[T3] TMI seat covers

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Tue Jun 5 19:33:50 PDT 2012


I had a 911 & Corvette both painted silver with acrylic lacquer BC/CC in
the CA sun.  They both looked great for a Long time!   No waxing ever
needed.

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Dennis Stiefel <dlstiefel at dekalbk12.org>wrote:

> Oh OK.  I love silver but it doesn't hold up well with our hot sun here in
> the south unless you baby it and keep it in a garage.  Don't think I have
> ever seen a silver T-3 in person but I know they made them. Where did you
> get that stripe at the bottom that says "Type 3" or did you paint that on.
> I
> remember seeing some similar to that when I was a kid back in the 70s and
> our cars were much newer. I thought it would be neat to have a pair like
> that on our FB but in black to pop out on that orange.
>
> Dennis Stiefel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Keith
> Park
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 9:06 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] TMI seat covers
>
> Actually, its both!  :-)
>
> My 71 was red from 1990 to 2007 when I painted in back silver.
>
> Thanks
>
> Keith
>
>
> Top Notch Restorations
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
> http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
> 71 Squareback "Hothe"
> 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
> 65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
> 87 golf "Winterat"
> 93 RX7 "Redstur"
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Dennis
> Stiefel
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 9:43 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] TMI seat covers
>
> I should know this but which one is your 71?  The red or the silver one?
> Both look very nice and looks like the crate is coming right along.
>
> Dennis Stiefel.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Keith
> Park
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 7:43 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] TMI seat covers
>
> I have some pix up on the samba, none of the seats yet.  Ill post more as I
> get the interior back together.
>
> Keith
>
>
> Top Notch Restorations
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
> http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
> 71 Squareback "Hothe"
> 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
> 65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
> 87 golf "Winterat"
> 93 RX7 "Redstur"
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Soren
> Jacobsen
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 5:55 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] TMI seat covers
>
> On May 4, 2012, at 7:23 PM, Keith Park wrote:
>
> > I just did the seats for the Crate. and boy was I miffed!  TMI has a
> great
> > reproduction of the salt and pepper Mesh, looks just like the original,
> but
> > they totally
> > Blew the look by using some mottled dark grey smooth vinyl!  How could
> they
> > screw up the EASY part and get the tough part right?!?  The original
> smooth
> > vinyl is a light grey, and NOT mottled, and it must be available anywhere
> in
> > any shade yet they used something that isn't anything like the original
> but
> > got the Mesh right.
>
> Any pictures of this, Keith?  I've also got a 1965 Squareback as well and
> I'll need to buy some seat covers once I get a million other basic things
> finished on the car.
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