Seats and floor mats

[Milo]

If I'm going for the attached image, how can I convert the kinda bad looking seats from monogram's 59 chevy impala into more of what you see in the image?

Also how can I replicate floor mats

[CaddyDaddy]

I’ve used Evergreen 1/2 round on flat surfaces such as door panels to replicate tuck & roll.

[bobss396]

I have a bunch of flat ribbon (saved from gifts) I use for seat belts and floor mats. For the mats, if I put a crease in them, they will lay flat. I have some material in a pale yellow, I color it with a sharpie.

[NOBLNG]

I have made small ribbed floor mats by pressing a large file onto a piece of styrene sheet in a bench vise. 

[Milo]

21 hours ago, CaddyDaddy said:

I’ve used Evergreen 1/2 round on flat surfaces such as door panels to replicate tuck & roll.

Can I see some of your models with that?

[Misha]

An example from my 49 Shoebox build using half round Evergreen products to create the new interior panels, rear deck and seat patterns. Embossing powder was employed to create the carpet and effect. 
 

Hope this offers you some ideas Milo,

Cheers Misha

[bobss396]

9 hours ago, Misha said:

An example from my 49 Shoebox build using half round Evergreen products to create the new interior panels, rear deck and seat patterns. Embossing powder was employed to create the carpet and effect. 
 

Hope this offers you some ideas Milo,

Cheers Misha

Nice work, everything has to be lined up perfectly or else it looks bad. One other I saw that came out well, the seats and interior panels were gutted. The pleated parts were installed in those "windows".

[NOBLNG]

Those look fabulous Misha!? I haven’t done anything like this, but I imagine it would work to glue them all to a sheet of .010” evergreen. Then they could be sanded to final shape as if it was a solid piece.

Edited December 8, 2023 by NOBLNG

[Exotics_Builder]

I did the rear seats, trunk and door panels with Evergreen half round.  Done in 1999.  

 

[Milo]

On 12/7/2023 at 7:02 AM, bobss396 said:

I have a bunch of flat ribbon (saved from gifts) I use for seat belts and floor mats. For the mats, if I put a crease in them, they will lay flat. I have some material in a pale yellow, I color it with a sharpie.

Can I see how your floor mats turned out?

[charlie8575]

Evergreen half-round or possibly a narrow "corrugated" look sheet would give you pleated upholstery.

Those floor-mats with the raised ribbing will be a challenge. This is what I would do..and yes, it'll be a pain, but it's the only way I can think of.

Take VERY thin Evergreen sheet, and cut it to final size and shape. Then, using the smallest or second-smallest (whichever looks better to you) square rod, cut the perimeter edging. I suspect, given how small it it, you'll be able to run a solid piece around the edge, cutting it off at the start. I would tack a small spot at the start to hold things in place.

The internal ribbing can be formed by taking that same rod, and simply cutting it to size, gluing it in place, in the pattern desired.

Given the glacial speed I tend to work at, I figure you'll need 30-45 minutes per mat. Your time will vary.

Charlie Larkin

[bobss396]

On 12/10/2023 at 10:08 PM, Milo said:

Can I see how your floor mats turned out?

I will have to dig it out, I put all my stalled... I mean in process work away for my holiday house cleaning. The ribbon has 2 textures depending on which side is up.