Hey guys,
I am about to start my '26 Upholstery for my Touring car, can someone snap a pic or two of your upholstery so I can see how it fastens and it tacked down without a seat cushion in place? I am confused how the cover tacks to the bottom wood and then wraps around the sides of the backrest.
Thanks very much,
Jim Chochole
Help with 1926-27 Upholstery tuck?
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Re: Help with 1926-27 Upholstery tuck?
The hip pads go in first. Then the backrest lays down, tack the upper first, pull taut over the backrest springs, and tack to the wood tack strip at the base.
Hip pad on far right, fitted first, then backrest, tucked under behind.
Hip pad on far right, fitted first, then backrest, tucked under behind.
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Re: Help with 1926-27 Upholstery tuck?
Yep, thanks Dan. I am comfortable with the top and bottom tacking, my main question is sides of the back cushion- how do those get tacked and fastened to the spring and still be tacked into the bottom? Just wondering how it looks.
Thanks,
Jim
Thanks,
Jim
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Re: Help with 1926-27 Upholstery tuck?
See circled sides, since there isn't a tack strip on the sides, how does the cover get fastened down?
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Re: Help with 1926-27 Upholstery tuck?
Jim
The sides for the backrest upholstery are made extra wide, they just 'tuck' in and under the backrest spring, the mushy padding gives the fill against the hip pads, or you can add more fill if you wish. No tacks, if you wanted to, you could just pull it away, but in reality it stays put, as the whole backrest upholstery is under tension of being tacked at the upper tack strip and at the lower tack strip across the horizontal.
The backrest spring 'floats' from straps hung from the upper tack strip.
This is a rear seat backrest, similar to how the front seat in a touring is done. The rear has wood stays, the front seat only a metal stiffener and uses a water proof cardboard backing panel to insulate the body metal from the spring.
The sides for the backrest upholstery are made extra wide, they just 'tuck' in and under the backrest spring, the mushy padding gives the fill against the hip pads, or you can add more fill if you wish. No tacks, if you wanted to, you could just pull it away, but in reality it stays put, as the whole backrest upholstery is under tension of being tacked at the upper tack strip and at the lower tack strip across the horizontal.
The backrest spring 'floats' from straps hung from the upper tack strip.
This is a rear seat backrest, similar to how the front seat in a touring is done. The rear has wood stays, the front seat only a metal stiffener and uses a water proof cardboard backing panel to insulate the body metal from the spring.
The best way is always the simplest. The attics of the world are cluttered up with complicated failures. Henry Ford
Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain. Henry Ford
Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain. Henry Ford
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Re: Help with 1926-27 Upholstery tuck?
Thanks very much- that is a huge helper!