[PRCo] Re: Car 100's Seat Fabric

[Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland]

I was thinking along the lines of Re-Upholstering at some point as well.

I guess a Memorial Editorial for George Tucker will appear in Trolley 
Fare at some point  -- k otherwise would ask for something similar 
here.       Always nice to know the individuals better!       Knowing 
the Individual adds real meaning to the collection  --  otherwise, even 
though from TrolleyCars, it is just an item!




Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
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> I have no idea how long the seat material actually lasted in service. 
> And note my wording in the initial post..."which has been represented 
> to us as coming from 'the demonstrator' car." We were not told that 
> this was the material on the car when it was new. Apparently PRCo used 
> several patterns, and it is possible that when the car was painted 
> "buff and tan" on May 5, 1939...an entirely new look...the seats were 
> reupholstered as part of the overhaul.
>
> So the material could well have been used on the demonstrator, though 
> not delivered with it.
>
> The sample was given to us by a retired PRCo/PAT shop employee. The 
> late George Tucker had an operator's seat upholstered in the same 
> material...but just who did it is a mystery. George grew up adjacent 
> to Homewood Shops and was well-known there as a youth. It is possible 
> (probable?) that someone gave him a chunk of surplus material and he 
> later acquired a seat and contracted for the upholstery work. 
> Remember, there weren't a lot of surplus operator's seats for PCC cars 
> in 1939...or until the mid-'50s, for that matter. George's estate is 
> beginning to be inventoried now, and it is possible that PTM could end 
> up with a lot of odd things like this!
>
> Ed


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