The rear seat

Well after what appears to have been quite a few fruitless weeks something nice has happened. I did not get to work on the Galaxie this weekend as my real job called. For the longest time I have with great trepidation been eyeing the seats with a view to reupholstering them myself. Now the boys that have been advising me (and very welcome, expert advice it has been) have told me to use an upholsterer, but being one for taking the path less trod I decided to give it a go and as I hadn't worked on Saturday it seemed like today was a good day. So ably assisted by Mrs. P we made a start.



I decided that we should try the rear seat first as it was the simplest and if we pulled it off it would be a confidence boost to take on the front which is a split bench.



Here is the result


All the emblems are standing proudly in line and the seat looks better than the picture. To cap it all off when I peeled off the old cover I found 6 cents in the lining. Could this day possibly get any better?