where were the seats upholstering for mid years?

[Keith B.]

Did St louis get the seats completely assembled ready to bolt in or was there a substation where they did upholstery work? If they came in assembled who did the work for GM?

[Bill M.]

Re: where were the seats upholstering for mid years?

I would love to see how they were done. I just did my 67 seats and man that was murder

[Gary C.]

Re: where were the seats upholstering for mid years?

Keith,

Check the AIM. As John Hinckley taught many of us - if individual part numbers are shown in the AIM, then it was assembled at St. Louis. No individual part numbers, then it came to St. Louis as an assembly.

According to the seat tags from my '57 it was M.S.&W.C that manufactured the seats.

Gary
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[Jack M.]

Re: where were the seats upholstering for mid years?

Indeed, the seat parts/contents are broken down in the C2 AIM. Additionally, there was a brief look at how they were assembled in the "Corvette Stingray: Biography of a Sports Car" video (scroll to 7:25):

[Mike T.]

Re: where were the seats upholstering for mid years?

if you read Larry Galloway book he states most seats were made by Findlay Industries Findlay Ohio. Larry did audit inspection on car from St. Louis and A O Smith in Ionia Mich. during midyear

[Jack M.]

Re: where were the seats upholstering for mid years?

if you read Larry Galloway book he states most seats were made by Findlay Industries Findlay Ohio. Larry did audit inspection on car from St. Louis and A O Smith in Ionia Mich. during midyear

Good to know, Mike... THANX for sharing!
BTW- Were there any specifics regarding 'most'... were some also done in St Louis (or elsewhere)?

[Keith B.]

Re: where were the seats upholstering for mid years?

if you read Larry Galloway book he states most seats were made by Findlay Industries Findlay Ohio. Larry did audit inspection on car from St. Louis and A O Smith in Ionia Mich. during midyear

is that where the rest of the soft interior parts came from too?

[Mike T.]

Re: where were the seats upholstering for mid years?

Seats were supplied by Findlay Industries in Findlay Ohio. Seat tracks were produced by McInerney Spring and Wire Company. Then he states both plants received the seat frames, seat foam pads and seat covers separately both plants assembled the seats.

[Jack M.]

Re: where were the seats upholstering for mid years?

Seats were supplied by Findlay Industries in Findlay Ohio. Seat tracks were produced by McInerney Spring and Wire Company. Then he states both plants received the seat frames, seat foam pads and seat covers separately both plants assembled the seats.

Ahhh, that makes more sense regarding the info in the AIM... but didn't AOS bodies come to St Louis without the interior?

[Gary C.]

Re: where were the seats upholstering for mid years?

C1 AIM's show the upper, lower and track part numbers only

63 AIM shows a partial breakdown & on the seat pages the AIM refers to as an "Assembly". Which tracks with what Mike Treece posted.

As an example; various parts shown in the '63 AIM Sheet D2 such as Trim ASM (assembly) were actually seat subassemblies.

Doors are the next section after seats and "Assembly" isn't in the parts breakdown.

Gary
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[Tim G.]

Re: where were the seats upholstering for mid years?

We recovered seats on a '67 yesterday and it was an absolute bear of a job. We did each bottom twice to get them correct.