Rebuilding a front bench seat

[Sid]

Lee T., Where did you buy the burlap and foam for the upholstering job you did. Excellent by the way! Also, does anybody know a cheaper alternative for seat shells?

Thanks

Sid

[JT56]

Thanks for sharing Lee

[LEE T]

Sid, I got the foam at my local foam supplier. There should be one in a major city near you, because the furniture and auto upholstery shops have to have it. They also have burlap. To give you an idea what they offer, here is the web site for my supplier.

http://www.activefoam.com/default.aspx?Page=Home

[Rustaddict]

Where did you buy the roll of heavier spring ? Thanks a lot for posting this thread.

[LEE T]

I bought it off ebay but I can't find it now. The vendor was "woodensofalegs" they are in California. I used 2" loop, 9ga.

[LEE T]

Where did you buy the roll of heavier spring ? Thanks a lot for posting this thread.

I had this supplier saved on my computer, I don't remember for sure, but it may be the one I used---since I had it saved. At any rate they have what is needed at a reasonable price. They also have a forum for info.

http://www.upholster.com/upholstery-springs.html

[WagonCrazy]

I'm about to redo the seat on my 59 Apache. thanks for that link Lee. I need some foam and other stuff....

[Belair-o]

Seat Shell Brackets

Lee,
I sure appreciate your great documentation. I was looking at the front seat I got back from the upholsterer, and noticed the lower seat shells, near the hinges, flop around. I remembered your write-up, and saw the answer in your pictures - I am missing the brackets that attach the ends of the shells to the frame! I found the brackets for sale on ebay, so have them on order. Thanks for your great write-up!
Thanks, Doug

[LEE T]

Glad to be able to help out guys.

[Jake]

Sir, I have 55 2 door hard top with bench seat. The car did not have the hangers for the seat shells, I got new hangers for the back of the bench seat.
just having hard time as to were to mount them.
the big question is the front of the bench seat shell hangers for the shell, are they part of the bench seat frame? I don't have them on my frame.
I don't think they're sold separate. if you can. can you send pics of that hanger from under the seat frame, maybe I can make some.

Jim Brennan 860 213 0462 beeshive2013@gail.com
thanks

[LEE T]

Sorry Jake, I'm not familiar enough with the 55 seat, but I think the bottom of the seat is the same as the 57, but even if that is true the seat shell brackets could be different. I hope someone else can help you out.

[stevef57]

Hi Lee. I very much enjoyed your post. I'm going to be upholstering my 57 hardtop seats, so it will be very helpful. I have a question if you don't mind. The seat springs/frames were already restored when I got them, and on the front seat backs, there is a metal panel on the inboard side of each seat back. Attached is a photo of the driver side front seat back springs. Did your front seat backs have these flat metal panels? They seem to interfere with each other when folding the seat backs down, and that's with no upholstery on them yet. Wondering if I can leave them off. Thanks. Steve Fountain

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[LEE T]

No, you can't leave them off, they are necessary on both sides. Sorry I don't check in very often any more.

[stevef57]

Thanks for the reply and letting me know that they are necessary. I'll figure out a way to make sure they don't interfere with each other before I install the upholstery. Thanks again!

[mhrreast55]

Got a source for the tack strip for the shells??? thanks