My wife has done some upholstery work on MBs while she worked at an indy shop here in SA. The owner can get MBTex $$$$ or an alternative $ and recover seats. He can also redo headliners and dashboards (they look very very nice, but not original). I think the real problem is for the puritans among us who want stock appearance (includes me 'till my seat rips open and my headliner falls completely down). I agree that the numbers of pure stock w1xx's will fade like other classics of days gone by. (Most Model A's on the road are only a facsimile of stock - interior and exterior has been redone with modern parts). But if you don't mind a bit of a variation from stock, a local upholstery shop is a cost effective alternative to finding an unblemished right front seat from Germany or Eastern Europe!

__________________

Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

Are they worth reupholsterng?

FYI, the PO that sold me the wagon paid $400 for new seats a few years back. They're nice leather ones.

Like anything, it depends on how long you plan on keeping it. The longer the time you plan on keeping it, the more getting the work done is worth it.

__________________
RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

Cha-Ching $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$4

__________________
Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Yep!