passenger seat bottom question

[Saberr]

Like most m37s, when i got mine, the bottom passenger seat was gone. I of course looked around and talked to to others and found it was any wood board/sheet that fit to cover it. I have also seen that there was a latch on the front to help lock it down, but for the life of me, i can't find how it is suppose to go on the board its self. Could someone post a picture of theirs latch assembly ? Since i was missing the bottom, i was missing the bottom cushion as well. I see that i can get the foam or for big money the springs. I understand the springs were most likely stapled the the wood, but how would you get the foam to stay in place ? glue, or just hold it in place by the canvas covers ? Could someone also post a picture of how there seat covers attach to the seat bottom, i know you can get a pull sting or just staple style of seat covers.

[m-37Bruce]

Did you do a search, I'm sure this has been discussed a bunch of times, as I've sent the pattern out several times? I've posted pics on/in the gallery as well.

[Saberr]

I've done a search, a lot guys talk about, but no up close pictures or diagrams. When I've come across a picture, its of the seat in place and finished from 3/4 feet away, or its the seat back/ driver seat. As for the gallery, its been down until just recently, and even then i haven't been able to find up close pics of the passenger seat bottom, most time the pictures don't even come up when i click on them ether.

[m-37Bruce]

I'll see if I can link to a few of the pics myself, and maybe post some from my cpu? BTW, I have a template of the passenger base, for the cost of a mailer, I can send you a copy of it.
It looks like one of my albums and a sub-album are mia, I'll look around, I sure I have the pic here on my desktop?

[m-37Bruce]

This is what the bottom of the passenger base would look like. This is an original that I redid and made a plywood model of it. The latch is something that John at Midwest Military should have, do you have two small hole parallel in the middle of the base?

[Saberr]

Thank bruce, that helps a lot. I see you said you make one in plywood, and from what i knew all seat bottoms were plywood, where the originals not plywood ? I do have the actually locking part of the latch on the front of the seat, was trying to see how hook part that's on the top seat bottom was hooked up, looks like its basically an L bracket with little hook at end ? Looks like it actually goes through your seat cover ? I tried looking for your gallerys on G741 gallery, and i did not find anything with your name,or mia. I could be that blind as well... If you would, pm me about the the template, i am interested.

[m-37Bruce]

All of this is happening I guess you got my reply to your PM? Funny, my seat base came from Costa Mesa, from Kurt Hirte. I'm sure they all were plywood, I have pics of the drivers base as well, but no pattern or template for that. They front corners also have upright pins that match metal collars in the seat base, a heavy duty washer will suffice.

[NAM VET]

I bought seat bottoms for both seats from VPW, I have not used the driver's seat bottom, but the one for the passenger must be OEM, because it had the proper cut-outs for the sides and the latch and the drilled holes, and had the metal reinforced pin holes in place. I then used new canvas from Weebee to put on over the faded canvas, with a pneumatic furniture stapler. Looks and works fine, I had a local upholster shop put a new canvas cover from Weebee on the driver's seat because that seat was fastened with hog rings. I did not need to use the new plywood bottom.

NV

[Saberr]

All my seats are in good structural wise, except need new covers. I'm just missing the whole passenger bottom. I saw the hog rings you were talking about nam, i was debating on how i wanted to do that since its still wood base, so can also staple.