[ercoupe-tech] Upholstery

[Christopher Koch]

We have the Airtex upholstery and panel kit in my daughter's PA-28-140 and
it hasn't held up well during the subsequent four Annual R&R events.  The
plastic honeycomb backing is very fragile.  As a direct result of this
experience, during the restoration of Ercoupe N3372H we kept the aluminum
backing on the side panels as we are confident it will hold up for another
64 years.  I'm also restoring my PA-28-150 and will rebuild all of the side
panel upholstery with new aluminum backing (made in 0.016 2024-T3) rather
than replacing the fiberboard.
-- 
Chris Koch
Buffalo, New York