Jim, Johno,
I took the seats to the upholstery shop and reviewed the plan to rework the Comet seat bases and backs. We found a screwdriver made in USA in the passengers side seat back. Forgotten when the back was installed years ago! Dave felt he should be able to pack the new foam under the old covers. He thinks he can find a new spring for the broken one in the passenger side. He is going to tie the seat springs together for some added support.
All the old burlap will be gone. its falling apart.
I purchased these foam cushions from a friend. The bottoms are from the same place that makes them for AutoKrafters. Distinctive I believe is the name. Not sure but both base and back foam may have come from that company and my friend had some extras that he sold me.
Just a shot of the moving rail assembly. While at the upholstery shop I told him about moving the seat back on the rails. Dave the owner reminded me that when I move the seat back the handle was going to be 2.5 inches in front of the seat. Guess we will burn that bridge when we get there?
I cleaned the rails systems with brake clean and it removed a lot of the paint. Which made them look really poopy droopy! So after mulling it for a while I decided to just fire up the sandblaster and clean them up. What's the worst that could happen?
Blasted
A fresh coat of black, kind of makes them look better!
I super glued the two broken plastic parts. Looks like that should save those two parts. The new loctite bottles with the locking lid and the squeeze sides are pretty cool!
I did adjust my oil dipstick too. Minor thing, but with 5 quarts in the engine and it ran till warm then cooled down it showed about a half quart high. I took a small rubber grommet and stuffed it around the dip stick in the cap area. that raised the dipstick about 1/4 inch. Oil is right above the "full" dots. Perfect! Having fun playing with the "lil red" Comet.
Hope things are good in Comet land!