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fordtrucks4ever
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Several years ago, VB had a sale on big Healey seat pans. I finally broke down and bought two for my car. One was made in UK and nearly perfect. Other one made up in the northeast and a total POS. I sent it back and it was eventually replaced with one from UK. Now I am looking at BE seat bases. Needless to say they are just a litle pricey for what you get. My old ones are skeletal remains, but enough there to get accurate dimensions for duplicating. Since they appear to be mirror images of each other, shouldnt be difficult to clone them nearly identical. Will take some patience to form them without a 100 ton punch press and $10,000 die set, but I think its a win win for me. Anyone given the effort to offset outright cost vs your time? I think they can be made in a weekends worth of time. And if I dont press too hard and just work out the bugs doing so, will be more prepared when ressurecting the body which needs a lot of attention. The more timely part is making a pattern for main section of seat base. But it will work for both sides. Probably machine it from a plate of aluminum. Sheet metal is very light gauge, so it will form with little difficulty. Maybe if they turn out well, well anyway, I am going to see what happens. If I am happy with the results, I want honest opinions if I get brave enough to post pics.
