Rocky's Road Runner

[RJ Squirrel]

 

[RJ Squirrel]

These went on OK yesterday with a little stretching. I forgot to take pictures of the backing, the foams were in pretty good condition since the seats had not been used in 40+ years so I am re-using them. The original latex foam is better than the repop stuff. I glued one layer of the moving blanket material to the bottom of the foams and hog ringed another layer on the frames over the springs, and put a layer of 1/2" foam in between during assembly.

 

[T2R9]

Nice work!

 

[RJ Squirrel]

Backrests done similar, cut one of the old ones up for a pattern. Covered the frames and the backs of the foams with material, and added 1/2” foam in lumbar area.

 

[RJ Squirrel]

 

[RJ Squirrel]

Made the seat backs out of 1/8 ply and aluminum angle

 

[RJ Squirrel]

Put the seats in today and went for a cruise- came home in the dark!

 

[RJ Squirrel]

A shot of the dash before it gets dog hair all over it. The car is basically done now, and a real blast to drive. Today is November 27, I started this thread last year on November 27. Actually, rolled it in the shop and started it 2 weeks before that. So here is approx 3000 hours of actual labor and countless hours researching, looking for parts, ordering parts and supplies, and going to get parts and supplies. It was well worth the effort!

 

[TT from NH]

RJ, what you did here was pretty amazing! Thanks for taking the time to post your journey. I restored a 69 RR fifteen years ago but handed off much of the work. Now I'm restoring a 68 Coronet and purposely chose a POS so I would learn how to do everything I could. And now I'm rethinking my color choice as I love the silver/gray and black combo you have. Thanks!

 

[RJ Squirrel]

RJ, what you did here was pretty amazing! Thanks for taking the time to post your journey.

Thank you TT for the encouraging words, I did the same thing, bought an even bigger POS rusted out Charger because I wanted the challenge, and also because I didnt have the funds to buy a nice one.
Looking back at those seat upholstery pictures, I realize now after driving it all summer (3200 mi.) my butt tells me I should have added more memory foam to the seat bottoms.
Did you start a build thread for your Coronet?

 

[TorRed]

Hi Jim sure let me know if there are any particular angles you want, front clip is off so not much help there.
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Thank you, that's exactly what I needed to see. Will be interested to see the fronts with the fenders back on which they may already be since I'm rereading this whole thread from the beginning. Seriously awesome car, I'm sure you're proud!