Restoration: Annual Upholstery Options for 1962-64
This section is designed to provide original T34 upholstery options for each year to help owners reproduce their
original style interior components. Wherever possible we've included all color options as well. If you have original upholstery images
that may help others, please email high-resolution photos to LeeHedges@PureT34.org to make this section more complete.
Seat Upholstery: 1962-64 seats had two upholstery options: cloth & leatherette combination or solid leatherette. The unique patterned
cloth was available in various colors to complement the body colors: Silver, Blue, Red, & Turquoise. This cloth material was combined with a smooth
leatherette vinyl for a colorful two-toned look (early automotive journalists claimed it was garish). The cloth was fitted in the center of the front
seats and all over the rear seat surfaces. A solid leatherette was also an option for those owners that wanted a monotone look. The center sections of
the front seats had five heat-seams but the rear seat had no seams. The only exception was the black seats which were always solid black, not two-toned.
There were four leatherette colors: silver-beige, ice-blue, light-beige, & black.
Interior Panels: The door panels were two-toned with the light-colored leatherette in the upper-half & the dark-colored leatherette or
cloth in the lower-half. The only exception was the black panels which were always monotone. The map pockets had twelve pleats. The upper-half of the
door panels had five heat-seams (which continued through 1966), and the quarter panels had five matching heat-seams.
Rear Parcel Shelf: The rear shelf was covered with matching leatherette vinyl to the light-colored seat material. The vinyl was glued
onto a thick fiberboard with the vinyl rolled-over the rear edges near the rear window seal as well as rolled over the front edge of the shelf.
Silver-Beige leatherette with Brick Red cloth inserts[Pearl White 1962 Johannes Krasenbrink, Germany]
Silver-Beige leatherette with Silver cloth inserts[Emerald 1963 Tobias Ebner, Germany & Ruby Red & Black 1964 Scott McWilliams, USA]
Brick Red leatherette seats with Silver-Beige & Brick Red interior panels[Pearl White 1963 Jorg Fischer, Germany & Pearl White 1964]
Silver-Beige leatherette seats with Silver-Beige & Derby Gray interior panels[Ruby Red & Black 1964 Mike Malamut, USA]
Ice Blue leatherette seats with Ice Blue & Cerulean Blue interior panels[Sea Blue & Blue-White 1964 Neil Shone, England]
Black leatherette seats with Black interior panels[Ruby Red & Black 1964 from sales brochure & Manila Yellow 1963 Erik Vagle, USA]
