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MickyD · 08-20-2021, 03:25 PM

How do you remove the front seat back in a 28 roadster? I am getting it ready for the paint shop. They will be painting the inside and outside.

wrndln · 08-20-2021, 04:02 PM

If you remove the seatback upholstery, it is almost impossible to reinstall it. There is a flap the goes over the wood belt rail and stapled to the wood. Then hidem is installed to cover the tacks securing the front seat flap. When the seatback upholstery was initially install, there was "salvage" material that allowed the installer to stretch the upholstery before tacking it to the wood. The salvage material was then cut off. That means there is little upholstery material left to stretch the the seatback material to the beltrail. I would recommend you mask off the seatback upholstery then paint the inside of you roadster.

Werner · 08-20-2021, 05:42 PM

Micky,

in my roadster, the backrest was fixed with wood screws starting from the mother-in-law seat. In addition, as previously written, the overhang of the upper backrest padding must be removed the brackets. This can be restored well again.

MickyD · 08-20-2021, 06:01 PM

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Thanks all. I will have them mask it off.

08-20-2021, 03:25 PM	#1
MickyD Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Welcome NC Posts: 207	28 roadster front seat How do you remove the front seat back in a 28 roadster? I am getting it ready for the paint shop. They will be painting the inside and outside. Last edited by MickyD; 08-20-2021 at 03:29 PM. Reason: Left sentence out.

08-20-2021, 04:02 PM	#2
wrndln Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lakeville, MN Posts: 5,165	Re: 28 roadster front seat If you remove the seatback upholstery, it is almost impossible to reinstall it. There is a flap the goes over the wood belt rail and stapled to the wood. Then hidem is installed to cover the tacks securing the front seat flap. When the seatback upholstery was initially install, there was "salvage" material that allowed the installer to stretch the upholstery before tacking it to the wood. The salvage material was then cut off. That means there is little upholstery material left to stretch the the seatback material to the beltrail. I would recommend you mask off the seatback upholstery then paint the inside of you roadster.

08-20-2021, 05:42 PM	#3
Werner Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Germany, near Aachen Posts: 1,159	Re: 28 roadster front seat Micky, in my roadster, the backrest was fixed with wood screws starting from the mother-in-law seat. In addition, as previously written, the overhang of the upper backrest padding must be removed the brackets. This can be restored well again. __________________ Beste Gruesse aus Deutschland, Werner Ford Model A, Roadster, 1928 Citroen 11 CV, 1947 Hercules W 2000, 1976; (with NSU-Wankel Rotary Engine), Canadian version

08-20-2021, 06:01 PM	#4
MickyD Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Welcome NC Posts: 207	Re: 28 roadster front seat Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks all. I will have them mask it off.