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Another 280 Seat Project Completed


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  On 3/21/2018 at 11:50 PM, siteunseen said:

Since they're not leather could you wet them to be more pliable? I'm needing to do my '77 and like those, a lot.

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HIs are leather, mine are not.  I don't think wetting would make a diffeerence on the fake leather, but Mr. Sun on a hot day sure does...........

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  On 3/22/2018 at 12:02 AM, gwri8 said:

HIs are leather, mine are not.  I don't think wetting would make a diffeerence on the fake leather, but Mr. Sun on a hot day sure does...........

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Thank you Greg. I see heat guns at all upholstery shops all the time. I gotta a pretty good hair drier with low mileage I could use.

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  On 3/22/2018 at 12:48 AM, rcb280z said:

Those look really nice! Is it possible the fit was because of the foam padding? Thicker possibly?

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The foam was an issue with the seat bottoms.   The final closure of the rear flap which gets hog ringed to the frame was very tight.   After much analysis, I ended up cutting a small 1" pie shaped piece from the bottom of the back of the seat foam.   The seat bottom foams did seem a bit too large at the back for the seat frames.   Maybe one day I'll get to try a vinyl set.   I'll bet they are easier to work with than the real leather.

For the seat backs,  I used a dry cleaners plastic bag to make the covers slide down easier.

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Delivered Scott's completed seats for his red 78 on Saturday,  a nice 70 degree spring day.  Zup came over in his 240 to assist & make sure the 73 model year was represented.  (Thanks for the conversation and great burgers you made later Jim!)

Seats look good in the red car,  which may be the one he takes to Branson this year.   A happy project ending....

Some shots of the seats in the car & 1 of the modification to extend the material for the closure of the problem area of the seat backs.

78Seats1.jpg78Seats2.jpg

78Seats3.jpgSeatback Closure.jpg

 

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