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I'm look at either upholstering the original spring seats in my 46, but got to thinking.

Has anyone replaced their springs entirely with foam? the wife and I recently purchased a dual layer foam mattress that is very firm.

Never done it, but I know in rear seats of hot rods where the seat is just a pad on the floor, it is done. They usually use different foam for seats, bolsters, etc. And you can carve it with an old electric carving knife.

Larry W.

I replaced the springs in my Suburban with foam on the front seats. 4" of real firm foam for the base and then 2" of softer foam on top I believe. It has been about 15-16 years though. I will probably end up doing the same on my 58 2-ton as soon as I get to that point which should be soon. I am close to getting it on the road and sitting on a 5 gallon bucket will not work going down the road! Larry is correct, an old electric meat carving knife works GREAT for cutting foam!

Man, watching all that TV finally paid off !!!



Larry W.

There was a fella on the H.A.M.B. rebuilt his A.D. bench seat entirely with foam,he even gave the foam density best suited.
AFAIK the different colours denote the different densities.

The lower (base) was much denser than the backrest,he then used a re-pop upholstery kit from one of the many vendors.
He also made the backrest slightly thinner which gained him some much needed extra legroom.

In the end it looked factory,he did a fairly in depth "How to" documenting the build i'll see if I can find a link.

Here's his build thread,I realise it's a different truck to yours but there's some inspiring stuff!
Indeed a talented man!

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/my-53-chevy-truck-project.629357/