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I am in the process of putting the interior for the rumble seat. Two questions
1. How is the seat spring held to the wood?
2. What way does the spring go , The spring has a metal,aluminum band around the edge .the marks on the wood line up with the metal edging facing out .

So I love posting questions that no one can answer .But can anyone help .... Please maybe ,hopefully .

Doing my best to share it around for you...

I have seen two different methods to secure the springs to the wood frames. Some stapled directly to the wood. Others with small metal straps that wrap around the wire and have the extra metal ("legs") put together. A single nail through both "legs" holds the springs to the wood.

I have seen pretty much what Chipper has said but on the original cars I've put upholstery in, they've just had roofing material looped around the seat wire frame and then nailed to the wood instead of the metal strips Chipper has seen. I have not done a rumble seat as of yet and this is only on the sedans, coaches, and coupes I've done. The coupe I did didn't have a rumble seat. Perhaps they used metal strips on the rumble seats for a specific reason.
The springs get held in place with those strips then the upholstery gets tacked or stapled to the wood on the bottom of the frame. The strips get wrapped around the spring frame and nailed or stapled closely so there is no movement of the wire in the strap. Most seats have two straps on the top and one one each side of the upright cushion. The seat cushion has two on the front and one on each side. This technique holds everything in place. If you got an upholstery kit from Hampton Coach it would most likely show that. The seat springs are set back from the wood frame edges around 7/16-1/2 on the average. If you have the original wood, look for the nail holes for those straps. In most cases you will find them. They usually used three tacks in each strap and it's pretty easy to find the three nail holes near the front or top edge of the wood frames.
Hope this might help.

Thanks for the replies , really helps Ill look for the nail holes , My spring (if its even the correct spring) has an aluminum edge trim on one side ,Appears to fit better when facing up ,and the metal vertical bars line up with marks in the paint on the wood slats. I didn't disassemble this car and received it back from Detroit (EMI) in boxes. Hopefully I have the correct seat spring , Ill try to post some pictures. Thanks again for the reply. JohnK

So to let anyone the spring went in with the alluminum frames to the wood, I secured it to the wood with a couple of metal clips. The bottom cushion I purchased from synyders needed to be modified .The spring needed to be cut down by 3-4 inches. Then the cover fit. Hopefully this might help others .