Last summer, I took the floor of the Center Door outside and placed it on saw horses to get a good idea of some measurements.
As you can see, I started to mock up the rear seat box on the flooring. The seat box was one of the first items I rebuilt.
My friend who gave me the body and I planed the pieces down to size using his planer and then I made paper drawings of the pieces that were to be replicated.
The black pieces are original wood to the car. My replications are in natural. Eventually, the new wood will be sealed and painted a satin color. I had originally made two of the end pieces and would wind up using an original as my copy broke. The long wooden piece with the angles cut is the heel board of the rear seat box. This is officially known as the RISER REAR SEAT FRONT.
The rear cushion for the seat was next. The wood had been covered with seat fabric that was painted black on one side and nailed down. The rest of the material was then placed over the seat spring and nailed to this painted fabric.
The rear cushion spring was attached to this wooden frame in the manner shown above. The white strips of canvas webbing were originally canvas cloth painted black to hold the spring in place. This should be the correct orientation of spring to frame, but if it turns out not to be, it is a simple change. Notice the wooden frame is curved. This allows the two square blocks to make space for the back rest spring frame and permits two finger holes to be used to remove that frame from the car. I have no pictures of that frame yet.
Here, we see the completed seat box. The little metal strip at the bottom is where the cross bracing goes for the flooring. That piece is visible in the first photograph.
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