The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Paint and Body Shop Got my seat cover installed.

My wife and son gave me a seat cover kit for my 53 for fathers day. It came from Chevy Duty. It was not as difficult as I thought it would be. Although without the hogrings I probably would have had a much harder time. The original seat cover was in ok shape. All the springs were intact and even the burlap was still in one piece. I did put an inch thick sleeping mat over the springs before I put the seat cover on. It really did dress up the truck. All I have left for the interior now is a new floor mat and new vent window handles. Oh by the way. the pliers and hog rings come with the kit from Chevy Duty for all who have not ordered one. They list the pliers and rings seperate and that implied to me that you need to order them seperate. I called and asked befroe I ordered.

Way-2-go Oldie!

Looks like I may be doing this over the Dad's Day weekend as the weather calls for indoor Stoveboltin'. Any tips you can relay? Also, did you coat the springs with any paint/primer to deal with rust?

PS We should have this discussion in the new interiors section. I'm not sure how to copy the thread there.

Phat-

I hope all went well with your seat install. This is New Old 53 on a friends pc. I dont remember my password, its at work. Anyway. I did not have to do anything to my springs, all were there and mostly free of rust. I did buy a 1 1/4 inch thick sleping mat for camping and cut it to size. Really wrked nice to fill the cover.

Old/New/Creek-

Thanks for the tip. Actually ended up focusing on the motor this weekend, which was most productive. Working on cleaning the springs and encapsulating the rust before adding the cover.