Restoration Projects going on now
E1 SAL 58 Now that the chassis is rolling again we have striped the body sub frame of all the aluminum panels, sandblasted to bare metal and repaired the rust damage. The sub-frame has been primed and painted with a flat black enamel. We will now work at getting the dents out of the panels.Then refit them to the car to try to get the gaps right before painting.
The bench seat that came out of the car was in poor shape but had enough remaining foam and leather to get some dimensions for pattern's. After striping the old upholstery from the seat frame I sand blasted the rust off. Then fabricated new sheet metal for the bottom half and stiffening pieces for the seat back. I cut new wood tack strips for the seat back. then I handed the seat on to Bob Hammock to re-upholster in tan leather.
Bob started with sculpting the new foam to fit the seat frame.
Then after figuring out the dimensions for the panels he cut them out of the leather hide. The panels then had the tuck and role seams sewn in them before assembling the panels to cover the foam.
Final covering of the two halves of the bench seat. All that remains is the re chrome plating of the hinges
