Anyone ever make home made bucket seats?

[ICantSignIn]

Out of wood or something and covered them with cloth or vynal? If so how did it turn out and stuff? thanks.

[Harrison]

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If so how did it turn out and stuff?

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..."and stuff"??? WTF does that mean?

JH

[Unkl Ian]

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Anyone ever make home made bucket seats?

Out of wood or something and covered them with cloth or vynal?


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Wooden seats? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[ICantSignIn]

wooden frames then put padding in covered them. Just wondering if anyone has ever made any.

[Roothawg]

If you had a mandrel that you could bend some round tubing. That would be easier. Then cover the frames with foam and stuff.....

[Tinbender]

I remember you. You had some trouble siging in last time.
If I translated what your asking correctly, no I haven't built any, but yes they can be done. That's the way a lot of boat seats are made.
Now stuffing them may be a problem, depending on just where you plan to stuff them. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[Harrison]

Where can I get some "and stuff"?

JH

[Mutt]

Way back when, one of the little books had a neat article on making bucket seats fron shopping cart frames. Looked pretty good when they were done. Use your imagination...

Mutt

[ICantSignIn]

I do have acess to a mandrel bender maybe that is the way to go? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif I just thought maybe it would be easier to make some custom seats myself rather then to recover some old ones.

[Roothawg]

If you are more comfortable with wood then that's what I would use. Me? Never...I can't build jack with wood....everytime I hit it with the torch it goes away?? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[cornfieldrodder]

Kind of tuff to strike an arc on too!!!

[old beet]

What MUTT said "old school shoppin carts"; (racin seats).........OLDBEET

[Brickster]

I used to build seats for the Shelby Cobra and they were constructed with a round tube frame and skinned in .040 aluminum and riveted on or had a rubber bladder stretched across them that was anchored at the corners. We also made a copy of the earlier seat out of fiberglass. I also made copies of a Porsche RSR racing seat. Your question about it being easier to build a completely new seat rather than recovering an old seat, I would say it's way easier to recover the old seat even if it needs substantial repair.

[Brickster]

[Brickster]

fiberglass seat finished

[Brickster]

mold for fiberglass seat