Happy Easter and welcome to Packard Motor Car Information! If you're new here, please register for a free account.  
Login
Username:

Password:

Remember me



Lost Password?

Register now!
FAQ's
Main Menu
Recent Forum Topics
Who is Online
101 user(s) are online (73 user(s) are browsing Forums)

Members: 1
Guests: 100

DM37, more...
Helping out...
PackardInfo is a free resource for Packard Owners that is completely supported by user donations. If you can help out, that would be great!

Donate via PayPal
Video Content
Visit PackardInfo.com YouTube Playlist

Donate via PayPal



(1) 2 3 »

1937 115c touring, Upholstery
#1
Home away from home
Home away from home

Larry Reber
See User information
OK, Here goes a "project"
Commencing a restoration of the original tattered upholstery .
I'm starting in the rear with the seats and side panels.
I have a friend who is going to do the stitching.
We are progressing slowly on the de-construstion of the original material to generate pattern material.

A question ( one of a million to come LOL) about the thin gray matting found under the rear side arm rests. It looks like mill felt. ( my term)
Any info on process, Material, Watch for's head liner woes,, Etc..
I'll attach several photos of the progress so far shortly.

Posted on: 2021/12/22 0:04
Larry Reber
 Top  Print 
 


Re: 1937 115c touring, Upholstery
#2
Forum Ambassador
Forum Ambassador

Ozstatman
See User information
Larry,

Can't answer your question but please keep us informed as you progress, plenty of pic's too. I haven't seen upholstery replaced in a car as I'm sure many other's haven't either. So following along as you do the upholstery will be a great source of eduction for us. Well, it will be, at least for me.

Posted on: 2021/12/22 0:40
Mal
/o[]o\
====

Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
"Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche.

1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD

1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD

1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

What's this?
Put your Packard in the Packard Vehicle Registry!
Here's how!
Any questions - PM or email me at ozstatman@gmail.com
 Top  Print 
 


Re: 1937 115c touring, Upholstery
#3
Home away from home
Home away from home

Larry Reber
See User information
Photos attached
Condition of interior upon purchase several years ago and as removed this week
(Photo numbers last 4 digits for reference )
0333 are tacks that have been riding around for for the last 84 years waiting to be used for the completion of windlace replacement... Thanks to the original installer as I no longer need to find a source.

9116 is the door post with windlace tacks and 18 ga brads protruding out. It appears that the windlace was installed then the inner upholstery was brad nailed to the wood backers .
Anyone have info on this operation. It's kind of scary to take a brad nailer to the surface of the new upholstery to attach the back panel in place.
Thanks Larry

Attach file:



jpg  20191123_150321.jpg (316.69 KB)
155070_61c2c27fe9925.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20191123_150527.jpg (276.29 KB)
155070_61c2c2bf4cd14.jpg 1920X1440 px

jpg  20191123_150643.jpg (424.44 KB)
155070_61c2c2e736556.jpg 1920X1440 px

jpg  20191123_150606.jpg (253.00 KB)
155070_61c2c30bb1616.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20191123_150710.jpg (252.96 KB)
155070_61c2c336990d9.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211216_115715.jpg (330.46 KB)
155070_61c2c36796957.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211216_111624.jpg (268.33 KB)
155070_61c2c39f49ee9.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  1640043719116.jpg (180.55 KB)
155070_61c2c3d2c8aec.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  1640043630333.jpg (447.95 KB)
155070_61c2c40965cec.jpg 1440X1920 px

Posted on: 2021/12/22 1:32
Larry Reber
 Top  Print 
 


Re: 1937 115c touring, Upholstery
#4
Home away from home
Home away from home

Larry Reber
See User information
Worked on the rear seat spring set today.

Used a large pair of side cutters to roll the hog rings out.

Marked spring sets for orientation and row numbering.

Found the burlap bags were a continuous sheet of pockets and that reinforcement rods were passed trough them front to rear.

I cut the old bag material on the red lines that I painted for orientation and alignment.

I'll need to open the metal frame chanel at each rod location and insert the rods through the new burlap bags as I reassemble.

