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| | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 261 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 261 | Hi All,
I just received upholstery seat covers from American Classics to do my 1950 ½ ton. They supplied hog rings and not c-clips. The instructions are not very clear on how the installations works. The seat frame is not designed for hog rings from what I can tell.
The sides of the bottom seat cover does not seem to be long enough to wrap under the bottom of the seat to attached c-clips. Has anyone installed the American Classic seat covers? Is this the wrong covers to use?
Thanks,
Skipper
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 261 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 261 | Hi All,
Actually the covers came from Classic Parts. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | If you can't use the original "barrel clips" (c-clips), most likely the covers are not long enough (Jim Carter sells those clips - they are a royal PITA to remove and to install - without small tears in the fabric). Can you compress/press the springs to allow you to attach the hog rings?
Advance-Design seat frames through at least 1955-1st series were made for use of barrel/c-clips.
On one of my sets of 1954 seats covers, I had to have a local upholsterer sew extra non-seen fabric around the perimeter of the covers. Then hog rings could easily be used. I paid a local upholsterer to install the covers (check a few small shops for quotes).
What types/layers of padding do you intend/plan to use? | | |
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