Fingerhut seat covers!!

[commando1]

Burn your kid's butt and show'em what the good ol days were like.

http://springfieldil.craigslist.org/cto/3328485674.html

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[1978 NYB]

LOL! Especially with short pants on.

 

[cm23uoc]

Another excerpt from Commando's vintage car culture almanach.

I was always wondering if these covers related to a certain brand manufacturer; almost unknown over here. Any sources to look for these, I got one European GM station wagon I'd like to put these over; seats are all vinyl anyways, so it wouldn*t hurt any more and you can see the actual seat pattern. Rarely saw such covers even for the door panels, were they also Fingerhuts ?

 

[Greg B.]

I believe people also bought them out of the Fingerhut catalog for their living room furniture.

 

[polara71]

I believe people also bought them out of the Fingerhut catalog for their living room furniture.

Mostly those from Italian decent

 

[commando1]

When Fingerhut was selling them, every new car buyer got a direct mailing from them for seat covers.

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[1978 NYB]

There was always Fingerhut catalogs in my parents house. Also S&H green stamps and the booklets they got glued to.

 

[70NPORT]

First time I've ever heard of "fingerhut"......is that like JC Whitney?

 

[cm23uoc]

Did some looking around now that I got the name. Used to be something like JCW, but they're no longer in the seat cover business, only household/domestic mail order business. The name Fingerhut is the German word for thimble, so no connection to Pizza Hut.

 

[polara71]

First time I've ever heard of "fingerhut"......is that like JC Whitney?

Because your borderline young/old. Five years older youve heard of it

 

[70NPORT]

Because your borderline young/old. Five years older youve heard of it

Border line "young/old".....?

 

[70NPORT]

Because your borderline young/old. Five years older youve heard of it

Border line "young/old".....that's different. One foot in one world, one in the other....hmmm, don't quite know what to make of that.....do I get more privileges?

 

[commando1]

.....do I get more privileges?

Hell no. You're forgetting this is FCBO....

 

[cm23uoc]

Border line "young/old".....that's different. One foot in one world, one in the other....hmmm, don't quite know what to make of that.....do I get more privileges?

Don't think so. Too young to have the fun first hand with about the same body damage than the still older guys.

 

[70NPORT]

Hell no. You're forgetting this is FCBO....

Oh yeah, that's right. everybody here is just about double my age, in fact I bet there are a few who are thrice.

 

[commando1]

How can anyone use the word thrice properly in a sentence and still write prolly in their postings?

You're an oxymoron. That's good thing, btw...

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[70NPORT]

Believe me it takes lots of practice

 

[polara71]

Border line "young/old".....?

Yeah, you've heard of over the hill? Your at the top, the middle, in between, young on one side and old on the other. You'll never be younger than you are right now.

 

[70NPORT]

How can anyone use the word thrice properly in a sentence and still write prolly in their postings?

You're an oxymoron. That's good thing, btw...

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I prefer dichotomy but I take what I can get

 

[1978 NYB]

Yeah, you've heard of over the hill? Your at the top, the middle, in between, young on one side and old on the other. You'll never be younger than you are right now.

Look at Dave........wisdom extraordinaire today.