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George Zeck

George Zeck

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Hi All --

Making slow & steady progress on the interior re-do. Just discovered my seat pan's are pretty rotten (rusty). This is the area the seat bottom / ulphostery attaches to and the whole thing fits into the seat frame. Saw some on ebay for $130 each + shipping (both are rotten). This just seems way too high.

https://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/STEEL-SEA...6QQcmdZViewItem

Anyone have a better source or ideas (can I make these ? Didn't look at them too closely).

The good news - underneath the carpet is surprisingly clean and rot free (if I had to pick my poison, I'm doing well).

Tx-

George Zeck
gzeck2@yahoo.com
 
I can't help you out, but I agree.....I'd rather have rotten seat pans than floor boards! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
Your local upholstery shop can make new bottoms with a plywood base and a build up of foam. This is very common with the hotrod crowd. Or... if only the bottom is rusty and you want to maintain the front metal shape, then cut a plywood bottom and attach the front metal shape.
 
Or send Tony a PM. Hes got em if he did not send to the crusher.
 
Seat bases are a little high, AHSpares.co.uk has them for $100 a piece, send em an email they should be able to quote a price with shipping.
 
$100 each is a little high. My local upholstery guy will take seat frames and give me back two completed seats for $250-300.
 
I made my own plywood ones. They worked well! I have since replaced them with marine Starboard (PVC which will not rot) which is slightly less ridged than wood! I certainly do not miss the extra metal "shaping" piece in the front!!
 
Thanks All -

Will try to make my own piece. If I botch it up - I'd have to bite the bullet anyways.

Mike - what do yu mean by 'marine starboard' - is it a board (like wood at Home depot or Lowe's) that you cut to shape & glue (versus nails) together ?????

Tx-

George
 
Starboard is not a board. It is the right hand side of a boat when facing forward or your left hand when looking at its front. That's the side with the green navigation light. The same applies to airplanes. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazyeyes.gif
 
Bayless said:
Starboard is not a board. It is the right hand side of a boat when facing forward or your left hand when looking at its front. That's the side with the green navigation light. The same applies to airplanes. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazyeyes.gif
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Cute!
"Red Right Returning".
George,"Marine Starboard" is a high densithy plastic used in marine applications. It doesn't warp like regular wood, or delaminate like plywood. It's essentially a thicker version of the plastic used to make milk jugs.

Jeff
 
/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/iagree.gifActually, closer to the point, "marine starboard" is virtually identical in make-up to the white PVC plumbing pipe found at Home Depot, just rolled out in sheets of varied thicknesses(usually defined in metrics, i.e. 10mm, 13mm, etc.) /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif
PS: It is scary to think that milk is packaged in PVC /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif but then water is piped in it!!
 
And is great stuff around the home, etc for small bits of stuff you need to make.
 
Actually milk jugs are normally polyethylene not poly vinyl chloride (PVC)
Sorry
 
UHMW is polyethylene (ultra high molecular weight, just one of many varieties)
Darn near need a plastics encyclopedia to sort them out.
Bill
 
Jeff (Bugeye58) -

Bought some Marine Starboard today. I clearly see why this could last a monsoon.

I understand the 'bottom' of the seat pan (flat 2D dimension) - what did you do to make the curved areas so the seat doesn't squish out on the sides and front ??

Also - what about the curved / raised area ? Or did you do without ??


Tx-

George Zeck
 
Billm said:
UHMW is polyethylene (ultra high molecular weight, just one of many varieties)
Darn near need a plastics encyclopedia to sort them out.
Bill
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Bill, I guess I used the wrong punctuation. UHMW, (polyethyelene).
I hate working with that stuff. Much prefer Delrin.
Jeff
 
George Zeck said:
Jeff (Bugeye58) -

Bought some Marine Starboard today. I clearly see why this could last a monsoon.

I understand the 'bottom' of the seat pan (flat 2D dimension) - what did you do to make the curved areas so the seat doesn't squish out on the sides and front ??

Also - what about the curved / raised area ? Or did you do without ??


Tx-

George Zeck
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I just did without! If the starboard is not too heavy one can put mild bends into it with some heat!
 
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