Randy,
Well to start with they never used leather on the little rear seats. They
used a very thin vinyl and it was padded only very slightly (less than
1/8"). Therefore you are already probably starting with too much thickness.
I hope the woman who is building up your front seats has some idea of what
they are supposed to look like in the matter of form and contour.
I just had the opportunity to inspect a totally original BJ7 yesterday, and
after 45 years the rear seats give the impression of having no thickness or
padding at all except in the middle pleats, though what was there was a very
thin cotton gauze. The pleats were laced down through little holes in the
seat pan to keep them down. The old original vinyl is almost paper thin.
Rich Chrysler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Dickson" <rdickson@midwestarchaeology.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 12:53 PM
Subject: [Healeys] rear seat and foam question????
> Fellow Healeyoids,
>
> I have a simple question regarding the rear seat on my 63 BJ7. I have a
> complete leather interior kit from AH Spares. I have a woman who does
> upholstery on old cars and she is going to cover the front seats, but Im
> trying to tackle the rear seats by myself. I have already done the rear
> squab and it looks nice.
>
>
>
> My question is, how thick is the foam padding, (if any) that is used on
> top
> of the rear seat pans. The leather kit already has some thin foam sewn on
> the backside of the leather. Probably 3/8 or so. Also, how dense is the
> foam, is it like landau form that is used on the backs of the uppers of
> the
> front seat? I was thinking that it cant be too thick like < or less
> otherwise the leather wont come around the sides of the seat pan nicely.
> Thanks in advance!
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