[MBZ] Seat repair again

[R A Bennell]

I finally hauled the driver's seat out of my 76 300D last night and partially dismantled it. The spring base seems
intact but has quite a bit of surface rust on it. I assume it had no paint of any sort from the factory and this is
just the result of 30 year's exposure to humidity etc. Horsehair pad is toast of course which was the reason for
looking into this issue. I have decided not to obtain a new horsehair pad and am going the "new" route.  My thought
was to use a piece of carpet to insulate the new replacement padding stuff that I picked up at Wally Mart. Can't
recall the name but there was mention of a writeup about seat repair on here a while back and that fibrous plasticy
stuff is what the fellow used. I am now thinking I may find some sort of light canvas type material and use it to
wrap over the piece of carpet to hold it in place and to permit me to use a spray adhesive to hold the fibrous
stuff in place. In the writeup the fellow used pool noodles cut down to bolster the sides. I'm thinking that the
fibrous stuff should be  sufficient if I glue some more onto the sides of the larger piece to provide the amount of
bolster needed. There does not seem to be much bolster in the original horsehair padding. I have not yet decided
whether I should try to stuff pool noodle material into the spring base. It actually seems to be keeping my rear
off of the floor as it is and I don't want to make the seat too hard or to high as the steering wheel will become
more difficult to slide under.
So, any comment from those that have done this?

Randy B