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Mustang Upholstery Part IV

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After removing the seat track I had to remove the seat stops.

There are two and easily removed.

Next I started removing the upholstery wire.  These  pliers hook inside the wire and separate them for removal.

Removal

Here are the wires removed.  They can be reused if you want to straighten them out.

Wires

 

Mostly removed.

Part way off however one small deal to handle

 

Thinking I was on the down hill side with the removal of the old upholstery, I ran into……the …..tuck!!!  This consisted of a wire running through a cloth sleeve and the wire is attached to the springs with the hog wire.

Top Arrow is the cloth sleeve with the wire running through it. Bottom arrow is the hog wire crimped to the springs underneath.

Basically the tuck is how they separate the bottom of the seat and the cushions edges, which with vinyl that helps keeps you backside in the seat during those high-speed maneuvers.

Ok, this was the learning seat.  I was too busy learning to do too much photography so I’ll to more with the back to this seat and the next.

BUT…………………………..here is my very first seat bottom..completed.

 

 

 

More coming up soon.

Thanks for reading

Tim.

 

Mustang Upholstery Part III

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Sorry it’s been more than a couple days…a week plus actually.  But hey, it 115 degrees in my garage.

So I removed the seat and inspected the underside.

Again this was my first upholstery job, ever.  So removal of the old upholstery on this first seat was a learning experience so I didn’t get too many shots.

Here is a shot of the seat out of the car.

Seat Out

You have to remove the plastic covers for the hinges and the rest of the hardware to separate the bottom from the back.

Just a couple of screws to remove the covers, hinges and hardware

Here is the underside of the seat with the track hardware still attached.

Back removed the track still in place.

The track is remove with 4 star bolts.  Be careful use the proper socket, I happened to have just purchased a huge set of tools (a bit more the ‘average guy’ might have) that had the necessary socket set.  If you don’t have those, find one of those universal sockets that ‘form’ to bolt.

4 star bolts hold the track to the frame of the seat bottom

Bolt and socket

Part IV coming up tomorrow.

Thanks for reading

Tim