71 Flip forward bench seat?

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Ive seen threads on converting your regular bench to flip forward (somewhere here on the board). Can you make a 71 bench flip forward without doing anything to the seat covers at the pivot point? Doesn't the seat backs cover sort of stretch in to the lower part of the bench at the pivot point?

I have a new 71 houndstooth cover and wondering if this is a mod I can do on the 71 bench.