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Finally my bomber seats (see post #9 in this thread) are in the hands of my upholstery guy. I visited his shop and we talked and decided it was a go. It's Chris at Bux Customs near Pottstown, PA and so far I like where he's going. Only negative is I can't drive it for a little while longer

These are the seat bases in case I didn't post them before. Made by a local dude who does custom furniture and guitars, string instruments.


Pulled out the seats to give to Chris:


Preparing the seats:


Starting on them:

I'm having a hard time not driving it while waiting for the seats to be done. So I decided to upgrade from the milk crate I was sitting on. I think I have a Hawaiian shirt that goes well with this seat.

nudder update: I'm picking these puppies up tomorrow! I'm psyched!!!









Thanks a million to Chris McClintock of Bux Customs for doing such an awesome job on my bomber seats! Soon we'll get started on matching the rest of the interior style to these seats.
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Very nice and a clever twist on doing an interior. ! I would be psyched, too. They go great with the rest of your interior.

Very nice stitching & leather work there. Looking forward to seeing them in place - not sure how those pretty wood bases play into the picture... Almost a shame to cover them up.

Thanks, guys.

Roger, I feel the same way about the nice wood bases. Too nice to cover up but what's a boy to do? About all I can do is consider them sort of like aircraft seat cushions so in case I drive into a flood they can be my floatation devices.

So did the wood "base" in Post #31 above get covered with upholstery, or does the seat assembly sit atop them somehow? Trying to understand, as I cannot see the logic of building a base like that knowing it would never be seen again....

The wood bases are not covered. They are bolted to the floor; then the seat bolts pass thru the bases and are also bolted to the floor. The picture of the base above does not show the countersunk holes for the bolts.

As to the "logic", it's because I can see the bases when I open the door and look down there, especially the cool little "V8" symbols inlaid in the front edge, and I like it Plus, it's "different". Also consider that this wooden base seemed quite a bit simpler to build than most of the nice metal bases like I see some guys building for hot rod seats and most of those metal bases are less visible than mine. Dammit! Next person who gets into my roadster will have to look at these bases whether they like it or not!

Originally Posted by Hot Rod Nick

The wood bases are not covered. They are bolted to the floor; then the seat bolts pass thru the bases and are also bolted to the floor. The picture of the base above does not show the countersunk holes for the bolts.

As to the "logic", it's because I can see the bases when I open the door and look down there, especially the cool little "V8" symbols inlaid in the front edge, and I like it Plus, it's "different". Also consider that this wooden base seemed quite a bit simpler to build than most of the nice metal bases like I see some guys building for hot rod seats and most of those metal bases are less visible than mine. Dammit! Next person who gets into my roadster will have to look at these bases whether they like it or not!

Oh I agree with your approach 110%!! Acting as a true base for the seat they provide a very neat feature to the car, visible when one enters as you say. I was fearing that when you said "base" they were the sitting base, as in the bottom of the upholstered seat, and that just did not make sense! As I said before, I'd like to see pictures of the seats installed, and especially a door open, seat base visible shot when they're done.

I think you may have to throw a Mexican blanket over those seats so nobody else copies what you have done. You and the Upholstery guy have done an excellent job.

Beautiful Nick! Just Beautiful!

Thanks again for all the positive comments, guys. I like them so much I'd find it hard to believe somebody not liking them, but I realize they won't be everybody's style.

I installed them after work today and then went out for a couple hour ride. My wife said "I thought you said you'd be back in half hour" ...sometimes I'm so time dysfunctional it's hard to believe. But they're very comfortable, too. Glad for that since my old butt needs comfort and I went over that important feature with Chris (upholstery man) so he knew to make sure priority for comfort was up there with style. I'm driving it to work tomorrow and will take some pics in daylight and post back, showing some installed shots like Roger suggested.

Just got back from a very pleasant lunch at Tony's Place Pub so first things first, I will recommend the Southern Tier Brewing Company's Hop Sun beer. It was pleasantly highlighted by home made tuna salad sandwich, spiced up with a little mayo-Sriracha hot sauce, on local bakery rye bread, with sweet potato fries. Going back after work!

Then I took a few pics as below to give you a better idea of the installed look ...keep in mind that later this season when there won't be so many nice driving days I will be changing the rest of the interior to better match:

The wiring you see to that little panel button mounted on the left is the driver's seat with the "fat girl ejection button" aka line-lock.






PS: excuse the dirt especially on the carpet, from barreling down the road in an open car and didn't take time to clean it yet

Oh now I understand where those beautifully crafted pieces of lumber were going. Awesome finish and yes, once you have the rest of the trim matching the deeper brown, you will have an amazing car interior that finishers the whole car. Now I looked real hard and I couldn't see any dirt but in saying that, dirt on the carpet means that your baby is a driver and you don't even hesitate to drive it to work, you sir are to be admired for that.

Thought it was time to revive this thread. Anything new in the last few months? Sure are some nice seats and beautiful craftsman ship on this thread.... Lets keep it going. Whats new out there?