Thread: Work on the 'ol ute tomorrow

Cant find any decent 2nd hand seats and cant force myself to spend the cash getting them from England so I asked the boss if I can get mine re-covered Looks like I can ... probably gotta help out at this weekends garage sale tho

Well - Thanks to Wannalandy (cheers again Mick) I have 2 brand new Dunlop Super Grippers for the ol ute with a couple more to follow, once I find where I can get them for a respectable price (205R16LT). Then she will be looking great with new boots

Mick came thru here today on his way to Cooma (photos mate, photos), giving me a hand with keeping the work on the ute going Looks like I shall be back into it over the weekend... wheels on, more black paint around a small section of the chassis and then finding someone who can re-cover my seats.

Will keep the photos coming once I get some more work done.

Well Troy I am going to make my own new bases, my ma in law will happily sew the covers up in vinyl or even canvas and I can just pad them and pull the covers on and staple the back edge and then do the calico covering on the bottom to dress up, dont have to be a genius to sew the covers mate, they are only square squabs, doubt an upholsterer would want much, think I am only having two seats, will fit a something tween the seats not sure yet

In case it is of use to anyone - here are dimensions and patterns for the seat bases.

Garry

Originally Posted by olmate

Cant find any decent 2nd hand seats and cant force myself to spend the cash getting them from England so I asked the boss if I can get mine re-covered Looks like I can ... probably gotta help out at this weekends garage sale tho

They were selling them at Cooma. Not cheap!!

Originally Posted by graceysdad

Well Troy I am going to make my own new bases, my ma in law will happily sew the covers up in vinyl or even canvas and I can just pad them and pull the covers on and staple the back edge and then do the calico covering on the bottom to dress up, dont have to be a genius to sew the covers mate, they are only square squabs, doubt an upholsterer would want much, think I am only having two seats, will fit a something tween the seats not sure yet

Your all sorted done well. Me being a lazy bloke who would prefer to get someone else to do the sewing for me will wait and (more than likely) go for the easy option.

I have been looking a fair bit on the net for replacement seats and they are very expensive when you chuck freight on them. I have been told of a local bloke who does a good job for a respectable price so I shall investigate that further when the time comes

Hey Troy did the cover plate with PTO access arrive?

Originally Posted by graceysdad

Hey Troy did the cover plate with PTO access arrive?

Yes mate, Its all here now and I shall paint it next week then put her on.

Thanks again (sorry for the late reply - only just got the computer back after it died on me)