1966 Chevelle rear seat rebuild

[Too Many Projects]

It is long past time to replace the upholstery on my Chevelle seats, so I dug into this and documented the disassembly for myself for reassembly. In the course of disassembly, I came across some interesting discoveries I am not familiar with from previous seats. They have poorly made repro, or home made, covers on them.
I think I have seen this layer of jute type material on the bottom of full size car seats. Is it just an added barrier for heat/cool ? I probably won't replicate this.











Once I removed the cover and added foam padding, I found a jute like pad under where the cotton batting would have been. It is definitely original and was hog ringed to the spring.





Piece of jute added to replace missing original.








The jute is quite thick and has a burlap type backing attached.





Another layer of burlap at the bottom, with the spring steel wires.


Anyone know of a source for this burlap with wires ??





Tag on the burlap.





Bare, rusty frame. I took both pieces for sand blasting yesterday.