Terry,
When I restored the seats in my TR3 I found that the original wood strips
were completely shot. I replaced them with some strips I cut out of a piece
of 3/16" plywood that I had lying around. I cross-cut the strips about 1/2
way through the thickness of the plywood so that I could bend it without it
breaking and them used pop rivets it to fasten it to the seat pans. I used
blue steel carpet tacks to hold the seat kit in place just as the original
was.
The results were outstanding!! This was about 5 years ago and they are still
perfect!
Jim
Jim Bauder
'68 TR250, CD47L
TR web site: http://www.triumphowners.com/647
(Coming home from the body shop Saturday!!)
Scottsdale, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Terry Smith
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 8:57 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Seat Recovering
Hello, everyone.
I'm on vacation this week. The weather is hot outside, for New Hampshire,
so
it seems a good time to get outside and recover my TR3A seats. I've already
restored the seat pans, so my first question involves the wood strips.
Is floor luan plywood acceptable for these? (That's the stuff that goes
underneath a ceramic tiling project.)
I'm searching for a good web page describing the reuphostery process. An
recommendations on that?
Thank you all yet again.
Terry Smith
'59 TR3A. Body still off. Rest mostly done.
New Hampshire.
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