Since I frequently travel with a Brittany who's always clean on the way out
but filthy on the way back, I bought a set of nylon/teflon seat covers from
Cabelas.  They protect what's left of the original shred-o-matic upholstery
real well.  The covers can be pulled down and around the arm rests so they
are fully usable.  They aren't real pretty (basically a seat shaped bag with
elastic edges) but they are tough and waterproof.  They also stand up to
regular washings pretty well.  The large bench seat cover works great on the
rear seat/bed.  I think I paid about $80US for the three piece set.  Takes
about three minutes to remove them for the wash and fifteen to reinstall --
a lot of tucking and pulling the rear belts through.  I've seen them in a
lot of auto accessory catalogs -- especially pick up oriented ones.

Chuck
'85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo

on 10/11/02 9:00 PM, Automatic digest processor at
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> Date:    Fri, 11 Oct 2002 17:41:11 -0400
> From:    Tracey <boatshop@INTERCOM.NET>
> Subject: Westy Front Seat Covers
>
> I need some seatcovers for the front seats of my '85 to protect the good =
> upholstery..something that can be taken off an washed... was looking for =
> some reccomendations from someone who has installed them ...are there =
> covers with cutouts for armrests?? Anyone know of an online source for =
> them? I shopped around my local Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and FLAPS, but have =
> only found the standard kinds of covers.
> The archives had some posts from 1995 on SewFine covers, but I really =
> don't want to pay $150...assuming SewFine is still around.
>
> Thanks,
> Tracey
>
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