[TR] Reupholstery vrs Seat Covers

[Bob]

On Friday, August 26, 2011 08:59:59 am you wrote:
> Could you please share details of what you and your dad did? Im going to be
> fitting new seat covers to my tr2 this winter.
> 
> Thanks
Chris and Carl,

Ok I will give you a list for the 3 seats my dad did.

1. He chose to use jute rope, instead of the standard welt cord for the 
outside welts of the backs. He left some extra rope in order to stretch the 
backs sides with the cord which were then stapled to the wood backing thus 
insuring not only a firm back but the sides were also very firm.

2. Replaced all the organic stuffing on the seat backs with dacron. He glued 
the dacron with a special glue he had in the shop. This glue was red in color 
but I cant remember the supplier.

3. He replaced a number of the springs in the seats. The springs were 
purchased from his supplier. I believe they were a bit stiffer than the stock 
springs. 

4. 3.5" jute webbing was sewn into the top and bottom of the seat springs. The 
webbing was sewn in an overlapping fashion. Then he stuffed some high density 
foam into the seat springs to give even more support.

5. A very thin layer of dacron was glued to the backs of both seats. I believe 
there was cotton there originally or maybe nothing. This was just a cosmetic 
addition.

Now on the 4, I did all the same things but number 1, since the seat covers 
were already sewn by the Moss supplier.

On the 6 I did the same thing with the dacron and the seats.

Bob