Chronology of the Jeep Seat

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Re: Chronology of the Jeep Seat

Post by HankII » Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:41 am

Wartime shortages also resulted in pennies minted from steel in 1943, and from a shell casing alloy in 1944 & 1945. While plastics, Bakelite and other materials were trialed, there is no research supporting production of any rubber-based pennies. Rubber nickels, however, are an entirely different concept, and appear more and more prevalent - not only on G threads, but everywhere else to boot. ...
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Re: Chronology of the Jeep Seat

Post by Joe Gopan » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:34 am

It's been a while, no one else but Paolo has offered an accurate set of late MB Seat Cushion Set (W/Springs and accurate tags). Paolo is still the way to go. They are an exact match to the Cleveland tagged cushion set that I installed NOS years ago. The set of Paolo seat cushions is now on my MB, the original set is now stored away as spares for use on a future project
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Re: Chronology of the Jeep Seat

Post by conrod6 » Mon Jan 14, 2019 2:07 am

Another member on the Gee posted this photo a while back - appears to show a zipped back seat cushion filled with foam rubber material - in another image the zip pull looked like a Talon.

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Re: Chronology of the Jeep Seat

Post by conrod6 » Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:13 am

The uploader was 42cargo - active but not on the jeep forum - photos still extant on surface zero along with several seat spring photos . Here is another shot...
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Re: Chronology of the Jeep Seat

Post by conrod6 » Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:58 am

I have just tracked the original thread - sorry don't know how to do a link so don't ask - on 26 sept 2010 cushion contained springs,foam rubber, burlap, and a blanket - plus Talon zip as previously mentioned. More info maybe forthcoming (pm?)
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