Re: 1961 Glasspar Citation Project
I'm back on shore, and back working on the boat... There's a bit of snow outside, but PLENTY of inside work to be done.
The next big project is the seating & upholstery. None of the original seating was intact, so I am going to have to make everything myself. The 'parts boat' that I bought had some of the seating left, so I was able to use it for patterning. I didn't really like the designs, though, so I played with a couple of possible design options, and this is what I think I'm going to go with-
This is the front seat back. All the seats will be similar.
They'll look a bit better once the foam is inside of them. I'm pretty happy with the design, though. I think it'll look good. I borrowed the 'design' from the foredeck-
Using the red stripe down the middle, with the white on the sides.
I made the seats from Marine Vinyl- First I made the welting, then stitched all the panels together-
I'm doing all this on my trusty vintage machine, which is about the same age as the boat-
Those old machines have the power and strength needed to get through multiple layers of vinyl with no problem... And, they can be found CHEAP at thrift stores, on craigslist, and even E-Bay.
I've been taking a lot of photos as I go, and if anyone is interested, I'll put some detailed instructions together. It's not all that tough to do, It's actually kind of fun
-Andrew