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turkey knife

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:43:23 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: a turkey knife does a great job cutting seat foam (and lots of other things around the shop) i picked this one up for 20 bucks a long time ago and it has served me well

staples

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:43:22 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: not sure how many, but i reloaded the staple gun twice

seat belt bar

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:43:21 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: i figured while i had it torn down i could mount a 1/8 X 1" flat bar to attach the seat belts to. that gives a lot more surface area for the belts to pull on before they rip out of the old brittle ABS seat base

rough cut foam

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:43:20 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: here are all to foam pieces rough cut and ready to glue/ final shape

ready to cover

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:20:56 +0000

by: racerone3

measurements 2

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:20:55 +0000

by: racerone3

measurements 1

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:20:54 +0000

by: racerone3

max II body

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:20:52 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: this is the early Ford Bronco rear seat that is now in my Attex. I was just test fitting it in a Max II body that I had laying around. It fits like it grew there in the max II body

hog rings

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:20:47 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: all the hog rings in place on the seat back

hog ring

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:20:44 +0000

by: racerone3

first hog ring installed

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:17:16 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: getting the first hog ring in place was the hardest... each one after that got easier

glue

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:17:15 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: gluing the layers together

foam layout

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:17:14 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: i laid the seat boards on the foam with a little room between then cut them all out with a turkey knife

cover laid in place

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:17:13 +0000

by: racerone3

seat base done

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:17:13 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: the finished bottom of the seat

bar clamp

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:17:12 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: a bar clamp made a great extra hand while i got the hog rings in place

boards

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:12:15 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: here are the boards to make the seat frames, laid out on the padding that will give the seats some squish

before

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:12:13 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: this was the original seat back and a base i'd thrown together last fall

side

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:12:12 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: the bronco seat isn't quite as wide as the original, but a little space to stuff a water bottle and camera will be nice

after

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:12:10 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: 1971 Bronco rear seat in the wild wolf

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after

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:12:09 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: 1971 Bronco rear seat in the wild wolf

after

racerone3 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:12:07 +0000

by: racerone3

Description: 1971 Bronco rear seat in the wild wolf

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