Evolution of Seats...

Neal · 25th June 2004, 08:16 PM

From this...

to this...

One hide and a few bucks later!

Bill Bayard · 25th June 2004, 09:15 PM

Neal,

VERY NICE!

Bill

Frank Catt · 26th June 2004, 03:58 AM

Neal, beautifully made seats, well done. I am just intrigued however as to much "a few bucks later" really is as I make seats like this in the UK and they they are quite expensive to make here,Frank

Neal · 26th June 2004, 01:38 PM

You do get what you pay for. The upholsterer found a deal on the aircraft quality leather. About $400 for the hyde, add another $100 for miscellaneous materials. Shop labor in my area is $80/hr. I negotiated a fixed price deal with the shop. Once I added sales tax of 8.9% the cost is comparable to your seats Frank (including shipping to the US)

Cheaper...faster...better, pick two. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Frank Catt · 26th June 2004, 04:28 PM

Neal, I spent an hour studying your build site photos tonight, bloody good, well done ! I do appreciate a guy who has a real go at making his own stuff, especially a exhaust header set, its not easy ( I know ) Detailing looks excellent and this car will be a credit to you. I notice my dog Oscar has joined Enzo on the site as well !! Frank

Neal · 1st July 2004, 03:39 PM

Thanks for the compliment Frank. The standard set by many on this board, including yourself, is tough to match but I might as well try! I sense Oscar may be a bit depressed as you wouldn't let his occupy your seats! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Frank's work...

Mark Worthington · 1st July 2004, 07:36 PM

Looking at that picture reminds me that I had intended to get my seats retrofitted like Frank's to accomodate the harness belts. Neal, I take it you plan on a three-point harness?

Neal · 5th July 2004, 05:01 PM

Using 4 point harnesses w/o a submarine belt...

norman falkiner · 7th July 2004, 01:57 AM

Wanting my seats to look as close to the originals as possible I had a look at as many photos as I could find and asked Robert to build me seats with 10 rows of 6 eyelets both on seat and back. This makes it 120 per seat. Was not cheap but far closer to the original look than others that seem to run about 50/66 eyelets per seat. Regards

Frank Catt · 7th July 2004, 03:35 AM

Norman, can you post pics of your seats? Frank

norman falkiner · 7th July 2004, 06:13 PM

Frank, I was hoping no one was going to ask for a photo as my skills at this stage are a problem,but if you look on the RF website you can see a photo of them in the photo gallery section.(red car). Regards