Lounge room comfort in a T3

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Lounge room comfort in a T3

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I thought a few of you might like to have a laugh on how I used a leather lounge suite to redo the door cards on my 91 Transporter.

I've owned a black leather lounge (massive Post & Rail) for the last 20 years. My wife has always hated it, so the two seater was given to a friend and the two single seaters had been relegated to the garage to be sold/disposed of. I bought it when I first moved from home and even though the timber on it had started to get shabby, the leather was still very soft and had developed a worn look to it. It also had some nice stitching through it.

My existing door cards were pretty trashed so I thought I may as well try reupolstering for a bit of fun. Worst that could happen is I just get the cards re-done professionally. This is definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but it makes me smile whenever I see it, and makes my bus a little more individual...

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Made me smile as well.
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I'm liking the baggy look on the door cards 8)
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and you have the smallest dash tidy in the world...
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Well, you know what they say. Little dash tidy, big... :lol:

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...Big mess on the floor!! lol!!! :D :D :D
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:rollin

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sweet like chocolate!!

loving your work :ok
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Cheers Guppy. Just had a look at your ride/modifications - love it. It looks like you and I have similar tastes. Not afraid of the inner rat... Are there more pics of your bus/interior anywhere. Love to have a look.

Ash

PS. If you're interested you can see a few shots of my bus on Volks Culture here: http://www.volksculture.com/photo/photo/search?q=Ash+T3 , you will just need to register to see them.

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oh yes im definatley not affraid of the rat-ness monster!! lol!have had a few in my time!
have joined and uploaded som fotos to vc website so check em out and ill try and get a few more on in the near future! :pimp
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i think it looks fab :ok ... and its definitely given me a couple of ideas for my interior, thx for sharing :D

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I love it!

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Thanks for the encouragement. Have also just installed arm rests...

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It's getting out of control. Black leather is now in the back.It's a good thing I'm running out of leather now...otherwise I'd probably start on the outside next and my bus would end up looking like a porn star.

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looking goooood! :ok
liking the console dude! think id miss the walkthrough though! am putting my big drop down tv on the ceiling out of the way and have got special plans for the little monitor :wink:
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