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    Quote Originally Posted by garrycol View Post
    Thanks, that was the picture I found some time back.
    Just came back from the local woodwork club where I cut some hardwood down to size.....

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    I made mine from western red cedar because I had a lot of it at home. Yes it's soft wood but they've been fine for the past 10 years. Mine have hessian stretched across like the Exmoor ones with the Dunlopillow underneath.
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    Quote Originally Posted by numpty View Post
    I made mine from western red cedar because I had a lot of it at home. Yes it's soft wood but they've been fine for the past 10 years. Mine have hessian stretched across like the Exmoor ones with the Dunlopillow underneath.
    Is it just the hessian that’s stops the foam falling through the middle of the frame ? I wondered if there was some webbing across the centre, mind you the hessian wouldn’t be needed then.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by gromit View Post
    Is it just the hessian that’s stops the foam falling through the middle of the frame ? I wondered if there was some webbing across the centre, mind you the hessian wouldn’t be needed then.....

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    I don't know Colin, as I had an upholsterer remake the seats with my frames. As the foam also sits on the timber all round, the hessian would hold it in the middle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by numpty View Post
    I don't know Colin, as I had an upholsterer remake the seats with my frames. As the foam also sits on the timber all round, the hessian would hold it in the middle.
    Thanks....I'm guessing they wouldn't use the hessian and also webbing so hessian it is.........

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    Quote Originally Posted by garrycol View Post
    Checked some measurements today and a few on the drawing are a bit suspect.
    I'll make some frames to my dimensions and see how they fit.

    Here's a view under an existing seat.

    DSCN4770 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    Whether these are replacements or not I don't know. There are 4 big air holes to let air escape as you sit on the seat, you can just see a couple on the RHS.
    Rubber buffers are either side at the front rather than at the back on the frame shown above. This is because the base is flat and the block that stops the seat sliding forward (and holds the strap) would make the seat rock if the buffers weren't there.


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    '81 SIII FFR
    '95 Defender Tanami
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    I'm not home until tomorrow Colin otherwise I'd send a picture of the drawing I made of my frames. Mine don't have the fancy leather retainer at the front either.

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    Red face

    Whilst tidying up the garage today I thought I should get a move on with the Series I seat frames.

    Some glue and a staple gun and it's on to finding some foam for the seats & hessian for underneath, then I have to make some seat covers.....

    DSCN4834 by Colin Radley, on Flickr


    Colin
    '56 Series 1 with homemade welder
    '65 Series IIa Dormobile
    '70 SIIa GS
    '76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
    '81 SIII FFR
    '95 Defender Tanami
    '58 Series II (sold)
    Motorcycles :-
    Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C

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    Walked into an Op Shop yesterday and picked up several metres of hessian.

    Just need to get the foam cut and then buy some vinyl and get sewing......

    DSCN4925 by Colin Radley, on Flickr



    Colin
    '56 Series 1 with homemade welder
    '65 Series IIa Dormobile
    '70 SIIa GS
    '76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
    '81 SIII FFR
    '95 Defender Tanami
    '58 Series II (sold)
    Motorcycles :-
    Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C

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