Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
Posted by BigKev On 2010/6/17 21:35:54
Jim I just did lots of browsing on the internet and paid attention as I took the old seats apart. I think the difficult part would be sewing the correct covers. That's going to come much later in the project. For now my 50's era aftermarket covers will have to fit the bill.
Here is a picture of the complete bottom. Since all the cutting and glueing was complete, I brought the seat bottom inside the house so I could work on it in the A/C, and also so I would not get the cover dirty while I had it flipped over.
It took a lot of figuring to get the cover on as tight as possible. This is not a "Packard" specific cover, but a 50's era bench seat cover that was designed to fit several different makes. Technically it is supposed to go over the factory seat material to protect it. But I am using it as the actual material for now. One of the challenges is there are not fabric pouches in the seat cover for the listing wires. So I had to get creative. The side pieces of the cover had a very narrow hem sewed along the bottom. So I cut the end of each hem so I could slide in the listing wire and use the hem to support the wire. With that in place it was just going around and stretching the fabric and hog-ringing the cover/listing wire the frame.
It looks pretty good and feels pretty comfortable so far. The creases in the picture below are from where the seat covers were folded in a box for 50 years. They should relax over time.
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Here is a picture of the complete bottom. Since all the cutting and glueing was complete, I brought the seat bottom inside the house so I could work on it in the A/C, and also so I would not get the cover dirty while I had it flipped over.
It took a lot of figuring to get the cover on as tight as possible. This is not a "Packard" specific cover, but a 50's era bench seat cover that was designed to fit several different makes. Technically it is supposed to go over the factory seat material to protect it. But I am using it as the actual material for now. One of the challenges is there are not fabric pouches in the seat cover for the listing wires. So I had to get creative. The side pieces of the cover had a very narrow hem sewed along the bottom. So I cut the end of each hem so I could slide in the listing wire and use the hem to support the wire. With that in place it was just going around and stretching the fabric and hog-ringing the cover/listing wire the frame.
It looks pretty good and feels pretty comfortable so far. The creases in the picture below are from where the seat covers were folded in a box for 50 years. They should relax over time.
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