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Thanks! I just ordered 3 feet. I should be good for hose cloth. I sure appreciate it though.

Id be curious on the cover and what that takes to get done. Do you have your process or pictures? I certainly wouldnt expect you to go out of your way to make one just for me.
 
I looked and unfortunately it doesn't look like I took any pictures, Sorry!

I work at a fiberglass shop so the materials were handy. I wire brushed the top pan and then applied a good coat of honey wax over the top surface to make sure the fiberglass did not stick. Pretty sure I wouldn't of had to do that because it typically will not bond to metal anyway but with the pitting in the metal it wasn't worth the chance. I then took a piece of scrap glass mat and wet it out with catalyzed resin using a paint brush. Once the resin cured I popped it off the seat pan and cut off the excess and ground the edges. From there I sanded down the top surface, cleaned it off, then used spray adhesive on the fiberglass piece and backside of the hose material. Once it tacked up I placed the hose material on the fiberglass. After repeating the process for the second half of the seat (hoes not wide enough) I let it sit for a day to dry. The next day I trimmed the hose material so there was about an inch border around the seat pan and then cut inward every inch or so in order to make tabs that I could tuck under and sandwich between the two metal seat pans when i put it all together. The hose material is not flexible enough to just fold over and tuck in. If I can sneak out into the garage I will take apart the seat and get pictures for you.
 
Two versions - First is the older "footed" version from the late 30s, second is the last one
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I have an original one of the newer ones, but can't find that picture - this one was from eBay, and I believe it is a reproduction.
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Here's another style!
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