Seat Stripping

We've started to strip the front bench seat. The seat from the van is an original one that has not been messed with. This allows us to see where the original stitching goes and how the seat cover is fixed to the seat.

Once its stripped, the seat can be blasted, repaired and then powder-coated prior to being re-trimmed.

You can see here the stitching in the side of the seat:

In the bottom right corner of this photo, you can see a wire running through the edge of the seat cover - this is very important - you'll see more below

This wire is stitched into the hem of the seat cover and is what helps to keep its shape.

 There are two support bars that run front to back on the seat - these are intact

The wire that you saw above running around the hem of the seat, well in the middle, the wire comes out, and its stretched tight and wound (3 times) around one of the seat springs - the re-trimmed seat will have this also!

This is where the wire comes out of the hem and goes forward to keep its tension

Here the wire is wound three times around the seat spring.