Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

That seat looks very nice! I enjoy looking at your finished product...works of art. Congratulations on your upcoming retirement! I took that plunge January 12 myself.

Thank You!! And Congratulations on your retirement! I consider myself lucky to have worked for a company that allows us to retire at the age of 55. I will have 30 yrs in. I’m looking forward to being able to spend more on the seats. And just enjoying life without being on a time schedule.

[TKCR]

Went on a little road trip yesterday, to pickup a couple of seats to be restored in the future. Both are in overall good condition. They will still get stripped down, to replace broken springs & sandblast/repaint the frames & tracks. And then get the tracks sliding like new again. See pics 2-5, this is a perfect example of a poor rebuild on someones part. I bought this seat, it had already been recovered in black "leather". Very nice cover!! But they covered right over a rusty frame. And it also had broken springs on the drivers side, see pic #2. They shoved some kind of foam in there, instead of replacing the broken springs. And the tracks would not slide.
1- 77-80 tilt
1- 81-87 tilt

[TKCR]

This is the same Black Leather seat, mentioned in the above post. 1st pic is before, the rest are after.

[1968vetL-71]

I'm curious on what you use to repair damaged, missing foam on the backrest portion. I bought both new bottom cushions, but my backrest needs a few spots addressed before I put the covers on. Thanks!

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by 1968vetL-71

I'm curious on what you use to repair damaged, missing foam on the backrest portion. I bought both new bottom cushions, but my backrest needs a few spots addressed before I put the covers on. Thanks!

You can get some dance foam from JoAnn Fabrics. Cut the bad section out. Cut a likewise size, of the new foam. Get a good foam glue and glue the new piece in. Something similar to the attached pic.

[TKCR]

So the seats I got yesterday, the one in the back, by the garage door. It had been recovered at one point. Now this is how you DO NOT repair seat foam. Some of the seats I get, it amazes me of what people do. This is why I started doing Seat Restorations. You don’t spend all that money to get your seat recovered for this!!! Along with the moldy towel stuffed in the huge hole in the foam, everything is rusty and broken springs. So it will get sandblasted, repainted and get the broken springs replaced. I believe a NEW Foam is in order for this seat.