First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Mine had burlap backing with cotton backing and cotton battening sewn on. The cotton was around 1/4 -1/3 inch thick batting. It was stitched to the burlap. The burlap has some stiffening wires in it. The hog rings pull the reinforced part of the seat naterial (from the rear of the material) against the wire hoop in the spring, the thin cotton batting is cut out in a U shape for clearance. The hog rings hook around the fabric on the seat, pass through the cotton batting and burlap to were it crimps around the steel support in the frame.
It's quite an annoyance to put together. One shop recommended adding cheescloth or similar to allow the cushion to slide into place. You will need strong hog pliers. The seat has to be correct left to right and front to rear for the splines in the seat cover to align with the heave reinforcing rod in the spring. --- On Mon, 6/22/09, S Sterchi <[email protected]> wrote: From: S Sterchi <[email protected]> Subject: [FGF] Seats - Reupohlstery To: [email protected] Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 12:06 AM First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... The original seat upholstery has the bun on top of a thin blue cushion (from what I recall) and then burlap sack type backing with wires in it to keep the springs from eating away at the bun. I looked at my new CI buns and they appear to have a backing built in. Can I put the CI buns directly over the springs? If not, what kind of materials (from the wife's sowing box, etc.) are good to use? BTW, I got new springs for the driver's seat. Wow, night and day difference in firmness and height. Thanks, Sheen _________________________________________________________________ Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/events.aspx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/>
