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07-08-2009 05:45 AM

53 Stude Interior Upholstery

Finally I have the seats upholstered. Found the exact match of the previous upholstery and took them to my favorite guy. He did a good job making them look like they came from the factory. The seats are from a 2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible. They fit very well in the car, and now we have the added safety of the shoulder harness. They also lean forward for back seat access which the previous Mercury Sable seats did not.

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[Entry #78]

07-08-2009 05:37 AM

53 Stude Trunk panel

The reason I wanted the metal divide between the back seat and trunk is I have installed an air compressor and tank to control my Air-over-leaf bags. I placed it on the kick up above the axle at the front of my trunk. I also moved my Optima battery up there. I want to conceal all that from view in the trunk. I used another piece of the old sign to make a panel for inside the trunk, then took an embroidered piece I have with the Studebaker logo and had my upholsterer wrap it. The picture show the trunk with the panel open. The uncovered panel and finally the upholstered panel in place.

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[Entry #77]

07-08-2009 05:26 AM

53 Stude Interior - back seat panel

Next step was putting a metal panel between the back seat and the trunk. I scrounged a piece of metal sign board from my son-in-laws old business and made a pattern then cut it out with a jig saw. The pictures show the opening behind the seat, the pattern and finally the cut piece. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of it in place before I anchored the seat back in place.

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[Entry #76]

07-08-2009 05:20 AM

53 Stude Interior Project

I've fallen behind on documenting, so will try to catch up. Since the last updates, I have gotten the carpeting all in place, fitted the seats and anchored them. Here they are in place prior to carpeting, and then with the seats out and carpet in place.

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[Entry #75]

03-16-2009 04:15 AM

Interior Project continues

Then layed the insulation and carpet back down to get ready to install the seats. Notice that I have covered the footwells as we seldom have back seat passengers

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[Entry #74]

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