'70 Duster headrest/seat hinge

This headrest had a foam separation problem near one of the posts (right post in pic). I used a heat gun to help massage/stretch the vinyl back to it's original shape....hoping that the chrome strip would make a nice straight run in that area instead of the S-curve which developed over the last 40 plus years. You can see the difference between the first pic and second where the chrome strip valley is starting to straighten.


I was almost about to give up on it but I had an idea. I sprayed a liberal amount of interior adhesive spray in the area where the foam was separated. I then used a paint stir stick as a splint and taped the area very tight with tape. I actually removed it tonight and found the area to be nice and flat. I taped it back up and will let it sit for a day before I paint and add chrome strip.

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To be continued.....