#carrestoration

[barajascustoms]

'If you ain't first, you're last.'

-Ricky Bobby

[imagella-blog]

BMW 7 Series classic Restomod

Bmw 7 Series Classic #bmw #7series #classic #restomod

[waywardbabysis]

Getting the glass put back in my Baby tomorrow!!😍🤩🤗

[undiscoveredclassics]

The 1955 Victress C3 on the show field was so incredibly well done, I crawled all over it for nearly an hour admiring the craftsmanship of the restoration. Here’s just a few examples of this beauty built by Historic Motor Sports in New Hampshire. - Mike Puma . . . . #undiscoveredclassics #forgottenfiberglass #fiberglasscar #fiberglass #handbuilt #sportscar #sportscars #americansportscar #restoration #restorationproject #restorationcars #carrestoration #classiccar #classiccars #cars #carsofinstagram #carswithoutlimits #vintagecars #customcars #carcheology #victress #victressc3 #merrillpowell (at The Amelia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpkeMfPLnE9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[katinabias]

Introducing the 1969 Ford Thunderbird... beautiful color scheme.... @ford #fordthunderbird #1969thunderbird #1969ford #vintageadvertising #classiccars #carrestoration https://www.instagram.com/p/CePiLMpunjk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[autostilemvg]

Buongiorno da Constance Nunes direttamente dal Gotham Garage per Autostile MVG 💥💥💥🤣🤣🤣 . #autostilemvg #carrozzeria #carinstagram #grandine #bodyshop #meccanica #luxurycar #amazingcars #modchip #attivandalici #professional #motorvalleygarage #americancar #carrestoration #bestcarsonly #service #officina #car #garage #torino #instacar #exhaust #nichelino #solocosebelle (presso Autostile MVG - Carrozzeria Meccanica Centraline Gommista) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC-VvQ0Dy9C/?igshid=1wdncitlve27w

[classicvirus]

Fill the void #alfaromeo #giuliaspiderveloce #giuliaspider #spider #bialbero #carrestoration https://www.instagram.com/p/B-46DcvqH4s/?igshid=1tt9gzx2k7hsm

[davebeaudoin]

Restoring the Jump Seats on a ‘72 FJ40

I used to own a 1980 Toyota FJ40 and I loved it. It was a Michigan car, was rusted out, and would never have passed smog in California, so I sold it. I finally found a new one, a 1972 FJ40, in pretty good, unprofessionally restored condition. After flipping the bezel, the real work on the truck began. Starting pretty easy, I’m restoring the rear jump seats. These are fold-down seats in the back of the truck that add seats for two more passengers.

Here they are in their original state. Surface rust, scratches and the vinyl covers are heavily faded, dirty, and damaged. The first step was to strip off all the old upholstery and cleaning the frames. 

After cleaning I treated the rust with a rust converter. It basically uses chemicals to process rust into a hard, black surface that you can sand and paint. After sanding down the converted rust, I hit the seats with a few coats of primer, sanding between coats. 

Finally time to start painting in the final cover. I went with a Dupli-Color Medium Charcoal Metallic rattle can. I decided to not go with a more correct color because I’m not trying to do a full restoration and if at some point I want to do a true restoration, stripping this will be easy enough. You can also see some red oxide primer on the back seat (not yet painted) that I used to beef up the rust protection in the areas that were prone in the old seats. 

Once the new foam arrived I used the old seat material to trace out the sizes and assemble the foam. Each seat takes four pieces of foam to fill the space inside the tube frame and build up a pad to sit on. I used high density marine grade foam and the whole thing took two standard 72″ sheets.

You can use an electric carving knife to cut the foam, but a good utility knife also works. Once I had the foam fitted I used Super 77 contact cement spray to stick them together. While not strictly necessary, it made the later steps of working with the foam inside the covers significantly easier. 

I put the covers on in the evenings and didn’t actually take any process pictures, but with these, you thread a length of 16 gauge wire through the edges of covers, then secure them with screws to the back of the seats. The covers I got fit pretty well, but there were a few dimensions that required some significant stretching. 

Once the covers are on you can mount the seats back into the truck. My 1972 didn’t come with a stock roll-bar, but since I’m not insane I have one installed. This means that the seat mounts need to move about 1.5″ out from the walls of the truck to accommodate. 

I also installed all new straps to secure the seats in their upright position. The springs on my seats are in great shape, so the seats stay up on their own, but the straps do a great job of finishing off the work. 

One additional modification to accommodate the rollbar are two pieces of wood on each side that line up with the seat bumpers when they’re in the down position. You can see these in the below photos. They are just mounted to the wheel well. At some point I’ll replace them with metal or paint them so they’re less conspicuous. 

In the end I’m really pleased with how they turned out. The paint looks good with the rest of the vehicle and the quality of the covers was great. The new seats do draw some serious attention to how crummy the floor looks. I guess one of my next projects will be to get a liner in there!