Another seat cover replacement

You might be able to re-use your cotton batten. I did that in my 65 Newport bench seat years ago, plus recently in my 85 M-B bucket seat - glued fibrous stuff people call "horse-hair" (might be). In both cases, the factory laid woven burlap over the springs and wires, and it degraded and the wires cut into the padding. I fixed broken springs, added more as needed, plus tie wires. Laid carpet protector over the metal, wrapped the batting in very thick cloth, secured to the metal frame with hog-rings, and covered w/ new vinyl (Newport) and original covers (M-B). The Newport seats still feel solid after 17 years. The M-B was done last year, but a tremendous improvement. My butt no longer sinks way down and the added springs make the seat much firmer.

I cheated for my A's and bought a set of Sebring and Cobra seats, since the cost of new seat covers violates my cheap-skate rule, plus I wanted shoulder belts and head restraint.