Thread: Bench seat for a 32 Ford

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Originally Posted by roadster32

Dave i've tried those Watson jobbies, not very good are they

Very poor in comparison to most of what Steve Watson sells.

I do like those Speedway releases and just bookmarked them to order in a couple of months when I standing at the window watching the snow pile up - thanks

We had some sleet fall 2 days ago, I thought not already !!!

Originally Posted by IC2

Very poor in comparison to most of what Steve Watson sells.

I do like those Speedway releases and just bookmarked them to order in a couple of months when I standing at the window watching the snow pile up - thanks

Build your own, outta ply and foam.

Originally Posted by DA34GUY

Build your own, outta ply and foam.

Don,
Any pictures without the foam & material? Just wondering if you build boxes, or flat panels & foam? Steve's idea of holes covered with Pirelli webbing sounds interesting, too, to add some flex to the seat area.

Rog,
Don't have any pics in the raw.
Yes I cut out the base in the butt area, and run webbing(Ole boat seat trick)
Then cut all foam to desired shape.
Don

This is how I built the seat frame in my roadster some years ago. The drawing is not to scale, by the way. It is made of 1 X 4 oak. I used furniture springs I obtained from our local upholstery shop and a synthetic fabric they use (instead of burlap) to cover the springs. I stapled that to the frame and then let my upholsterer do the rest. The seat back was a solid piece of 5/8" plywood. It was a comfortable seat.

Here's how i did my base