Original Rear seat

Original Rear seat

Layers of carpet under pad, glued together with liquid nails, cut all to fit first

Layers of carpet under pad, glued together with liquid nails, cut all to fit first

Look closely, the next to last layer was trimmed to fit the butts a little better, for added comfort, I would suggest using actu

Look closely, the next to last layer was trimmed to fit the butts a little better, for added comfort, I would suggest using actual foam over this layer, not more under pad.

Test fitting original upholstery over new board and pad. was a little loose, and tipped too much towards the rear, so i added on

Test fitting original upholstery over new board and pad. was a little loose, and tipped too much towards the rear, so i added one narrow strip at the rear, to cradle the butts better too.

Newly covered seat bottom, no stitching involved, just folding and stapling, like wrapping a giant present.

Newly covered seat bottom, no stitching involved, just folding and stapling, like wrapping a giant present.

Looking a little better...

Looking a little better...

Seat frame is now painted with black hammerite finish, nice new seatbelts attached to the seat frame, not the rusted through flo

Seat frame is now painted with black hammerite finish, nice new seatbelts attached to the seat frame, not the rusted through floor

I sewed these belts at the length I wanted them, instead of having all the extra bits and pieces for the "universal" f

I sewed these belts at the length I wanted them, instead of having all the extra bits and pieces for the "universal" fit. Inside belts are bolted to angle iron that is bolted to seat frame.

hard to see in thumbnail, but this shows the angle iron, bottom of seat, and seat belt brackets.

hard to see in thumbnail, but this shows the angle iron, bottom of seat, and seat belt brackets.

View of seat inside the scout, better view of angle iron seat belt bracket.

View of seat inside the scout, better view of angle iron seat belt bracket.