ak Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Anyone know a source for making wooden bucket seats as seen on Model T speedsters, but not for a Model T. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomcarnut Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 12 hours ago, ak said: Anyone know a source for making wooden bucket seats as seen on Model T speedsters, but not for a Model T. John I have wooden Seat bucket for early Reo that I want to sell. pm me if interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabnut Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) If you have pictures of the style you want and dimensions of space they fit into then I am sure seats could be made. Edited October 18, 2017 by Cabnut (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Are you looking for generic seats, or seats for a specific car? I have a wooden buck for making seats for a Model 20 Hupmobile....5 sheets of 1/8 inch plywood glued together....wooden speedster seats are pretty simple to build..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 We've built several sets. Buy 1/4" bendable plywood (yes, bendable plywood is available from any wood specialty company). cut out the base from 3/4 ply. Make a cardboard pattern of the seat as you would like it. Cut out several pieces from the bendable plywood. Glue and nail the first piece to your bottom form. Then glue and staple 2 more pieces, liberally coated with glue to the first piece. You now have a curved seat 3/4" thick. Clean up with a sander. Nothing difficult about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Restorer32 said: We've built several sets. Buy 1/4" bendable plywood (yes, bendable plywood is available from any wood specialty company). cut out the base from 3/4 ply. Make a cardboard pattern of the seat as you would like it. Cut out several pieces from the bendable plywood. Glue and nail the first piece to your bottom form. Then glue and staple 2 more pieces, liberally coated with glue to the first piece. You now have a curved seat 3/4" thick. Clean up with a sander. Nothing difficult about it. That does sound like a good way to proceed. You want some type of ELL bracket at the inside bottom, so those could hold your first sheet in place while you add the other sheets, fasten them with carriage bolts and they get covered by second sheet. Also, if you're going to iron the car for putting a top on it, the time to bolt on irons is after the second sheet, then the third sheet would hide the other carriage bolts. Then, you could either coat the wood with Smith's or West System, or you could skin it with metal. Neat idea!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RansomEli Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Thanks for the great advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 We love West System. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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