I bought the '54 almost 10 years ago. The interior is where the car needs the most help. I decided to buy new carpeting for it, and started the preparation today.
I remember briefly looking under the rear seat cushions years ago, but seeing as how there was still a floor there, I didn't look at it all that closely at the time.
This afternoon I pulled up what was left of the old carpet, plus my homemade front set made from a roll of cheap stuff from a discount store. It was good to see it go!
Then I removed the rear seat cushions. Here's what I found:
A 2 X 5 inch piece of upholstery cloth from a different model.
A little paper tag with a reinforcement hole on one end, with handwriting on it that says 306828-X3, 10-22, GB 13
3 loose Phillips head screws matching the ones holding the center armrest to the floor.
1 tiny one-hole rubber grommet that looks like it belongs up at the firewall somewhere.
1 extra star washer that matches the ones under the front seat bolts.
1 neatly cut 1-inch long piece of blue windlace in mint condition.
1 Phillips head trim screw
1 nail matching the two used to fasten the carpet to the brace under the front of the back seat
1 small piece of rubber tubing
2 very long hairpins
1 curved piece of metal that looks at first like an upholstery hog ring, but isn't.
And the neatest thing, not supplied by Studebaker (at least I don't THINK so..), was the most perfectly preserved mouse skeleton, no fur, no nothing, just the skeleton.
What have you found under your back seat lately?
I remember briefly looking under the rear seat cushions years ago, but seeing as how there was still a floor there, I didn't look at it all that closely at the time.
This afternoon I pulled up what was left of the old carpet, plus my homemade front set made from a roll of cheap stuff from a discount store. It was good to see it go!
Then I removed the rear seat cushions. Here's what I found:
A 2 X 5 inch piece of upholstery cloth from a different model.
A little paper tag with a reinforcement hole on one end, with handwriting on it that says 306828-X3, 10-22, GB 13
3 loose Phillips head screws matching the ones holding the center armrest to the floor.
1 tiny one-hole rubber grommet that looks like it belongs up at the firewall somewhere.
1 extra star washer that matches the ones under the front seat bolts.
1 neatly cut 1-inch long piece of blue windlace in mint condition.
1 Phillips head trim screw
1 nail matching the two used to fasten the carpet to the brace under the front of the back seat
1 small piece of rubber tubing
2 very long hairpins
1 curved piece of metal that looks at first like an upholstery hog ring, but isn't.
And the neatest thing, not supplied by Studebaker (at least I don't THINK so..), was the most perfectly preserved mouse skeleton, no fur, no nothing, just the skeleton.
What have you found under your back seat lately?
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