Old car seats

[chevelles]

I'm trying to identify what car these may have come from.

Since the backs don't tilt, maybe they are front seats from some 4 door 30's vehicle.

Most of the ones I've seen though are bench seats, not individual buckets.

The custom mounting brackets are not original equipment. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for any help you can provide.

[TheMoneyPit]

Model A 2-door is possible, looks close to a model T, but it's not quite the right mount pattern.

[Mike Cullen]

The upholstery looks like Ford "Bedford Cord" Not sure about the application for the seats themselves.

[Aanderson44]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Model A 2-door is possible, looks close to a model T, but it's not quite the right mount pattern. </div></div>

Nope, not Model T or Model A Ford--as those seats had folding backs, with the irons clearly visible alongside the joint between cushion and seat back. In fact, I doubt those are two-door sedan seats at all, given that at least folding seat backs were nearly universal, in order to allow easy entrance and egress to and from the back seat. However, there were coupes that had individual seats, as opposed to a simple bench seat.

Art Anderson

[Guest 36chev]

These look very similar to the front seats in my 1936 Chevrolet Standard model

Town Sedan (2-door). A visible difference, however, is the upholstery striping: on the 36 Chevrolet standard it was originally a herringbone pattern in the mohair cloth, not straight lines as these appear to be. Is there a mechanism for one of the seats to slide? On the 36, one of the seats would have a mechanism for the drivers seat to slide for adjustment. On the passenger seat the back would lean forward for passenger entry, while the driver's seat was solid. The 36 Chevrolet Master 2-door was completely different--a bench seat with only the backs tilting forward.

[chevelles]

These seats came from my grandparents some years back.

I don't remember if they knew or ever said where they came from.

I do remember my Grandfather saying he had owned a Velie and a White(truck?).

You might guess from the bases that they were used as chairs in the house.

My gradmother had made cloth covers to go over them.

I never saw them with any metal slides on the bottom.

[progoofoff]

They are very simiiar to`55 Chevrolet sedan delivery. The material being cloth would likly be late 40s to early 50s

[TheMoneyPit]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nope, not Model T or Model A Ford--as those seats had folding backs...</div></div>

Please excuse my ignorance with A's, I made an assumption based on the model T's that the front drivers seat did not fold.

I usually don't argue, but Ford Tudor sedans in 1926 have a non-folding seat on the drivers side. The passengers seat folds and has visible irons as Art stated above, but the drivers seat does not fold, it does hinge forward for no good reason as the access thru the drivers door is poor for the front seat let alone the rear...But the holes on the bottom of your seat do not match the hole pattern on the T. I have a good picture of the bottom of the T seat that I took for someone in the Ford club, but it's too big to post here. If you would like a copy I can e-mail it to you.

Regards,

Mark