CMP Seat Springs

[Mike K]

It would be nice having the original setup..but oh dear , all that work fiddling with springs and wire .. For a fraction of the effort , you will achieve good results using modern HD foam . With the canvas covers on, who is going to know the difference Materials like horse hair , are not that commonly used these days with upholsterers .... and with the animal liberationists being so rampant these days ..horse hair wouldnt be 'politically correct' either .

Just my two pennies worth
Mike

[Jeff Gordon]

Those inner sprung blitz seats are just the best! you bounce along.
It is like riding in an FJ Holden. No jarring on your back.
I did a job for a mattress factory that burnt down last year and they made a mattress that used 6 inch springs that would be perfect to make a seat base out of.
It would be very easy to make and possibly cheaper than new foam.
Have you bought any lately?

Just my 2 cents.(too young for pennies)
Cheers
Jeff

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Jeff Gordon

Those inner sprung blitz seats are just the best! you bounce along.
It is like riding in an FJ Holden. No jarring on your back.
I did a job for a mattress factory that burnt down last year and they made a mattress that used 6 inch springs that would be perfect to make a seat base out of.
It would be very easy to make and possibly cheaper than new foam.
Have you bought any lately?

Just my 2 cents.(too young for pennies)

Cheers
Jeff

Very easy to make ..I don't think so... try bending wire and playing with hog rings for a few hours .

BTW 48 215 and FJ Holdens were renowned for having crap seats .... I grew up with them

I wonder why the motor car manufacturing companies all changed over to foam..could be something to do with the time and cost involved with hand made spring seats.
Mike

[Jeff Gordon]

Very easy to make ..I don't think so... try bending wire and playing with hog rings for a few hours .

Compared to restoring the rest of a blitz it would be a walk in the park.

I grew up with them as well and I am still driving them. My mothers everyday car is an FE my grandfather bought new. It have never been restored and never been off the road and the seats are still great.
My brother has an FJ that was mine for a while that has been restored with re-sprung seats and they are more comfortable than a modern car.
I find new car seats too hard. They only get away with it because the suspension is so mush better these days.
My first car was an FE and being young and stupid I modified the hell out of it. I owned it for about 16 years. It had lowered suspension, low profile tyres and bucket seats in it. Great for racing but long trips were painful.
There is also an FC in the family too, I could post some photo's but you don't sound like a fan of old Holdens.

Just my 2 dollars
Cheers
Jeff

[cantankrs]

Originally Posted by Jeff Gordon

I did a job for a mattress factory that burnt down last year

You didn't burn the mattress factory did you Jeff

Just kidding. BTW I like your collection.

Originally Posted by Jeff Gordon

I find new car seats too hard. They only get away with it because the suspension is so mush better these days.

I tend to agree with your view. I had a HX with a bench seat and it was very comfy but you leant sideways going round corners. I replaced them with modern bucket seats that lock you in but sore behind.

Alex

[Jeff Gordon]

Alex, No one told me you can't oxy cut above foam mattrasses!

No I fitted new Air conditioners into the offices after it was rebuilt.
I think my Mum and partner are around Kalgoolie at the moment. They are gray nomads.
Cheers
Jeff

[Bob McNeill]

Carefull, all sorts of people lurk around this site, remember Holden is part of GMH.

[Ian Fawbert]

'playing with hog rings'

Hi guys,

In regard to the rings, i cant see why you couldnt use the fencing staple pliers used for joining/tieing your strands/wires onto your mesh. To me, they look almost exactly the same as the joints used on the seat base Cletrac' has shown. These pliers take about 1 second to put a ring like staple on.

If you do this, just bear inmind these staples usually have a pointy tip- might need a quick whack into the grinding wheel- could be a problem otherwise if it spins and rips your new cnavas.

Cheers,
Ian.

[Jeff Gordon]

Nice Ute Bob, what is the seat like?

Ian that's exactly what I was thinking. I recon you could U nail or staple the bottom of the springs to a piece of ply that sits in the seat base. That also gives you something to staple the canvas to.
For around the top a piece of high tensile fencing wire.
Cheers
Jeff