[theastronaut]

Chad, thanks for the compliments!


My dad has done upholstery for 33+ years and already had some original '64-65 seat insert material that he stashed away 25+ years ago. Here's some shots of him working on the seat cover. He used a seat he covered about 18 years ago to make his patterns.










Thin carpet and burlap to keep the springs from eating through the foam.






Solid rod sewn into seat edges to hog ring cover to frame. The original clips wouldn't work to hold the cover on as the new vinyl stretches to much and allowed the cover to buldge out inbetween the clips. The rod allows the whole edge of the cover to have even tension when it's attached with hog rings.


Backrest finished. We had the seat frame sandblasted and powdercoated gloss black.



Finished and installed back in the cab. Don't think dad could have done a better job!