Bottom seat spring- what did ford use between spring & Metal it sits on? Mine had an old piece of plywood attached to bottom of spring. This would be above the gas tank. What did ford originaly use if anything? Thanks, Richard Van Wy

23-25 what?

Seat cushion on the '23-'27 open cars just sits right on the seat riser metal.

No wood under it, just the gastank on the pre-'26 T's.

Sometimes an upholsterer will attach plywood to the bottom of a seat cushion because he does not want to bother spreading out the original clips that retain the upholstery to the spring assembly.

There should be no plywood on the spring.

The structure of the repro springs are weaker than that of the originals and likely will need a little extra support. A piece of 1/8" paneling or fiberboard is usually sufficient. Just set it between the spring and support (if needed).

'23-5 bottom seat springs are the same for the touring and roadster. They don't need anything else. The new springs that Snyders makes are right on. The retainers around the bottom are a pain, but can be delt with easily if you are patient. I used a pair of wide jaw vise grips to squeeze mine back together. I also made a compressor to force the spring together so I could attach the skirt of the upholstery to the spring.

Thanks everybody. T is a cut off touring, sorry i did not include the model. Dan your pic is same as mine, Thanks, Richard.

I bin trying to figure out why the front seat spring (original) on my '23 touring sits as much on the gas tank as on the seat risers.
I don't think this is kosher, any suggestions?

Quote from above: "The new springs that Snyders makes are right on."

It has been a couple years since I did one, and maybe the springs have changed, but the Snyders springs I have seen the last few times around are a little lighter gauge and use aluminum in some places where Ford used steel. I suppose if you weigh 98 pounds they might work okay... but the rest of us might need a little "extra support" under the new seat springs.