Rebuilding spring seat foam on a dime !

[Grumpy old man]

I'm rebuilding some '67-'68 folding seats this week for my farm truck build and another to sell and after media blasting and painting the frames semi gloss , I wrapped the springs with burlap and hog rung in place then added a 2" strip of carpet padding to the edge wire also hog rung in place after that I added a 4 ' wide angled wedge glued to the outside edge of the seat to stop that leaning toward the door feeling you can get on these old seats and it really helps you sit better in the seat after that a firm 1" flat stock sheet cut to fit and glued down and wrapped around the seat edge about 4 " , I've used this same process for many years and it works great . No expensive foam replacement and total cost was less than $20.00 .

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I'll be installing the farm truck seat covers later today and will post a couple pics of how well this low budget fix works .

[splehigh]

Cool! I'll be redoing the seats in my 67 Chevelle soon. Maybe I can learn something.

[frenchy51]

Where do you get the foam? Thanks for the post.

[Grumpy old man]

Originally Posted by frenchy51

Where do you get the foam? Thanks for the post.

Check with your local fabric stores most carry foam for their customers projects , The 1" firm foam sheet I bought was enough to do the back and bottom of the seat and cost $10.00 call and check as the price for foam varies greatly store to store they will also generally sell the burlap and jute padding and can advise you on what type of spray can contact glue to use.

[Mator]

This is great info. Please continue to share. I have ordered my new cover and will be doing the same thing soon. I have never tried this before so all pictures will help. Thanks

[Grumpy old man]

If someone could PM me a phone # so I can send a few pictures to them of the finished installed seat covers to upload to this thread I'd appreciate it . I can't post pictures at this time .

[Mrturner1]

67 folding seat

[Mrturner1]

Back

[Grumpy old man]

Thanks Matt for posting those pics , this is the seat going in my 67 farm truck build , sorry no aftermarket Taiwanese covers for me I build my own . It still needs to be slapped around a little to line up the lines but should be fine for the farm truck , no expensive foam replacements required !

[Mrturner1]

Door panels

[Mrturner1]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

Thanks Matt for posting those pics , this is the seat going in my 67 farm truck build , sorry no aftermarket Taiwanese covers for me I build my own . It still needs to be slapped around a little to line up the lines but should be fine for the farm truck , no expensive foam replacements required !

No prob, that's some nice looking stuff!

[Grumpy old man]

The 67 farm truck will have these seats/doorpanels same color on the dash double French seamed and visor ,black rubber mat , the paint will be stock 67 light green with 67 style white roof and green glass , 292 slightly built tri power intake / carbs - Muncie four speed - 3.73 Posi after all this I'm not so sure it'll get driven on the farm ?

I offered up this truck and very nice straight frame with the 292 and Posi last year in here for $2,000.00 and nobody wanted it ....Let's see what you think it's worth finished ?

[GAc10boy]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

The 67 farm truck will have these seats/doorpanels same color on the dash double French seamed and visor ,black rubber mat , the paint will be stock 67 light green with 67 style white roof and green glass , 292 slightly built tri power intake / carbs - Muncie four speed - 3.73 Posi after all this I'm not so sure it'll get driven on the farm ?

I offered up this truck and very nice straight frame with the 292 and Posi last year in here for $2,000.00 and nobody wanted it ....Let's see what you think it's worth finished ?

I'm in to see the truck finished and/or progress pics. Do you have a build thread? That seat and panels look great.

[Grumpy old man]

Originally Posted by GAc10boy

I'm in to see the truck finished and/or progress pics. Do you have a build thread? That seat and panels look great.

No build thread ,No progress pictures until their done and then I'll post the whole story of what I did how I did it and why . I have enough trouble deciding on how I want them to look without outside influence clouding my picture . I build them for me .I already have enough voices talking in my head ! 😁

[Grumpy old man]

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