[1967Tempest]

Originally Posted by boostmaster

So, I contacted PUI... They do make a split bench so I figured that life was good- that was until they informed me that they don't make the upholstery for the Tempest rear bench. Apparently, there is little to no demand for Tempest rear bench seats to be re-covered so it doesn't make financial sense to go through all the tooling effort if there will be no demand.

AAAAARRRGHHH! This is so freaking frustrating!

Can anyone here give me some advise or suggest an alternative?

Pictures please!!!

My next door neighbors brother is an interior guy. He told me he could make a new seat cover that looked identical to stock. He would make it out of a nicer vinyl. Have you looked into that route?

Might be easier to do that. Get the front and rear "made"..


P.S. If you clone a Tempest into a GTO, you will be on the list..... Keep that in mind...

[boostmaster]

Hey 67: I hear you on the cloning.... LOL I am really trying to do this Tempest right but it's getting harder and harder to do. I have a new tail section for the tempest (of course it's for the gto) but I had already sourced some tempest lights. My body shop keeps insisting to leave it and clone it.... No, No No!!! I want to have the rare Tempest vs the common GTO...

Anyway, here's what my looked like interior wise.
Still trying to piece together something and currently trying to locate a local shop that can make me covers (as an alternative)... If your neighbors brother can make some covers and door panels that look identical to stock and are priced reasonably, I'd be interested....

So far here is what I have found: (adding to the confusion)
1. Legendary makes the rear bench for the sport coupe however, it's only in GTO and Lemans patterns, not Tempest (So that puts them out of the running). They don't make anything for the Tempest.

2. PUI makes the front split bench (w/o arm rest)- for the Tempest- $289.95

3. PUI also makes the rear bench but they -PUI-claim it is not for a "post" car (which to my understanding is a Sport Coupe)--- Yet the OPGI catalog specifically states that the PUI Brand eat cover is for a coupe... (They can't make this easy can they.) If I get it wrong, I get to pay a 20% restocking fee...

4. PUI offers a front door panel in the proper Tempest pattern - $199.95 for the pair

5. Yet they only offer a rear door panel in the proper pattern for the Convertible. (nice huh?)

So, I can get most everything from PUI since no one else makes the correct patterns and then I just need to have someone do up some rear door cards... (I can buy matching material from PUI as well- so at least it's all similar)

I'm getting closer... I think.