During a restoration project you always come across something that you wouldn’t even think about having to repair. I can’t ever remember having to repair seat springs.

First all of the old material was stripped off of the seat springs. The old rotten mice infested material was pretty nasty. We then had the seat frames and springs media blasted to remove the surface rust. The parts were then sprayed with a few coats of Zero-Rust. The springs had some areas on the outer framework that needed repairs.

This is part of the rust on the front seat spring framework. All of the rust was located in the channels for the tacking strips. The upholsterer may not use the tack strips but it still had to be repaired for strength.

The rust was cut off and new metal was welded in. The channel was originally made in two pieces and it worked best to re-fabricate with two pieces.

The second piece of metal was drilled and welded on with plug welds.

Repairs to the front lower springs are completed.

This is the repairs done to the rear lower seat.

This is a bracket that was fabricated and replaced on the rear seat back rest.

Stay tuned….were not done with the seat repairs yet.