Bus(?) Moquette Identification

[mind-the-gap]

I have acquired some pieces of what I believe to be bus Moquette. I have tried a google reverse image search without success and just wondered if there was anyone on here that mat be able to help to identify them?

Thankyou

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[renegademaster]

I seem to remember a few of these from coach trips I had in school

 

[mind-the-gap]

I seem to remember a few of these from coach trips I had in school

Thankyou for the quick reply any idea on the operators/companies and what area of the UK would that have been?

 

[K4016td]

I doubt any of them are operator specific, at least from within the main groups in the UK however if we were to follow that way wouldnt be first one be from Stagecoach?

 

[Leyland Bus]

None of those stand out as being from any major operator. To be honest, they all just look like simple, generic bus/coach moquettes to me...

 

[PG]

It is quite likely that some of those moquettes are the work of the firm of John Holdsworth. You may find futher information from David Holdsworth who has put together this website: https://story.theholdsworths.org.uk/pages/index.html

 

[Open top 80]

I have acquired some pieces of what I believe to be bus Moquette. I have tried a google reverse image search without success and just wondered if there was anyone on here that mat be able to help to identify them?

Thankyou

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I am sure picture number 9 is a Morebus or a Salisbury Red design

 

[CBlue]

They're all generic stuff although #1 and #7 appear to be much older designs. Everything else looks to be late 90s / early-mid 2000s and I'd be surprised if it's still made.

Another moquette manufacturer used to be Camira

Holdsworth changed their name to Camira around 10 years ago:
https://www.camirafabrics.com/en-uk/transport/fabrics

 

[RJ]

Camira can make anything they made in the past as they hold the patterns, but if it’s not in stock you’re looking at very little change out of £10k to have some made up.

 

[WibbleWobble]

I am sure picture number 9 is a Morebus or a Salisbury Red design

It isn't - Go South Coast is a blue moquette with light blue and red dots, although the design on the new E400MMCs is more stripy than dotty.

The pictured moquette looks like one of Camira's older "Graffiti" designs.

 

[JonathanH]

Camira can make anything they made in the past as they hold the patterns, but if it’s not in stock you’re looking at very little change out of £10k to have some made up.

When you say 'some' presumably the run is enough to cover more than one seat.

 

[GusB]

Image no. 7 is very close to the pattern that Northern Scottish used on its seats in the 80s. 9 seems to be a very generic "stock" pattern that was used in the early 90s.

No. 4 looks familiar, but there's no particular operator I can place it with.

There was a brief mention of a book dedicated to moquette patterns here, which @mind-the-gap may find interesting.

 

[philg999]

Those look like a selection of London transport (tube and bus) moquettes to me.

 

[JonathanH]

Those look like a selection of London transport (tube and bus) moquettes to me.

The nine moquettes pictured don't look like London examples. Generic coach patterns at best.

 

[RJ]

When you say 'some' presumably the run is enough to cover more than one seat.

Last time I checked, the minimum order for patterns in the system but no longer produced or in stock was 400m of fabric at £22.17 per metre.

Those patterns do look quite generic so someone, somewhere will have some lying around.

 

[plarailfan]

It could be worth while sending Camira an Email with a photo and asking if they have an offcut of the fabric you require.
I wanted some moquette for a car seat pad and thanks to the people on here being so helpful, in pointing me in the right direction, here is the result. Needless to say, I was very happy https://www.flickr.com/photos/41294071@N02/50013547976/in/dateposted-public/

 

[JonathanH]

Pattern 1 is, I think, the moquette used by Irish Rail in their 2600, 2700 and 2800 class DMUs.

Interior of Irish Rail 2611/ 2612.

Interior shot of 2611/12.

www.flickr.com

 

[Ashley Hill]

If only train seats were as colourful.

 

[ajrm]

Image no. 7 is very close to the pattern that Northern Scottish used on its seats in the 80s. 9 seems to be a very generic "stock" pattern that was used in the early 90s.

It's quite similar but not the same pattern. No. 7 is used by Delaine Buses. The same pattern was also used in blue and yellow by Scottish Citylink after its launch in 1983, and in orange and black by Tayside Buses in the 1980s.

 

[Eyersey468]

Image no. 7 is very close to the pattern that Northern Scottish used on its seats in the 80s. 9 seems to be a very generic "stock" pattern that was used in the early 90s.

No. 4 looks familiar, but there's no particular operator I can place it with.

There was a brief mention of a book dedicated to moquette patterns here, which @mind-the-gap may find interesting.

Number 4 looks very similar to that used by Wright's for stock vehicles about 10 years ago