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The interior of my 39 JB coupe had been stripped out before I got it but some scraps remained. Parts of the seat, door panel,sunvisors and divider between the trunk and the back area and the package tray appear to have been covered with a painted cloth material - maybe oilcloth. Do any of you know what this is, where to get it or how to make it?
Thanks

Clichttp://www.hamptoncoach.com/trunk.htmk here: Hampton Coach Fabrics: TRUNK Lining TL-22 See Web Site

Was TL-22 used to cover the trunk side panels and the divider board on the 39 JB coupe?

Hmm... trunk lining? I didnt see anything like it in the samples Hampton sent me, just a vinyl repro. This is the stuff that forms the tab in the middle of the sun visor and i believe runs along the top of the door panel. Thanks for the info

The cabin interior Of a 1939 JB business coupe is trimed as follows.

The front doors and seat are a tan mohair material.There is no vinyl type cloth material used.The head lining and sun visor is a flat tan cloth.There is a vinyl finger grip on the edge of the visor.The sides of the rear compartment (inside of car) are covered with a tan vinyl material as is the back.The riser floor area as well as the lower area just behind the front seat is a black ribbed mat.
The trunk has no lining material on the sides and the front is a black board.The shelf over the spare tire is black wood with no mat.
The original upholstery mohair in a JB (Master 85) had a chevron pattern - this is not available and the solid tan is used (same as a Master DeLuxe).
The vinly used in the rear compartment is the same color as the cardboard cowl kick panels - which is about the same color as the steering column and dash.The window garnish mouldings are a dark walnut wood grain.

I have the original but very worn seats. The front of the cover is as you say a chevron pattern mohair but the back of the seat cover is this "vinyl" stuff that is a dark green. It doesnt look like vinyl but rather a green coating on the taupe cotton. It doesnt appear t have ever been coated later on cause the seams are cleanly defined between the 2 materials.

Vinyl would not be the correct name.Chevrolet refered to it as imitation leather or coated cloth.The info. I have (parts book and dealer ablumn and Engineering Features) does not mention the "vinyl" on the back of the back rest for a business coupe....but I know for a fact that the 1941 business coupe has the vinyl in that location.It may have turned green due to old age but should be the tan/brown used for other interior applications.There is only one type/color of vinyl listed in the parts book for '39 interiors.

Hampton Coach has an excellent kit for most Chevrolet interiors. I installed a complete kit in my '41. The material is like the original, everything cut and ready to install. If I can install the kit you can too. Good instructions.
Their ad is in the G&D. Tell them what you have (numbers,etc.)and they will send you a sample of the material,etc. If you do your car a piece at a time it will not match or be like the original. If you do the Hampton kit you will have a car interior to be proud of. Here is a picture of my Hampton interior installed by two novices.
www.bodisartha.com/jar/1941_Chevy_Interior.jpg
Good Luck JIM

The struts in my JB coupe trunk where the trunk lid supports arms mount to have little tabs that look like they secure a panel board. Was there not some kind of board that hid the inside of the rear fenders on each side?

Also what trim was on the window shelf below the rear window?

Mike

My guess is that headlining material was used on the rear shelf.That is what my 2 door has.

As to the sides in the trunk..I have searched thur the parts books and nothing is shown for 1939 coupes.I can find it for 1938 coupes and it also pictured for them...same for 1940 and up but nothing for 1939.The lining for '39 2 and 4 door also listed.

Why don't you try the '39 TA listed in the G&D...and let me know what he thinks/says...if he replys.

Thanks for the good info. I looked a little harder and found some of the leatherette stuff I was asking about on the back side of the tray under the rear window. It appears that the headliner also was sewn to this at the back edge. The picture is the underside. Rather than the "green" I was talking about it is pretty clearly brown and the green seems to be the coating underneath the suface. also is picture of the seat back. Do you know if the trim code supports the brown material, cause also the original choke and vent knob are also brown - NOT rose tan. Trim code is 79
http://home.att.net~kroosa/Seat_back.jpg
http://home.att.net~kroosa/Leatherette.jpg

Oops, wrong address for the pics......
http://home.att.net/~kroosa/Seat_back.JPG
http://home.att.net/~kroosa/Leatherette.JPG

The 79 trim code is for 1938-39 Master 85 tan Chevron cloth pile (mohair) and imitation leather is described as be a color brown shade that harmonizes well with the upolstery.

The trim number pertains only to interior parts provided with the body by the Fisher Body Division.

The material on the back of the front seat looks almost it was added later.Is there mohair under it?..The folded over material on the back of the package shelf looks close to original.May have changed color some.Should be the same color material on the seat back if its original.

Any brown that you can find that comes close to it will have to do as not all colors are available.

I sent for the 1939 samples that Hampton Coach sells.Will check them out when they come to see how close they are to the original.

The Master 85 JC does not have the rose tan window crank and dash knobs,They are described as being dark brown variegations" a mixed brown color.The exception would be the shift knob.Its rose tan...which is also the dash color.

Chev Nut,

Man! Is there anything you DON'T know about old Chevs? I'm printing out this thread, because if there is any money left over after my 40 is repainted, rechromed, re-shocked, etc. (in slooooow process), I'm going to have it re-upholstered. So the Hampton coach reference for samples is really appreciated, although when I last checked them out, they didn't have anything listed for the "orphan" 1940 chevs.

DocB

Docb Gene is one knowledgable guy isn't he? If he can't find it in a book or in his cranium, he probably just goes out to the garage and looks at one of his cars.

Chev nut & all, thanks VERY much for your good information. BTW I an pretty sure the seat back is original but all the brown has worn off. This matches the exposed part of the package tray which coninues to the brown on the back which was about the only protected part of the interior. So most likely exposure to the elements took off the surface. I dont believe it was added later cause all the other places it exists it's the same stuff. (side panels etc.)ps. the samples I got from Hampton didnt include this, but I never got into the detail as much as here.
Thanks again - Kevin

The 1940 business coupe had the leatherette on the back of the front seat back rest...so would assume that the '39 had it also.Its not mentioned in the 1940 literature .....and from what I gather Hampton Coach dosen't use it on their "kits" either.

Up on further investigation I have come to the conclusion that the 1939 coupe had a black card board material on the trunk sides.It splits into two pieces on each side - divided by the lid support.A front and rear section.