Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
Posted by BigKev On 2010/6/27 18:41:41
Back from Boston and caught up on things, so back in the blast furnace I call a garage to get a few things done.
First order of business was stripping the front seat back down to the frame. This involved first removing the seat back ashtray and the robe rail. The robe rail need to reworked as well as the rubber hose portion split in several places and the fabric covering is toast. The interior chain is still in good shape.
Them the hog rings are removed from the bottom of the seat, and the retaining points straightened to pull the listing rods loose.
With that complete the cover was removed by basically turn it inside out. Then the layers of batting and burlap where taken off and disposed of.
The back of the seat is covered with a fiberboard similar to what the kick panels are made of. The one on there was in reasonable shape for now, so I left it alone. With the down to the basic springs, I clean it up some and then started the process of recovering it. The front was stretched with duck-clock (heavy canvas), and then hog-ringed into place. Then a 1/2 thick of layer of foam was applied next and glued in place. I left about a foot over lap on each side. The was then rolled up and stuffed in the pockets on the sides of the seat to give them a rounded off look. This mimics the original construction which was done with a huge wadding of batting. The corner were then trimmed to get the to lay flat, and round them off. Next the Dacron batting was applied over the foam. This was wrapped over the top and sides of the seat and glued in place. Next the aftermarket cover was pulled down over the batting and stretched as good as possible into place. They look pretty decent for covers that are not tailored fit for these seats.
Before the seats go back in the car, I need to address the issues with the seat tracks. The track lock cable between both sides is broken (easy fix), and 3 out of the four track springs are broken or missing. So I fixed the easy one first which was the track lock on the passenger side. It just needed a new spring which I have a box of various small springs that fit the bill. I will need to locate the actual large track springs as both of them were broken on my car. These are pretty heavy duty springs, so I will need to see what I can adapt from the local hardware store.
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First order of business was stripping the front seat back down to the frame. This involved first removing the seat back ashtray and the robe rail. The robe rail need to reworked as well as the rubber hose portion split in several places and the fabric covering is toast. The interior chain is still in good shape.
Them the hog rings are removed from the bottom of the seat, and the retaining points straightened to pull the listing rods loose.
With that complete the cover was removed by basically turn it inside out. Then the layers of batting and burlap where taken off and disposed of.
The back of the seat is covered with a fiberboard similar to what the kick panels are made of. The one on there was in reasonable shape for now, so I left it alone. With the down to the basic springs, I clean it up some and then started the process of recovering it. The front was stretched with duck-clock (heavy canvas), and then hog-ringed into place. Then a 1/2 thick of layer of foam was applied next and glued in place. I left about a foot over lap on each side. The was then rolled up and stuffed in the pockets on the sides of the seat to give them a rounded off look. This mimics the original construction which was done with a huge wadding of batting. The corner were then trimmed to get the to lay flat, and round them off. Next the Dacron batting was applied over the foam. This was wrapped over the top and sides of the seat and glued in place. Next the aftermarket cover was pulled down over the batting and stretched as good as possible into place. They look pretty decent for covers that are not tailored fit for these seats.
Before the seats go back in the car, I need to address the issues with the seat tracks. The track lock cable between both sides is broken (easy fix), and 3 out of the four track springs are broken or missing. So I fixed the easy one first which was the track lock on the passenger side. It just needed a new spring which I have a box of various small springs that fit the bill. I will need to locate the actual large track springs as both of them were broken on my car. These are pretty heavy duty springs, so I will need to see what I can adapt from the local hardware store.
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