The last time I built the car it was the early 60's. I was working my way thru engineering school at a high school friends dads salvage yard in toledo. This was a really great job,I could make my hours the way they needed to be ,plus it was like a candy store for the parts I needed! When it came time for an interior, Ilooked thru the whole yard and there they were! I fell hoplessly in love with a pair of buckets in a 1959 300sl gullwing door Mercedes. They were in new condition and leather to boot,but a dark green color. Well, I snagged them and installed them and they are still there today.I only drove it about 6 months and its been put away since.
Next week I'm going to get the car,so Ive been thinking abouthow I am going to rebuild it.Now,a lot has changed since1963 in terms of parts and I would guess that mint condition 300sl gullwing door seats are one of them. I am going to have to either recover or dye them because the green aint gonna fly on a blue pearl car! My concience says that someone might really need these seats and be willing to pay more than they are actually worth to me for them.I dont want to destroy something that has historical value as they only made a couple thousand of these cars in the first place.
So,my delima is do I a)dye them black and use them,b) have them recvered in black and use them,or,c) make an attempt at returning them to a 300sl somewhere and figure out something else for my car. They do fit perfectly in the 28 and they are very ergonomically correct,especially considering thier age. So what do you guys think? I know its not a very good pic,its just all I have untill next w/e.