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Wescott carries a sheet metal 32 Ford seat riser.
I used one of these to build the seat on my 32 roadster and it looks like a good way to go for the seat in my 31 on 32 rails roadster.

Basics are, get the riser bolted in place, cut some 3/4" veneer plywood for a base and back. (Veneer for it's lack of voids, not to mention it's nice stuff to work with and not much more expensive than regular plywood.)

Find an old upholstered foam pad like you'd find in a chaise lounge and use those for temporary ergonomic setup.

Once you get to the upholstery stage, the upholstery guy will set the seat cushions and back up with foam of differing firmness'.
Be sure to make a rise at the front of the bottom cushion for proper leg support and set up the foam for lumbar support.

When you get this far along, you'll probably want to get the foam cut and cover it with beach towel or Mexican blanket and drive the car to see if the foam is set up the way you want.
I did this and we made some minor changes in the foam padding.

There are additional things you can do to make the seats more comfortable.
Some guys like to cut out the area under your buttski and staple webbing so an additional piece of firm foam can be inserted there for a little more cushioning and a little more seat drop.
I like to glue and through bolt with 10-24's two additional pieces of plywood under the buttski cutout.
The first piece is cut to match the hole in the main seat bottom plywood, the second piece is not cut out.
This allows an extra 1 1/2" of foam in the cutout well.

Here's a pic that doesn't show the riser real well, but you may be able to scale a piece under the plywood seat bottom that matches height-wise.
The riser tapers to about 1" high at the extreme rear.

As you can see, there's other uses for the riser than just holding up the seat.