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#1232638 08/30/2017 11:48 AM
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Wondering if anyone can shed some light on how 1954 bench seats go together and hold the upholstery on?
I found the original fabric upholstery under some vinyl covers which were hog ringged in place.

There is no evidence of fasteners, does the spring frame some how hold the upholstery in place?

54 1/2 ton P-U

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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.

There was a recent post on this topic.

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