Also wire brushed rusty areas ( thank you little gray fuzzy critters) and coated areas with RustMort in preparation for a repaint
Here's some pictures of todays progress

Attach file:



jpg  20211222_155222.jpg (374.06 KB)
155070_61c3f5f155c03.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211222_161321.jpg (323.90 KB)
155070_61c3f6dce09e6.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211222_161327.jpg (369.83 KB)
155070_61c3f70f05763.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211222_163907.jpg (351.36 KB)
155070_61c3f7491cb25.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211222_163845.jpg (397.18 KB)
155070_61c3f7734b50b.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211222_165956.jpg (419.37 KB)
155070_61c3f7969f5e9.jpg 1440X1920 px

Posted on: 2021/12/22 23:18
Larry Reber
 Top  Print 
 


Re: 1937 115c touring, Upholstery
#5
Home away from home
Home away from home

Larry Reber
See User information
HAPPY NEW YEAR

SEAT SPRINGS,

Finished removing springs from burlap bags. Tagged the 2 different sizes and marked the final compression height for reassembly.

I found some gutter nails that can be pushed through the burlap to hold the springs over compressed to allow for the bag closing stitch across the top of the burlap then removed.

Measured the dimensions of the spring bag assembly and marked for a template.

Rear seat cover removal completed.


I found that the burlap and cotton batting were hog ringed to the metal side frame and as close as I can determine it was also tacked in place on the top and bottom tack rails.

The front bottom was set in alignment with the base of the front frame and then pulled tight to the top frame and tacked and trimed.
Then the sides were hog ringed to the side frame and trimed.

Attach file:



jpg  20211231_142214.jpg (453.10 KB)
155070_61cfed450ab53.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211228_203940.jpg (185.31 KB)
155070_61cfed74ace48.jpg 1920X1440 px

jpg  20211228_203929.jpg (320.58 KB)
155070_61cfed9738b0d.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211231_145250.jpg (310.64 KB)
155070_61cfee4bae69f.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211231_145240.jpg (391.83 KB)
155070_61cfee6daf278.jpg 1440X1920 px

Posted on: 2022/1/1 1:08
Larry Reber
 Top  Print 
 


Re: 1937 115c touring, Upholstery
#6
Home away from home
Home away from home

Larry Reber
See User information
Commenced working on the interior side panel to head liner meeting area,

As mentioned the smaller windlace trim was nailed to the side frame,

I found that they used shimming cardboard strips to provide leveling of the surfaces. (Use that process for sheetrock work and had not thought about using it for this application.)

As you can see I only released a little section to allow access to the headliner to trim a piece for color match.

Check out the color change over the last 85 years.

Attach file:



jpg  20211231_160348.jpg (345.20 KB)
155070_61cff25147d6a.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211231_160356.jpg (366.91 KB)
155070_61cff26f36510.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211231_160423.jpg (199.42 KB)
155070_61cff2916a61b.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  20211231_160539.jpg (253.33 KB)
155070_61cff2ab3b8cc.jpg 1440X1920 px

Posted on: 2022/1/1 1:20
Larry Reber
 Top  Print 
 


Re: 1937 115c touring, Upholstery
#7
Just can't stay away
Just can't stay away

David
See User information
Love all the pics as this is on my list for this year .... now that i got the top insert done and the head liner is going on this month

Do you who where i can get wire-on ?

Posted on: 2022/1/1 2:16
Daily Driving a 1937 115c TS
 Top  Print 
 


Re: 1937 115c touring, Upholstery
#8
Home away from home
Home away from home

Larry Reber
See User information
Still researching the source for the the interior material and windlace items,

Who did you get the headliner form?

Posted on: 2022/1/2 16:25
Larry Reber
 Top  Print 
 


Re: 1937 115c touring, Upholstery
#9
Home away from home
Home away from home

Packard Don
See User information
SMS

Posted on: 2022/1/5 19:36
 Top  Print 
 


Re: 1937 115c touring, Upholstery
#10
Home away from home
Home away from home

Larry Reber
See User information
Been a little while,
Have been working with a friens who is a at home seamstress who wanted to learn auto upholstery.
Next set of pictures are of the progress on the seat cotton, top cover for rear seat bottom cushion, side panel, door panels, rear arm rests

Attach file:



jpg  20220128_133152.jpg (317.93 KB)
155070_624870202f6b6.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  1645050523695.jpg (387.86 KB)
155070_624870661406b.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  Pass side rear armrest new cloth.jpg (282.82 KB)
155070_6248722d30f09.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  Ft Seat rear panel, ABS with details attached.jpg (387.86 KB)
155070_6248727e7c3d6.jpg 1440X1920 px

jpg  Back of front seat with felt covering.jpg (289.59 KB)
155070_6248729b33620.jpg 1440X1920 px

Posted on: 2022/4/2 10:59
Larry Reber
 Top  Print 
 




(1) 2 3 »




Search
Recent Photos
Photo of the Day
Recent Registry
Website Comments or Questions?? Click Here Copyright 2006-2024, PackardInfo.com All Rights Reserved