Brad,
Your seat-back cover should have a flap on the back which goes into the
broad slit about 1/3 the way down between the two sections of foam - then
over the third (?) elastic band - then down to the bottom of the frame,
where it is clipped (with enough tension to keep it snug into the "crease"
between the upper and lower foam sections). On the bottom part, I had a
looped flap through which I ran strong twine -ran the twine down through the
foam to the "basket" and tied it thereto. Took me a frustrating amount of
diddling to get it right; however, I didn't use any glue in my recent seat
project.
Cheers, Ree G. in Mexico, NY - (sans) 78 Spit FM73070U O
----- Original Message -----
From: Bradley D Richardson <bradrichardson@juno.com>
To: <spitlist@gte.net>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: adhesive
>
> Joe,
>
> Perhaps I'm just dumb, but I did try an get them together without glue,
> thinking that over time the stickiness just 'appeared'.
>
> The seat backs are the worst, I simply can't get the cover to curve with
> the foam's curve. That's why I assumed glue was needed. How in the
> world did you get your covers to follow the line of the seat back? When
> I pull tight on the bottom of the back, the cover wants to go 'straight',
> instead of following the foam's lines.
>
> The headliner was in my 85 New Yorker, my daily driver, not my spit.
> Although both of my spits do have hardtops.
>
> Brad
>
> =====================================================
>
> On Tue, 08 Aug 2000 10:06:10 +0000 Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net> writes:
> > Brad,
> > I don't think that they were glued. The process of the covers
> > sticking to the foam is likely due to the aging process and the heat
> > of
> > the sun. I put Houndstooth covers on my 1500 seats without any
> > adhesive and have had no problems in 3 years.
> >
> > I don't know about the headliner, since I don't have a hard top.
> >
> > Joe
>
> =======================================================
>
> >
> > Bradley D Richardson wrote:
> > >
> > > Ok, I'm finally going to put the seat covers back on my Spit's
> > seats.
> > > What adhesive should I use? Since it's form fitting, and since it
> > was
> > > glued to the foam before I removed them, it's obvious I need some
> > kind of
> > > glue. I tried contact cement, it doesn't hold at all to the foam.
> > >
> > > On another thought, the headliner in my daily driver is drooping?
> > > Obviously, it needs to be glued again also. Other than removing
> > the
> > > entire stinking headliner, is there some kind of gizmo that will
> > let me
> > > shoot the glue thru a small 'pin hole' in the liner?
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > > ====================================================
> > >
> > > Brad Richardson
> > > Portland, Oregon
> > > 79 Spitfire (FM90541U, really a 78 as made June 78)
> > > 79 Spitfire (TFZDW29T001453, really a 80 as made Nov 79)
>
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