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34M38 Seats
When I purchased the M38, it had a cushion on the driver's seat bottom that was in sad shape with the springs poking through the canvas. The driver's seat back was just a thin piece of fiberglass matting stuck in a canvas pouch, and it was disintegrating as well. The passenger seat was missing both bottom and back cushions and covers. The rear seat was in pretty decent shape although the canvas was torn and there were a few springs poking out in both the bottom and back. Thankfully, the previous owner had already purchased a package with a new set of covers with foam cushions and mounting boards installed. The cushions are from WeeBee Webbing and the ride with them installed is wonderful.
If you have questions about any of these photos, send me an email and I'll try to provide an answer.
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| 1 | Passenger side seat pan that the bottom cushion rests upon and is attached to. |
| 2 | Other side of the passenger's side seat pan showing the clips that hold the seat springs in place. |
| 3 | Passenger seat frame. |
| 4-5 | Driver's seat frame as it looked when I first removed it from the vehicle. Notice that the back has almost no cushion and has no springs... |
| 6 | Driver's seat frame without the ragged old cushions, springs, or canvas... |
| 7 | Driver's side seat pan that the bottom cushion rests upon and is attached to. |
| 8 | Other side of the driver's side seat pan showing the clips that hold the seat springs in place. |
| 9-11 | Various shots of the rear seat frame after the remnants of the springs and canvas had been removed. |
| 12-15 | Seats after mild sandblasting to remove large chunks of loose paints and rust waiting in the "backyard paint booth" for some primer. |
| 16-17 | Seat pans hanging from a tree in the "backyard paint booth" after sandblasting. |
| 18-21 | Seat pieces after applying two coats of Rust-Oleum Clean Metal Primer thinned 4:1 with Xylene. |
| 22 | Seat pieces (and a spare wheel) after applying two coats of Gillespie 34052 Lusterless Marine Corps Green thinned 4:1 with Xylene (paint is still wet). |
| 23-25 | Passenger seat with new cushion/cover assemblies installed back in the M38. |
| 26 | Bottom of the driver's seat showing the fiber board that attached to the seat frame in place of the metal pans. Fiber board is bonded to the foam cushion with the canvas preinstalled on the assembly making for an easy, good looking, functional seat. |
| 27 | Another view of the driver's seat with just the bottom cushion installed. |
| 28-29 | Installing the driver's seat back cushion using a small awl to poke a hole in the canvas (actually lever the canvas over the hole a bit with the awl while making the hole in order to get a tighter fit on the frame since it was easier to do than to tug on the canvas by hand) prior to installing the screws. |
| 30-33 | Various views of the front seats. |
| 34 | View of the rear seat with new cushions installed. |