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25th June 2004, 08:16 PM
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| | Neal Lifetime Premier Supporter 
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, US GT40: GT40 NZ
Posts: 1,261
| Evolution of Seats... From this...
to this...
One hide and a few bucks later! |
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25th June 2004, 09:15 PM
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| | Fatal Attraction 10 tenths 
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lewes, Delaware, USA GT40: Ex-DRB #35
Posts: 1,535
| Re: Evolution of Seats... Neal,
VERY NICE!
Bill |
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26th June 2004, 03:58 AM
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| | wealdenengineer 10 tenths 
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: East Sussex, UK
Posts: 1,687
| Re: Evolution of Seats... 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 |
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26th June 2004, 01:38 PM
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| | Neal Lifetime Premier Supporter 
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, US GT40: GT40 NZ
Posts: 1,261
| Re: Evolution of Seats... 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] |
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26th June 2004, 04:28 PM
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| | wealdenengineer 10 tenths 
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: East Sussex, UK
Posts: 1,687
| Re: Evolution of Seats... 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 |
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1st July 2004, 03:39 PM
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| | Neal Lifetime Premier Supporter 
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, US GT40: GT40 NZ
Posts: 1,261
| Re: Evolution of Seats... 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... |
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1st July 2004, 07:36 PM
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| | Mark Worthington 10 tenths 
Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Massachusetts GT40: RF No. 36
Posts: 1,925
| Re: Evolution of Seats... 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? |
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5th July 2004, 05:01 PM
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| | Neal Lifetime Premier Supporter 
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, US GT40: GT40 NZ
Posts: 1,261
| Re: Evolution of Seats... Using 4 point harnesses w/o a submarine belt... |
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7th July 2004, 01:57 AM
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| | 3 Tenths 
Join Date: Sep 2001 GT40: australia
Posts: 329
| Re: Evolution of Seats... 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 |
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7th July 2004, 03:35 AM
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| | wealdenengineer 10 tenths 
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: East Sussex, UK
Posts: 1,687
| Re: Evolution of Seats... Norman, can you post pics of your seats? Frank |
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7th July 2004, 06:13 PM
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| | 3 Tenths 
Join Date: Sep 2001 GT40: australia
Posts: 329
| Re: Evolution of Seats... 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 |
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