Technical INTERIOR, Tuck&Roll Tech

I thought I should give the Tech stuff a try. Please bear with me since im a Swede and don't master the language; I may use the wrong term's here and there. I hardly now them I Swedish you Know, but I hope you get the point. Here is how I made a new tuck & roll interior in my 42 Coupe.



I started with the rear seat, removing the old covering and using it as a pattern.Keep track out how its done so you can do it in a similar way whe putting everything back again.




First a made three paper strip's to use as as patterns, to be able to easier create the tuck&roll. It consists of three pieces one for the cotton back cloth, its unbleached bed sheet's (it's cheap and sturdy) the second is for the vinyl and finally the third for is the foam I used.



I started to draw lines with a ballpointpen on the backside of the cotton and vinyl.Using the patterns as a guide.



Then I borrowed my wife's sewing machine. This is a normal household machine nothing fancy. BUT one important thing is to get a leather needle (it have wide triangle shaped point that is a it bigger) And the other thing ive found out is that you need to use "****on" thread the one used to sew in ****ons wich it is thicker than the ordinary thread (the normal one cuts thru the vinyl). That's my experience anyway. Checkout the way I folded the vinyl when sewing the cotton and vinyl together, using the markings I made. This makes it impossible to see the s***ches, and makes it a nice Tuck&Roll.



Then its time to stuff the pleats, I made a stuffing "sock" of some the cotton cloth. And using a long steel ruler to push with.



Then I added the foam cut in 40 mm strips around 25 mm thick.



Folded over the cotton cloth, to lessen the friction.




Then it's only to push it in ;-) Take it easy though.



Halfway there.



Then I mocked up the lower, Tuck&Roll part with the upper seat back part divided by some red piping. I have made the piping by sewing in some clothesline in the centre of an 80mm wide red vinyl strip.



First I sewed the piping to the Tuck&Roll part, using a special foot that is half sort off.So I could get real close to the piping. And it was the same foot I used when doing the red piping actually.



Then I used needles to attach the upper seat part with the lower. By attaching the needles in this way you can just run over them with the sewingmachine. And remove them afterward.



After that I added a small cotton pocket, to be able to draw the padding into the backrest. More later on that.



I made a V8 logo by sewing in some 4mm thick plastic (I think it's some packing material) between a layer of vinyl and the backrest part.



Then I added some welding rod into the cotton pocket.



And I made me a long needle of a piece welding rod to, hammered it flat in one end and drilled a 2 mm hole for the thread.



And I pointed the other end of the needle with the grinding machine, here im sewing the welding rod pocket to the backseat. As thread I used some real thick thread that my wife is using when weaving carpets.



Then it was only the small matter of adding the sides; I cut it out by using the patterns I saved in the start.



Then I added some "cotton" wadding between the cover and the seat (The wadding is actually some synthetic thing that I bought).



Then I attached the cover by reusing the hog rings that I saved when "dis***embling" the seat. Hog rings are u shaped steel rings that you mount by using a Hog ring tool. I cut two "tracks" in a polygrip plier and it worked OK.



Here is how the logo came out.



And here it is ready to mount in the car.



Then it was time for the front seat.



I dis***embled the seat and fixed up some springs, and replaced some old cotton parts.



Here is the frontseat bottom part all fixed up.




Here I test fitting the side parts on the backrest; I used the original Ford parts as a pattern. I made a small black piping by sewing in a thin string into a 40mmm vinyl strip.



Here is everything put together but outside in, I sewed in some 25mm thick foam into the upper backrest part.



This is how it looks on the front side.



Here is the front seat lower part all ready, Used the old hog rings this time to.



All ready to put into the car.



Back side, the wrinkles can be taken out with a hot airgun and some pulling; otherwise most of it will disappear by the summer heat ;-) So what can I say it's not all that hard so get out there and get some vinyl and borrow a sewing machine it's easy

 

Very nice post, and very easy to follow. Your mastery of the English language is better than some people I know, and they don't speak anything else!

This post also gets my vote for tech post of the week!

 

Lars, You are amazing!!! You are the ultimate do-it-yourselfer!! I'm constantly amazed at your talents.

 

Great post with lots of information! And the seats turned out real good.

I was going to post something like this when we re-do the interior in the roadster this spring, but now I don't have to.

 

Jättebra ! Lars...

Nothing wrong with you English!

Great post, thanks for taking the time...

 

WOW! This post is m***ive! Sure takes the fear out of doing it yourself!

Thanks! This is one GREAT tech post for bettering your car!

 

damn that was a awesome post. give this man the prize!!!!

 

Man I must say you did one helluva job. Very cool. MAybe next time I'll try my own...

 

Awesome job, sir! Very well done. Makes me want to try it on my seats now.
Bil

 

Great post. And awesome results. Thanks.
I'm going to try this method for the door panels, kick panels... etc. in my coupe.

Is that stuffing sock and ruler idea yours, or is that the normal method of inserting the foam?

Now, all I need is a sewing machine...
Great idea on the BIG needle, too.


JOE

 

That's some talent..very easy to follow. THANKS

 

that was an amazing post. thanks..

 

Very interesting...I have been wanting to learn how to do that for a while now...I really dig the V8 logo too!!!

 

Thanks boy's im glad you like my handicraft

I must confess that the stuffin sock is not my idea, ive read it somewhere, and it's more or less impossible to get the foam into the pocket without it.

///////Lars B

 

WOWIE! Lars, you did a fantastic job. Really looks great. love the V-8 s***ching. AND your English is just fine. thanx for the great tech post.

 

I don't think I've ever read a better tech post -- and it's not even your native language. Great photos, great explanations. Thanks Lars, you've posted a great one.

 

This is a really great post, you make it look easy.

Thanks!

 

AWESOME post! Thanks for all the effort involved. It's very much appreciated. Your post will go into my favorites here on the HAMB and maybe when the time comes for Big Olds's seats I'll have the courage to follow your instructions. Thank you!

 

Great post!

Denise, you are welcome to make a Model A truck seat for
practice before doing Big Olds.
TZ

 

Great post!

I made a custom seat for one of my scooters. That's about all the patience I had ... I am impressed at all the work you did for your cars seats.

 

The clarity and precision of this post calls for a top rating. Got my vote. himmelberg

 

Perfect english...and a really excellent do it your self post....fantastic job lars.....fatchuk

 

Great post Mr42. Keep up the good work! Satin

 

OUTSTANDING!

 

Wow Lars, fantastic TECH!! A saver for sure.
And PLEASE fire up that green puppy in the back of the garage real soon!! I need another fix of awesome v-12 music! Keith

 

GREAT,I have a feeling you are in the running for best of Tech Week!!

 

THIS, my friends, is TECH!. GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Lars, You have inspired me to try your tuck and roll! What a great post! Thank you!

 

Nice job Lars and great colors as well, the colors of my Australian rules football team, actually you almost talk like an Aussie, good onya mate!!