Vinyl seat material pattern question

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Vinyl seat material pattern question

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The original seat cover is starting to degrade and needs to be replaced. I am having a hard time figuring out the material pattern though. It has what I believe is called a Medium Blue Metallic main color, but the other panels are a basketweave type pattern in a light blue. Since there is no build sheet in the truck to help with it I am turning to you to help determine if this is an original pattern or possibly it was recovered once before? I apologize I do not have access to the truck for a couple of days to get a picture. And for what its worth, we were told a few years ago that the interior was possibly ordered in a 1970 pattern. I have found similar colors, it's the basketweave pattern that is throwing me off.
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"mulletmobile"The original seat cover is starting to degrade and needs to be replaced. I am having a hard time figuring out the material pattern though. It has what I believe is called a Medium Blue Metallic main color, but the other panels are a basketweave type pattern in a light blue. Since there is no build sheet in the truck to help with it I am turning to you to help determine if this is an original pattern or possibly it was recovered once before? I apologize I do not have access to the truck for a couple of days to get a picture. And for what its worth, we were told a few years ago that the interior was possibly ordered in a 1970 pattern. I have found similar colors, it's the basketweave pattern that is throwing me off.
Poke around here and see if the dealer sales brochures give you the color options and patterns. :wink:


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You can also contact SMS https://smsautofabrics.com/ They are very knowledgeable and offer many OEM colors/patterns. They also have free samples. You can probably send them a photo and they'll be able to identify it or match it.
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When I tried to get a match for mine, I couldnt find the exact pattern match. I matched the color,
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sargentrs wrote:You can also contact SMS https://smsautofabrics.com/ They are very knowledgeable and offer many OEM colors/patterns. They also have free samples. You can probably send them a photo and they'll be able to identify it or match it.
Send SMS your VIN and they will send you an exact-match sample.
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Sms will need the trim code from door tag to determine what came in your truck for upholstery . Great people at sms.
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Guess this is the perfect place to ask this question - I got ahold of SMS and gave them the interior code off my Marti report which was 3381 and they sent me samples. I had forgotten that I sent them an email with my VIN and they sent me 2 more samples which are totally different from what the Marti report said my colors were. Problem is I don't think it has the original seat in it because it's nothing like any other 1968 seat I have ever seen. What should I trust - the VIN or Marti report?
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? That is a good question I would like to know the answer too
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