Working Man's Burbon

[HO455]

Today I started the new bench seat project. That broken spring hasn't mended itself so I guess action must be taken. Several pages back I posted a picture I found in one of the seat threads (It might be Already Gone's truck but I'm not sure.) So after more research I found out that the seat was used in 92 to 96 Ford pickups. After a lot of looking (It's the top option bench seat so not real common) I did on located one on Craigslist and it ended up being only $40!
Under a 1/4" of dog hair was a fairly decent seat. Thank goodness for car wash vacuum cleaners. The first thing I did was tear it apart. It came with working lumbar support air pump and bags. After a quick check with a tape measure I tossed it in front of the back of the current seat in the truck and amazingly it seemed like it would be fairly easy to swap the seat backs and be done. For reasons I will explain I decided not to go that route.
Once the seat back was completely disassembled (That was super easy! The upholstery fabric is secured with the white plastic extruded hooks you can see in the last photo.) the Ford: Job One Quality started to show. The seat foam metal supports were broken in several places and they are so lightweight I don't think welding them would be a long term cure.