Seats

[willysmd]

Hi all again

Is there a way to re-do the seats in a duece without spending loads of quids and doing it yourself, what is under the worn out canvas, someone might have done this before nay suggestions please.

 

[BFR]

which seat do you have(springer or box)?

 

[willysmd]

I have the tool box drivers seat and the double passenger one

 

[BFR]

mine had some type of coarse green fiber matting (which was disentegrating) and then the springs

 

[ken]

My wife redid mine. We got some of those 2 man pup tents. Better known as a half a tent from the army surplus. Then she cut them to fit. Since the back and bottom was wood she took a heavy duty stapler like you get at a hardware store and stapled the material to the seat wood. Since she recovered them they have held up well. And they are quite water/ weather restant.

 

[FrankUSMC]

"better known as a half a tent" .....we called them shelter halfs.
One of my DIs called them "low income housing"
One of the few, Frank

 

[jkelly66]

or how about portable field acomodations. I think they would work well I have plenty if you pay the shipping across the pond there would send you some for free.

 

[wreckerman893]

We often refered to the pup tents as GP Tiny's.

 

[houdel]

My companion seat is the same construction as Joel's. Dummy me, when I recovered it, I didn't even think to pull out the old fiber matting and replace with a piece of foam rubber.

 

[willysmd]

Good idea we have them pup tents over here, thanks for the offer jkelly, but once the shipping is paid I could probabaly buy brand new seats what with the charges at customs etc. I thought horse hair was used as the wadding??

 

[cranetruck]

Mark, the pup tent canvas is much finer (=thinner) than standard cab or cargo cover canvas. It will not stand up very well.
You can purchase high quality canvas from OD Cloth and other suppliers for about $35/yard. I did and also got an awl and thread to match. My driver's seat was made this way from the original worn out seat covers as patterns. I stitched the covers and turned them inside out to hide the stitching.
Did my "Bikini" top that way to.

 

[micky]

seats

A canvas repair kit would have everything to diy. I am not sure if the weight of the canvas is correct for that application but the kits are grtting cheaper.

 

[Recovry4x4]

RE: seats

I use the remnants of a GP Small tent. The material is the thinner version but for the cost of staples I can redo it yearly for about 10 years and still keep it under $2. I am considering doing away with the metal frame for the companion back and soing foam and marine plywood. I will have to drill 4 holes for the bolts but it will be no problem.

 

[rdixiemiller]

RE: seats

I cut up an old golf cart seat and salvaged the heavy duty foam rubber. Used a shelter half for the material. I re-did both spring seats in my truck for less than $5.

 

[willysmd]

RE: seats

All good ideas people I will have to start looking around for this gear as the show season starts in May and I am not ready, also have to do my M606A1 for this year as well, busy,busy.