What have you been up to today

[Erich]

I decided to resurrect a thread from the old forum which was often interesting, it is a great place to post information about the small jobs, runs, etc that you have been up to.

To kick off I have been giving my Nippy a bit of a birthday, the old seats were in a terrible state so once I had repaired the metal frames, my brother in law Kirk who is an upholsterer offered to help me recover them. We have tried to where possible use authentic materials and construction, the following pictures show some of the sequence we have been going through.

Lovely to see horsehair and wadding instead of the dreaded plastic foam.

Cheers, Tony.

I completely agree, Tony. In this day of being green, and being able to easily recycle materials, I maintain(with tongue in cheek somewhat)that the Austin Seven is a very green car. Especially since many of the cars are approaching 100 years old.