Discussion Forum - Northstar Chevelle Club

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
NCC Forum Home Page -> NCC - General Discussion -> '62 Impala seat upholstery
Post Info TOPIC: '62 Impala seat upholstery
Lost in the 60s


President

Status: Offline
Posts: 7323
Date:
'62 Impala seat upholstery
Permalink  
 

Changing out the seat upholstery in the '62 Impala. Quite the fight to get it pulled to the back of the frame to hog ring down. I had to let it sit in the sun for 1/2 hour to get hot and stretch, but it looks pretty good. I couldn't get the piping perfectly straight, but maybe it will shrink some now and tighten up.

 



__________________

Mitch D.   River Falls, WI

Lifetime member of the "Cars apart Club"

1966 Chevelle SS 396 M20

1970 Chevelle SS 396 M20

1967 Camaro SS/RS 350 M20
BLyke


1K+ Club

Status: Offline
Posts: 1339
Date:
Permalink  
 

Looks good Mitch. it may still improve a bit.
Still need to do the back seat on the 71, but there a few things ahead of it on the project plan.



-- Edited by BLyke on Thursday 14th of June 2018 06:20:44 AM

__________________

Bruce L. - Lakeville MN

1971 Malibu Convert

 
Larry Lucast


Active Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 469
Date:
Permalink  
 

Looks nice!

__________________

Larry L.

Coon Rapids
Lost in the 60s


President

Status: Offline
Posts: 7323
Date:
Permalink  
 

Got the backrest recovered today...need to repaint the speaker surround now.

Started on the buckets, but Hubbard's cushion springs do NOT match my originals, nor do they fit the frame, even though they insist they will. I have 1 new spring from a couple years ago and found what brand it is and ordered another to be here next Tuesday. Gonna cut it close for BTTF, again...

Since I only have 1 correct spring, I tore the driver seat down to use it on there, so at least I could drive it. Newer upholstery, but everything under it is original and nasty. I cleaned the frame in the blast cabinet and shot a coat of rust converter and semi-gloss black paint before installing the spring and foam.

Ready to start hog ringin', but it got to be 8:30 and I've been dealing with this project since 9am....there's tomorrow.

 



__________________

Mitch D.   River Falls, WI

Lifetime member of the "Cars apart Club"

1966 Chevelle SS 396 M20

1970 Chevelle SS 396 M20

1967 Camaro SS/RS 350 M20
deyllan


Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 26
Date:
Permalink  
 

Looks great. Any update? Pics?

__________________
Bobs_Place


Vice President

Status: Offline
Posts: 484
Date:
Permalink  
 

Seats look great.

When I did my front seats, the foam I bought was so thick, sat too high, felt like I was riding on a beach ball. It felt very unstably. So I pulled them apart and cut the center foam down, than reassembled. There very good now.



__________________

Bob W.

Lino Lakes
Lost in the 60s


President

Status: Offline
Posts: 7323
Date:
Permalink  
 

This turned into a week long nightmare. Nothing about the bucket seat covers wanted to fit right. I am on a couple forums for these era cars and a guy posted pics of original '62-64 seat frames and mine appear to be '65 frames and they are just different enough to cause a lot of fitment issues. I did get them covered for now, but am most likely buying correct bucket seats from a guy in Iowa. He is coming to BTTF and will bring them with. Good thing the trunks on these cars are almost the size of a shed...thumbsup

Pics of them installed, for now...no way to get the wrinkles out until they are on the right frames.

Installed the engine emblems too..cool



__________________

Mitch D.   River Falls, WI

Lifetime member of the "Cars apart Club"

1966 Chevelle SS 396 M20

1970 Chevelle SS 396 M20

1967 Camaro SS/RS 350 M20
BLyke


1K+ Club

Status: Offline
Posts: 1339
Date:
Permalink  
 

The seats are very nice, but the fender badge on the last pic is my favoriterolleyes



-- Edited by BLyke on Sunday 24th of June 2018 02:12:59 PM

__________________

Bruce L. - Lakeville MN

1971 Malibu Convert

 
AK


Active Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 179
Date:
Permalink  
 

Looking good Mitch!

__________________

Andrew K

Minneapolis

1971 Chevelle M22 468
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
NCC Forum Home Page -> NCC - General Discussion -> '62 Impala seat upholstery
Chatbox
Please log in to join the chat!