scrim up or down while sewing? Thxs

Do u glue scrim side or foam side? Do u use scrim on headliners? Thxs