I recently done my seats for my 50 Chev 3600 myself. I used a Chevy duty
maroon vinyl cover, $125.00, and purchased the pad, foam and cover pad for
$65.00 from an upholstery shop.
It was really very low tech but did require a lot of hand strength and
patience. It took me about 3 evenings and was great. I suggest the Chevy
"C" clips for the edge of the frame and use the hog rings to anchor and
attach the seat cover. Start by anchoring the cover on the front - nice and
even and then stretch to the back... evenly. :)
Gary
1950 Chev 3600
Geneseo, IL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Old GMC Pickup" <truxrme@hotmail.com>
To: <stephanie@annexe.cwnet.com>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] need seat redone in '53
> When I had my 52' chevy, I paid $350.00 for labor and cloth, I did however
> go to a local "foam" warehouse and spent only $15.00 for some scrap
pieces.
>
> Shawn
>
>
> >From: "Stephanie" <stephanie@annexe.cwnet.com>
> >Reply-To: "Stephanie" <stephanie@annexe.cwnet.com>
> >To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: [oletrucks] need seat redone in '53
> >Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:19:57 -0700
> >
> >I have my seat down to just the frame and springs with some old
> >foam/padding. I called around to see how much they'd charge to possibly
> >replace some/all of the foam/padding and get a new cloth, pleated seat
> >material put on. They're saying around $450-500. Isn't that really
> >expensive? I'm wondering if I should just go buy some foam myself (it's
> >not
> >missing anything big, just old), then buy some sort of cover? I'd like
to
> >get a light gray cloth material (doesn't have to be original). Would
> >getting a cover like out of LMC truck be close to having an upholstery
> >place
> >do it?
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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