                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, March 17, 1995                 TAG: 9503170611
SECTION: AUTO WEEKLY              PAGE: H1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: By Mary Scully
                                             LENGTH: Short :   32 lines

SPRUCING UP INFERIOR INTERIORS THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS A BUSY ONE FOR UPHOLSTERY SHOPS, WITH HOLIDAY BILLS PAID AND THE WEATHER GOOD.

MEMO: [This story was not available electronically. For a copy, see microfilm

for this date.]

ILLUSTRATION: [Color Photos]

Photos by Eric Thingstad

Douf Fink of DOug's Auto Upholstery in Virginia Beach displays a

minivan seat that has been reupholstered. He is able to match the

original material so that no one but the owner would know it's been

replaced.

James R. McDaniel of Norfolk is restoring his 1983 Ford Fairmant

with new paint and interior.

How the minivan seat looked before reupholstering.

McDaniel has new headliner, reupholstered seats.

KEYWORDS: AUTO UPHOLSTERY by CNB