Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered

[hatzie]

Originally Posted by TKCR

I got a set of CrewCab seats yesterday for cores. They look pretty decent, don’t they? Well looks can be quite deceiving! This is why I restore & repair the seats the way I do. There is so much hiding under the covers that you’ll never see. But I do, because every core I get for restoration, gets completely stripped down and any thing that needs repaired will get repaired.
There wasn’t much I could save on this pair of seats. They were so badly rusted, I saved what I could and the rest went directly to the dump. Here is a list of what I was able to save.
Both of the seat backs.
2 sets of seatbelt bezels.
1 seat bottom foam
A few bolts & hardware
A set of front CrewCab/Suburban tracks, and that is even iffy at this point. They are totally seized up. I beat them with a rubber mallet and couldn’t even get them to budge. So they will soak in some EvapoRust for several days and then I’ll have to reinspect them.
Everything else was completely trashed. The seat bottom frames were so ate up with rust. I have to say, I have never seen any this bad! I only got a picture of the one seat bottom. The other one was just as bad as this one!

Looks like that one had a mouse house in it.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by hatzie

Looks like that one had a mouse house in it.

Nope, no mouse house. They were being stored in the guys barn, so the chickens had been using them, lol. Lots of rust, spiders and straw!

[hatzie]

Originally Posted by TKCR

Nope, no mouse house. They were being stored in the guys barn, so the chickens had been using them, lol. Lots of rust, spiders and straw!

Birds are worse than rodents. Stored on the floor doesn't do em any favors either.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by hatzie

Birds are worse than rodents. Stored on the floor doesn't do em any favors either.

I’ve had mice damage, chipmunk stash and now chickens! It’s disheartening to purchase a seat core, only to have to throw most of it out.
Some of those were NASTY! And just to clarify, I do wear gloves and a mask, especially when they look like these, jeez.