Karl the 1970 9-seater Deluxe Station Wagon

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Isn't that a rather small yellow bucket ?
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John Cleese voice "Well; I seemed to have strayed from my subject somewhat..."

Before we discuss post-Attlee policy decisions: I am finished with the driver door seals; I will be putting the door on today - minus the door card - and we'll see if it made a difference in cabin water when the rains come back this weekend.

"... and Alma Cogan isn't. Good night."
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Craig K
70 Neunsitzer
65 Pritschenwagen
"If Von Dutch was alive, he'd walk in there with a pistol and shoot these people." - Robert Williams

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Karl the 70 nine-seater

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[Abscate]

Oh, I’m sorry, this is abuse! You want 1A, next door….
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Progress…

Temp door removed and OG door reinstalled

And just in time, as the rains came back. It appears all that frustrating work was worth it, as so far I don’t see any puddles, rivulets or drop spots on the cab floor. The dark areas are from past leaking, and all the Kroil I hosed the driver seat adjuster with…

The door doesn’t shut quite right, but it didn’t before, so…. Part seals (good German ones, but thick), part misalignment. Can wait for warmer weather to fix.

Next “why am I doing this now?” Task: recovering front seats with some old brown vinyl off a 67 bus. No, it won’t be perfect, but we’ll see if it works. Can’t be worse than this

Or what lies beneath

Hopefully all this wire is from attaching the velour cover and not holding the seat together.

Under the seat pad I did find a weird grid of thin wires attached to thicker white cord - I didn’t see it in parts manuals, so I assume some sort of aftermarket gimcrackery?

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Craig K
70 Neunsitzer
65 Pritschenwagen
"If Von Dutch was alive, he'd walk in there with a pistol and shoot these people." - Robert Williams

Raul the 65 singlecab

Karl the 70 nine-seater

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[70bus]

Cleaning up the seat a bit, I found 2 broken springs in the seat, but nothing else seems to be awry.

I am leaning towards an 'if it ain't broke...' approach to the seat tilt, but if there is something worth doing let me know.

Still would like an idea of what this steel wire setup was; maybe 12 wires in parallel under the coir but I haven't seen pics of it on other stock seats.

I'll be degreasing, derusting and paintint the seat this week, and then the fun begins!

PS - before I trawl the archives again, is there a specific size spring I should look fr? 0, 00, 1, etc. The Upholstery Connection web page says

"keep in mind the top of the spring (after it is tied down), should be 3" to 4-1/2” above the railing (over 4-1/2" will be unsteady). Generally this means that half of the spring's overall height (uncompressed) will be above the railing after it's tied down."

Unsure if this applies to our seats.
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Craig K
70 Neunsitzer
65 Pritschenwagen
"If Von Dutch was alive, he'd walk in there with a pistol and shoot these people." - Robert Williams

Raul the 65 singlecab

Karl the 70 nine-seater

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The 1/3 front seat recovering went well, despite the pre-67 covers and seat pads. Pics later. For now, here’s the 2/3 bench condition:

There was a bunch of eggcrate foam that I tossed before pics. No broken springs, tho the seat looks a little saggy. Mostly dirty and rusty, but looks good to me. Only wild card is this part found at top of bench, under the cover in the area that the mounting brackets attach to; has a metal U channel in it. Not in the parts manual that I can see. What is it, part #?

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Craig K
70 Neunsitzer
65 Pritschenwagen
"If Von Dutch was alive, he'd walk in there with a pistol and shoot these people." - Robert Williams

Raul the 65 singlecab

Karl the 70 nine-seater

[NASkeet]

[70bus]

Karl has had veeery slow and somewhat unsteady progress, but a few things were accomplished. In answer to my post on the stupid question thread: yes, you can cover your early bay seats with split window upholstery. Worth it if it was free, or you are flat broke; otherwise not really worth the effort. Covers are smaller, and my hand-me-down covers were not factory shape. Required much pulling, poking of new holes, and random acts of hog ring. Some pics are of unfinished work, but end isn’t much prettier.

Note the wrap over the back is much shorter on the splitty sea covers;; doesn’t even cover the backrest mount holes.

I ‘fixed’ the foamcovered backrest top with rubber cement, some u channel, screws, and duct tape. Just sorta wedged in there, as the slots used to attach it to seat were only half there. I will probably whang a screw on each side, as it is supposed to be somewhat structural.

I had cleaned all the coir out of the pedestal area, treated the rust a bit, and sprayed some new Deltagrun in it, then replaced the ratty pedestal mats. I am not fond of how WW made them, nor of the inaccuracy of their cutting template. Still, at this point they are the nicest bits on the bus! Excuse my razor blade work on the mats. Karl is not even a rustoration; he’s a ‘get it running and less messy’ toration.

Also, on my bus, this is not a seat bumper for a pass bench seat - whatever was there was bolted on, and those bolts don’t go through the WW rubber bumper The bolts were in foamed backrest. The screws DID attach these to holes in the bulkhead, but all my other seat bumpers in the bulkhead are lozenge-shaped, not mushroom.

Since I had basically sitting on springs covered by Mexican blankets, proper upholstery with new coir and all made the space between the seat and back hard to get the pass seatbelts through. It didn’t help I forgot to take pics, and am not sure I put it all back properly for middle seat! I never have 3 people up front, so not a big deal; the 3points work fine.

Gonna try to button up cabin, and get Karl back to life by end of month. We’ll see.
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Craig K
70 Neunsitzer
65 Pritschenwagen
"If Von Dutch was alive, he'd walk in there with a pistol and shoot these people." - Robert Williams

Raul the 65 singlecab

Karl the 70 nine-seater