I totally agree with the comments above about the need to remove the old padding.
Even in the best of cases, its 50+ years old and has absorbed all kinds of weird old smells... In the worst of cases its got rodent droppings, pee, mold and all kinds of nastyness embedded in it- and you really can't SEE that unless you completely peel the onion and get it down to the bare springs. AND its impossible to properly find and repair those broken springs if you don't tear it down 100%... So even with a set of seats like these that looked fantastic, all that stuff gets stripped and goes in the trash and replaced with all new when i do them.
Pics below show the back seat i did for this project, they were stripped to the bare springs, new burlap was laid down (visible from the back) then the grey jute padding visible in the second pic.
Lower cushion received 2" 43# High resistance foam, and the upper cushion gets 3 layers of new Cotton batting.
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Originally Posted by elefantrider
Thanks! I have some broken springs on mine too. Drivers side compresses much lower than passenger side.
Are those black or blue seats?
If you customer wants to sell the rear seat back cover, let me know, I am looking for a used black one.
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Covers are dark blue. In this case the color has faded darker (which i've seen before with red vinyl's) the new Legendary covers appear to be a lighter metallic blue, until you compare them to areas of the old vinyl that were covered (like under the side chrome spears) where its a dead on match to original.
Unfortunately the back seat cover was roached and very stinky from rodents and went to the trash as soon as i could strip it. Back seat was finished a few weeks ago.
Anyway- I tore down the passenger seat last night, and it needs similar spring repairs throughout.
This weekend I'll break out a roll of spring and start making the repairs. Should have more updates by Sunday night.