[TR] tr-3 seats

[dlylis at gmail.com]

Gary,
After tiring of the uncomfortable, smelly condititon of my seats, I gave some thought to doing them in a manner that does not require financing. 
While sitting in the doctors office in one of those chairs with a metal frame, form shaped seat with closed cell foam and fabric covered, I had a Eureka moment. 
I made a frame out of 3/4 ply and then bent 1/4 ply to form the dish shape that slopes front to back according to the height, shape, and slope of the original seat. I then covered with 1" closed cell foam from Goodyear, 2" open cell upholstery foam, then about 1" cotton batting. You need to take all this into account when making the frame or it will be too high
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Nafziger <nafzigerg at yahoo.com>
Sender: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:32:53 
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: [TR] tr-3 seats

Listers,
Thinking ahead to re-building the seats on my tr-3 using vinyl from one of the 
big 3 vendors.  I'll be using something other than the new springs available but 
am wondering about the padding kit.  Can a person purchase the same material at 
a local fabric shop?  Or possibly simply use foam?  Has anyone re-built they're 
own seats with materials other than the hessian?

gary n.

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