How to replace rusty imderseat metal spring frame

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Fiatracertracer
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Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider - Lip Stick Red
Location: Wilton, Connecticut

How to replace rusty imderseat metal spring frame

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My seat bottoms have rusty disintegrated metal spring structure that I would like to replace.

Any Ideas on replacement metal spring structure?
1982 Fiat Spider in restoration
DieselSpider
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Your car is a: 1978 124 Spider with Isuzu Turbo Diesel

Re: How to replace rusty imderseat metal spring frame

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Fiatracertracer wrote:My seat bottoms have rusty disintegrated metal spring structure that I would like to replace.

Any Ideas on replacement metal spring structure?
International Auto Parts sells the bottom seat foam with the wires already attached however many will just weld up a new frame from C-Channel obtained at the local scrap yard and purchase some upholstery wire to fabricate their own especially if the foam is still in good shape.

The gent I purchased mine from threw out the rusted out seats/frames and put in some Second-Hand Garage Pro Recaro Knock-Offs however I would have preferred having the original seats to use as patterns to re-fabricate new frames from.
Fiatracertracer
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Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider - Lip Stick Red
Location: Wilton, Connecticut

Re: How to replace rusty imderseat metal spring frame

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Thank you
1982 Fiat Spider in restoration
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