The original upholstery was held on with "barrel/spring" clips that snapped into a groove in the edges of the base of the seat spring-frame.

They are hard to remove and hard to install. Hog rings can be used if your upholstery has enough material on the bottom edges.

Jim Carter Truck Parts and Classic Parts (and maybe ithers) sell the original style clips.

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