Looking good! I'm really digging the wheel/tire combo. Classy rig.
Great build, and fantastic work trying to put everything back to the way it should be. Just got done reading the entire thread, bravo!
Thank you both.
I have been busy working on other cars and doing some random remodeling so I haven't made time to work on this car in a while
I finally got around to rebuilding the rear seat bottom. Car came to me with a coupe rear seat bottom - they are wider and the structure is entirely different.
Please keep in mind that because I didn't yet order new rear seat covers, I used the old coupe cover, with old foam... TEMPORARY PERMANENT
It's surprising how hard the sedan rear bottoms are to find.
One on left was completely falling apart, one on right was full of rat ****
both sides are exactly the same
made the center part out of some home remodel leftovers
glued carpet on where the springs sit - factory used some soft stuff similar to what you would put under a residential carpet. I figured this was stronger
Then I started to staple away, hard to get to the center springs. Factory also used staples. I recreated the gap at the bottom, both of my seats had it, maybe for fabric to have a place to fit
There's 3-4 springs on the side that I could not get with my stapler, I just used cable hold downs. looks like **** but it's plenty strong, plus it's what I had on hand.
test fitting - success
Then came the temp job, used a towel instead of horsehair, and reused the coupe cover but tucked it in on the sides. Looks like crap but at least the seat functions for now.
does anyone know where I can get the rubber piece that goes around the seat bottom ?
I also started to working on a spare nose piece I have. Someone took a mid model one and added tabs (poorly) to make the late model grill fit
I got it sand blasted
minor dent and the TERRIFIC job by previous owner
PO also added a drain hole, theres some minor rust spots on bottom corner
after primer I cut the tabs off and welded the holes, straightened out a few spots also
quick primer before bondo
bondo time
left it at this; I need to go back and skim it again