1948 GMC - Bench Seat


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	The existing seat cover used a metal banding that wrapped around the back edge of the seat frame. After cleaning up the banding, I tried to reuse it but had no success in doing so. For some reason I could not get it clamped down secure enough to hold the cover in place. Once I got one side done and moved around the corner, the cover would start to slide. The more I applied pressure to turn the points down, the more the banding would get marred up and more more flustered I became. After several hours of messing with it, I finally gave up on it, pulled it off and started looking for other ways of securing the cover. Hog clips would not work because there was nothing there to clip the cover to... My solution was to add in some 1x2 wood strips and staple the cover in place.
		After pulling the hog clips off that I used to secure the over down while the adhesive set, I cut eighth pieces of lumber to secure inside the frame. 48 inches long on the bottom side, 47 inches for the top and (2) 17 inch pieces for the two ends. The other four pieces where small pieces to that where to secure inside the curved corners.
		Here is a shot on one of the corners.
		The one by twos were secured in place by first pre-drilling wholes there the sides of the frame and then securing with screws on the two ends.
		The long pieces where secured through the cross braces, this after pre-drilling wholes. The small corner pieces where secured with a pneumatic finish nailer.
		With the wood now secured, working from the center of long edges, working outward, the cover was pulled tight and stapled in place. To keep the edges and tightness uniform, I used a ruler and measured up from the seam to where the cover turned over the frame.
		The seat cover on the seat bottom was done much the same way except hog clips where use instead of adding in blocking and staples. Again, this pictures shows the issues I have with these new seat covers... The do not match the original covers. They are much to large. The seams on the ends are about two inches to long and the seams from the front to back are about an inch off. In my opinion, they are horrible reproductions. If I had to do it over again, I would simply take the seats down to a local upholstery shop and have them make me some.

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