driver's seat questions

[Mike Harry]

A little background first. Original seat came with the boat. It had no covering left on it, no actual butt pad at all, none of the wood was left on it, basically its the bare fiberglass shell.

Fastforward to today. I put a plastic cast seat I got from Brandon in the boat because I had no idea how the other one went together,  I also had to put in a newer style seat base because one didn't come with my boat at all.

I was thinking about giving my seat up to Ron because he can use it, but he wants to know why I'm not using it.

Now I'm questioning myself as to do I want to and if so how do I figure out how to cover it? I know there had to be wood to staple to, but I don't know how that worked out.

 Any help? Any thoughts or suggestions?

[Mike Harry]

9 lookie-lou's and no opinions?

I can get the seat base from Ron, I can also get the sliders from him. Shipping the seat back and forth for him to put some wood on it seems a little overkill. Is there nobody here that can explain to me how the wood works?

[Joel]

Mike,

The driver's seat bottom is made of marine plywood, cut in a horseshoe shape towards the back & flat in the front so it fits snugly inside the seat.  The horseshoe / rounded end sits in the seat at a downward slant towards the backrest and rests on the bottom.  It has two wooden tabs inside the front edge that fit inside the lip of the seat that hold it in place.  Its got a nice thick piece of foam, cut to fit, and covered - pretty basic really.  I dont know about the back, etc, as I didnt recover the any of the uphostery...

Thats all I know... honestly...   

[wetamb]

Wish you would have posted this a few weeks ago as my seats were getting recovered with vinyl and I could have taken photos of the bare seat ....

[Mike Harry]

Poo 

[Mike Harry]

Joel, pics of bottom would be a good start. 

Especially the blocks that the pad sits on!

[Joel]

There arent any blocks that the pad sit on...  they are just two small rectangular pieces fit across the bottom / front / inside edge to keep the seat bottom from scooting forward - nothing fancy at all.

Hopefully, I'll have her out this weekend so I can take some pics.  I dont store it at the house (neighbors would complain) so I cant get to her right away - or pics would already be posted (if I can figure out how...)   

[Mike Harry]

No hurries, no worries. I have a seat and am not jumping on this, just gathering information at this time. So whenever you get a chance man.

Thanks as always!

[wetamb]

Mike,

Happened to be over at upholstery shop this afternoon and there was an AM skier in the shop.  The drivers seat was on the table, uncovered and I took some pics of the seat with the foam on it.  I will post them shortly.  Also left a note in the glove box of the AM skier letting them know my name and about the website!


BJ

[wetamb]

Here are those pics of the seat.   

[Mike Harry]

That's great man! THANKS ALOT!

Half the battle there, now if I can just figure out the wood under the outside edge lip of the seat ill be golden!  My seat is older. It has no padding on the back side. It is only gel coat. I don't know if that makes things more simple or more complicated.

That's a great start though, thanks again!

Man, what are the odds of running into another A.S., much lessone getting the front seat done at the same shop!

[RonT]

Early models were open back gelcoated finish, late models were upholstered all around. If possible substitute the wood tack strips with plastic like Starboard, it will hold staples better and won't rot. (Starboard wasn't available when the older boats were made)

[Mike Harry]

The more I look at it, it appears I dont need the wood under the bottom of the seat at all.....? I have nothing to fasten to it. It appears that everything I need is inside the seat and the dreaded lip I still have not figured out.