my attempt at bomber seats

cornfield customs · Aug 1, 2010

first attempt at some aluminum bomber style seats. all hand formed out of 16 gauge sheet. all hand buck riveted. my mom sewed the cover up for me. lol.
going to try and improve on these seats and get more complex with the design down the road. it turned ok for the first one lol. will get more pics on the next ones

TiredIronGRB · Aug 1, 2010

Very nice workmanship!

frank p · Aug 1, 2010

Bomber Seats

Looks good, any padding for the back?

Bonehead · Aug 1, 2010

good job!

hotrod preacher · Aug 2, 2010

that poor thing looks like something that woulda come out of an airplane!!

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just funnin w/ya....looks top notch and really cool......[cl[cl

Sam_Fear · Aug 2, 2010

frank p said:
Looks good, any padding for the back?

I'm thinkin that flat back might hurt after about 3 minutes.... Looks great though. Mom did a good job too! Maybe do the next one with a little curve to the back so your spine isn't the first thing to hit.

cornfield customs · Aug 2, 2010

they are not bad to sit in for a while, i sat in for about 20 mins with no issues. i have an original seat that has a curved back,i am planning on making a bunch of different styled seats. i will post pics of them

anvil · Aug 2, 2010

they look great!!!!! if the back starts to bug you two pads on the back would do the trick

cantwell.colton · Aug 3, 2010

cool - tell your mom great work for us all -

DJ3100 · Aug 3, 2010

Very Nice! I'd be very happy with those.

What did you (or rather your Mom) use for foam?
I pulled an old couch apart for the foam but it wasn't dense enough. The auto trim supply foam was BIG $$$$.

cornfield customs · Aug 3, 2010

i went to the local fabric/ craft store and bought all the vinyl and foam. it is 2.75 high density seat foam. it was like 30 bucks a yard though.

Sam_Fear · Aug 3, 2010

You might be able to scavenge HD foam from other seats. I junked the seats out of a 85 cutlass - good with no internal springs, etc. Cut down, they might work for bombers.

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