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Jim Adney wrote: > > >I'm guessing that this is one of the later, 72-3 seats, as those are the only >ones I've ever seen with broken springs. Unfortunately, on those years, broken >springs are pretty common; the construction is much poorer than on the earlier >years. > > Yep, it's a '73 seat (the style with the tapered headrest) that was common to Type 1s too. My first '73 also broke in the same manner. >It's possible that I might have a donor seat, but I really can't get to it >right now. > I only would need the seat bottom. In fact, I only would need the spring, though the plastic trim covering the adjuster mechanism would be nice too. The trim broke as a result of the corner being too saggy. >There used to be an upholestry shop here in town which had a >selection of springs, so you might want to look for a suitable replacement. The >springs are crimped in place, so you would need to undo the crimped tube and >either replace or reuse it. A shop that did upholestry would probably know what >to do. > > I think there's a car upholstery shop in town, so I may give them a try. Indeed, I would need to undo the crimps somehow by prying them open, and then hammer them back closed, if i were to do the one spring. I could also ask around if anyone has an intact donor seat frame from a 72-74 Bug/Type3. One other thought I had that might at least be a temporary fix- I may consider joining the two broken ends with a couple large enough collar stays and a small length of rod in between as a splice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~