Okay, some here will know about me and my SAAB and how meticulous I am about
the thing ... No expense spared when it comes to my Orca :)

How come when you fix one thing you mess up everything else?

I've enjoyed a trouble free SAABing experience for a good number of months
now, so while sitting at traffic lights and while cleaning the car out at
the weekends, I get to looking at the door cards and the rear parcel shelf.
Both have cig burns from when I used to smoke and the rear parcel shelf is
all worn and a nasty purple-ish colour - same as the floor carpet. I thought
I'd re-cover the parcel shelf and perhaps fabricate some solid door cards
out of thin MDF or something ... Someday ...

Wandering around Leeds today, I came across a tool shop ... Popped in an
stumbled across some leatherette. Nice! Yeah, NICE! "That'll work really
well with my black leather interior", I thought.

I bought a couple of metres square and re-covered the parcel shelf, the rear
speaker housings and the door cards. I tried glue first and realised that it
just wasn't going to hold well for the door cards, so many staples and a lot
of swearing later ... Luckily leatherette is self-healing, so any staples
that popped all the way through just needed rounding off and the leatherette
settled down fine. Yes, of course, pictures will follow.

IT LOOKS ULTRA-BLING ... PURE PORN STAR :) :) :)

... But ... It really makes the carpet look dirty and the headlining look
old and tired. I've also noticed that the stitching in my driver's seat is
starting to go ... Grrrr!

How come when you fix one thing you notice half a dozen other jobs? Looks
like I'm going to have to shell out more money on a new headlining and
carpet ... Typical :) Ho hum! That's the worst of my problems. Life's great
when you drive a classic SAAB?

Paul

1989 900 Turbo S
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