Ciadellas usually makes a good product. I suggest you give them a call and see what size foam they based the covers on. Tell them you got bare frames from the customer. They are willing to work with you.

Thanks Steve i will drop them a email now see if they can help me out. :up:

What kind of seat is it? Seats from the 50s had cotton batting in them as well.

For the most part, Once the springs have been serviced and covered in burlap. There is no need for jute padding to be added. This will over tension the springs and cause them to break prematurely.

A layer of cotton batting should be added to the the surface of the burlap to level out the springs and then a 1 1/2 inch layer of poly foam cushion material is applied. The poly foam should lay even along the back of the seat frame a with about an 2 1/2 inch wrap-over along the front and sides of the frame.

Add another two layers of cotton batting to the top of the poly foam and cover the cotton with cheese cloth to keep it from pilling or bunching up. Hog ring the cheese cloth to the underside of the frame to hold everything in place.

The cover should fit pretty good once the frame id padded correctly.

I have found that the Ciadella seat covers need a little tailoring to make them fit well. Dry fit the cover over the padding and chalk up the cover and make alterations as necessary.
You can call me if you need any other help.

Fred you are a massive inspiration to me i have your book, Thank you for the advice i will strip the frames that i have done and start again using your method. I'm definitely going to need to adjust two of the covers as i no they wont fit no matter what i do, i was just unsure an thought they might be for another vehicle.

If you do end up coming to the UK to do a course i would definitely attend.

It is our job to make these projects look good. The kit interiors are just not as good as we would like them to be and complaining about how bad they are is not the issue.

What needs to be addressed is that the professional trimmer has the skills to turn the junk into gold. Do what ever it take s to make the project turn out right.

If you do end up coming to the UK to do a course i would definitely attend. — Joseph Bennell

Some day I would like to take you up on that offer if I can work out the details for a session. The project you are working on now is just the thing that a training session would benefit many other trimmers.