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Old 07-25-2021, 08:33 AM   #601
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What is the white cover that the foam is encased in, in the last picture of post number 597? I feel like I should know what it is because I have read all of your thread updates, but that picture got me curious.
It is fleece. It adds just a little more thickness to the foam under the seat cover. I found it also helps smooth the imperfections of the foam, especially around the corners of the seat back. Early on, I noticed those imperfections of the foam were showing thru the cover, and I didn’t like how it looked. So I tried this out on a seat and was very happy with the way it helped with that. So I’ve been using it ever since. It also aids in sliding the seat back cover on. Some videos on installing seat covers will say to use plastic, to help the cover slide down over the foam. But then it’s a pain to try and get that plastic pulled back out. I have actually had several seats that I have stripped down for restoration, and they had been recovered at one time and found the plastic still under the cover, they just left it there, lol.
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Old 07-27-2021, 08:49 AM   #602
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1975-1976 Blue. Fully restored, tilting seat. This one is heading to California.
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Old 07-29-2021, 09:51 PM   #603
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Mahogany Velour. Fully restored.
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It is fleece. It adds just a little more thickness to the foam under the seat cover. I found it also helps smooth the imperfections of the foam, especially around the corners of the seat back. Early on, I noticed those imperfections of the foam were showing thru the cover, and I didn’t like how it looked. So I tried this out on a seat and was very happy with the way it helped with that. So I’ve been using it ever since. It also aids in sliding the seat back cover on. Some videos on installing seat covers will say to use plastic, to help the cover slide down over the foam. But then it’s a pain to try and get that plastic pulled back out. I have actually had several seats that I have stripped down for restoration, and they had been recovered at one time and found the plastic still under the cover, they just left it there, lol.
That makes sense. Thanks for the info!
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Old 08-02-2021, 08:51 PM   #605
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That makes sense. Thanks for the info!
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Old 08-17-2021, 08:00 PM   #606
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Just finished up a set of Blue Velour Deluxe seats for a Crew Cab. These will be staying local, so they will be picked up.
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Old 08-17-2021, 08:02 PM   #607
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More pics of the Crew Cab Seats.
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Old 08-23-2021, 03:52 PM   #608
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This is fully restored Mahogany Tweed. Fully restored and using NEW Foam. Oh I love these Mahogany seats.
Headed to Utah.
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Old 08-25-2021, 07:09 PM   #609
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81-87 Black Velour Deluxe, fully restored. This one will be residing in Indiana.
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Old 09-09-2021, 08:13 PM   #610
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Did a little road trip to Indiana, to meet for the Black Velour seat in the above post.
Came home with 3 cores seats. Got the all stripped down for restoration. I did take the Medallions off the Mystic seat and got them all cleaned up.
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Old 09-20-2021, 07:15 PM   #611
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Another Mahogany Velour, fully restored and heading to Oklahoma
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Old 09-21-2021, 06:22 PM   #612
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Fully restored Black Velour Deluxe, built using New Foam. Heading to the Big Apple.
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Old 09-23-2021, 06:32 PM   #613
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Charcoal Velour Deluxe, fully restored.
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Old 09-23-2021, 07:18 PM   #614
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The seat from post #611. He received his seat and sent pictures of it installed
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Old 09-27-2021, 08:13 PM   #615
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This is a Blue Velour Deluxe for a CrewCab front seat. This is a non-tilt fully restored seat.
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Old 10-07-2021, 07:55 PM   #616
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Another Charcoal Velour Deluxe, fully restored with new foam. This one is heading to Washington State.
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Old 10-07-2021, 08:01 PM   #617
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Been super busy with making several road trips to get cores. What come with that, is stripping the seats for Restoration.
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Old 10-15-2021, 04:35 PM   #618
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Out of all the Medallions I have, 3 of these are pitted pretty badly. So sending them off to be rechromed. Can’t wait to see how they turn out.
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Old 10-17-2021, 07:10 PM   #619
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Fully restored Charcoal Velour. This one is staying local, here in Ohio.
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Old 10-25-2021, 02:58 PM   #620
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Re: Bench Seats, Having them Reupholstered

I have a quick question for you. Does a 74 Custom Deluxe seat get burlap under the seat foam? Or some other material? After 19 months, finally got my seat cover from SMS. On the upside, they did a really nice job on it.
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Old 10-25-2021, 06:57 PM   #621
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I have a quick question for you. Does a 74 Custom Deluxe seat get burlap under the seat foam? Or some other material? After 19 months, finally got my seat cover from SMS. On the upside, they did a really nice job on it.
It doesn’t normally get anything. The bottom of the 73-80 foam already has muslin, I think that’s what it is called. But I have had a couple of seats where the bottom of the foam wasn’t so attractive looking, so I put burlap down. And I had another seat, where I used jute.
Pics 1 & 2 are Burlap
Pic 3 is jute
Pics 4 & 5 are nothing, it’s just the bottom of the foam on the springs.
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Old 10-25-2021, 07:03 PM   #622
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Ah, ok. Thanks. I always wondered about that. Good info.
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Old 11-01-2021, 05:59 PM   #623
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Went to Michigan Saturday, and picked up 4 core seats and a set of seat belts. Spent the last couple days getting them all stripped down, and started the rust removal process, mainly the hardware & tracks. Now I need a couple good days to get the frames sandblasted, repaired & repainted. They all need some springs repaired, as they always do. I have yet to have a seat that didn’t need something repaired. It’s why I do, what I do. There are so many issues hiding under that cover & foam. The frame & springs are the back bone of the seat. Sure, you can make the seat look pretty by throwing a new cover on it. But that’s like putting lipstick on a pig. The frame & springs need to be repaired, otherwise your just wasting your money.
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Old 11-01-2021, 06:05 PM   #624
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Here are a few pics of the frames, tracks and hardware after restoration.
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Old 11-02-2021, 06:01 AM   #625
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TK, which do you think is the better design of the frames? The early seat frame with the S style spring or the later design with coil type springs.

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