Good stuff. What are those little clamps you are using and where did you get them?

I got them from a local auto re-upholsterer. They are just little clamps that you put the wire in and crimp it.

Nice job on the seat. That looks really good.

Looks great Abe! Keep the pics coming! Maybe see you at spring Carlisle ? Let me know

Thanks, Dennis.

I found out how to bend the spring steel. I went back to the furniture store where I bought it. They said I must first make the steel flat. You put the steel in a vice and use a large screw driver or crowbar and loop by loop straighten the bend.

I need 6 angled bends for my application. Same thing. Put the steel in the vice where you need the bend and use that large screwdriver to make the bend.

Easy peasey. If interested a chance to work on it this weekend I will post picks. And then off to the Amish upholsterer. Hopefully he will not have a lot of jobs lined up. His phone message said he is out of the shop until March 1.

Thanks, Joe. No not this spring. I don't think i will need anything. I am going to Ford Carlisle in June..... as a vendor.

Looking good Abe!

After a failed trip to the local junk yard looking for a seat for a 52 for a local FTE member, Bill (bhalemail), I went to work on my seat. I got tips from the furniture store upholsterers as I said above so I put them to use. I straightened and then bent it to the shape i needed.
This is the early attempt at my shaping of the wire.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...1ad9dbb195.jpg
It needed to be flatter as it pushed the seat up too high so I had to make the bends greater.
The rest of the pics show the completed wire in place and crimped in.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...70cca85b65.jpg


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...698b6370a7.jpg


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...e38696deff.jpg


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...f37a313e9a.jpg

So now wait for the Amish upholsterer to cover it.... Oops, I do have to paint the parts of the frame that will show before it goes to him.

Ha ha. That's funny stuff. Trucks coming along nice Abe.

Update February 29, 2016:
My body man is making progress. Went to see him about my hood hinges. I took one pair of used 56 hinges and a pair used 55 hinges I've had for 17 years to see if he thought they would be better than the ones on my truck. He was eating supper so I left them there and took some pics. He is making progress. I am pleased.
here are two pics of my new bed.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...7eb827344a.jpg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...fc0ed5bbb0.jpg

Here are two pics of my rear fenders that need patched and my new front right fender.
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...8a29c0f9bb.jpg
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...1427ba11e7.jpg

Here is a pic of Old Betsy all alone in a back part of his sprawling complex.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...ea04a1da56.jpg

Here is a pic of his recently purchased 48-50 pickup he wants to fix up and a pic of two Advance Design Chevy trucks. He has another one inside that he chopped and is painting for a customer.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...6b96f87087.jpg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...7b0bec246e.jpg

Funny thing is, after he finished my truck in 1999 he said he will never do another old total rebuild... I think he likes old trucks now!

Like the progress abe. It is going to be great.

Looks like the seat really turned out well. Enjoying watching your progress.

Went to the body shop today. He says he wants to paint the truck this weekend! He is really moving along. I have got to get my bed boards painted so I can get them in the bed so it's ready to put on. So I better hustle!

Looking Good! Abe :-X22:-X22

Update 3/7/16

Beautiful day today in Central PA! Temps in the upper 60's. After painting part of my seat in the garage last week, I finished it outside today.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...363fe77cfc.jpg


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...a8183ea142.jpg

I plan on taking the seat and seat back to the upholsterer tomorrow.

Question that I asked on another thread: For those of you that have stock style seats, how wide is your bolster at the top of the seat back? As in this pic from the 1954 Ford Truck Full color catalog: