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Upholstery 1964 Corsair XL175 Sunlounger

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Upholstery 1964 Corsair XL175 Sunlounger

Post by Bill Basler » Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:42 pm

As a follow up to one of my other posts in Hull Construction, I have also been working on getting the interior goods refurbished for my 1964 XL175 Sunlounger, aka: The Blue Bomb.

The seats were a total redo, starting with making new seat bases and backs out of marine plywood. The originals were rotting away, but good enough to use for patterns. The new issue seats are a dead ringer for the originals, except I fabricated new stainless steel hinges, and used all stainless hardware including the tee nuts.

One of my local upholsterers did the rest of the job. Results are good. And yes, these are pictured in the front entry of our house. My wife loves it when I do this.

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Post by Don Ayers » Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:12 pm

My wife (and neighbors) especially like it when I park the latest pile of fire wood in front of the house.



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Post by farupp » Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:26 pm

Until I saw this I thought I was the only one who towed boats home on suspect trailers! Don, I hope you didn't have to tow it very far or over 20 mph.
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Post by Don Ayers » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:47 pm

You won't believe it but I towed that 28' Gar 35 miles on what ever that thing was :D

I went on all the back roads and never got over 35mph.
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Post by Bill Basler » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:55 pm

Don, I'm afraid your hogged boat hogged your trailer.
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Post by Matt Smith » Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:10 am

You know that windshield isn't right! Sorry... I have waited 3 years to say that
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