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Title: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: Ckaz21 on April 15, 2014, 10:34:18 PM
Hey guys I'm trying to build a couple buckets seats for my boat and I'm wondering if anyone have any blueprints or dimensions from some they've built in the past? Thanks


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Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: GT Jets on April 15, 2014, 10:35:39 PM
Hey guys I'm trying to build a couple buckets seats for my boat and I'm wondering if anyone have any blueprints or dimensions from some they've built in the past? Thanks


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Do you have auto cad?

I maybe can get you a little something something...  ;)

GT
Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: Ckaz21 on April 15, 2014, 10:41:45 PM
Haha I don't have it, but I can download it!


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Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: GT Jets on April 15, 2014, 10:51:43 PM
I think I have some of the original Kirkey seat drawings from the race boat. They were aluminum, but can't see why they could not be made from fiberglass or wood.

These things were so comfortable, if we weren't constantly taking flight over rapids at over 85MPH, you could have gone to sleep...  :-\

GT
Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: GT Jets on April 15, 2014, 10:53:36 PM

We ran a version of these guys...


(https://www.kirkeyracing.com/images/default//newthumbnails/dbc072861185617c_large.png)
Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: GeneralLee on April 15, 2014, 10:57:46 PM
Wow those look like a masterpiece. Something you want to frame and hang up in the living room instead of a TV.



Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: GT Jets on April 15, 2014, 11:12:32 PM
Wow those look like a masterpiece. Something you want to frame and hang up in the living room instead of a TV.



They can be bought new for under $250...  :sly: Mine were powder coated white... :sly:
Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: GeneralLee on April 15, 2014, 11:14:17 PM
A piece???



Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: GeneralLee on April 15, 2014, 11:15:51 PM
Where do I find a bucket bench set that's gonna match that? Now imagine a bucket bench set that looks like that?!?!?!?!



Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: GT Jets on April 15, 2014, 11:17:08 PM
A piece???



Yeah each. I made ours. The guys at Kirkey hooked us up with a design for a fee, they could not get them make in time and our seats did not need to be SFI certified.

GT
Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: GT Jets on April 15, 2014, 11:19:37 PM
Where do I find a bucket bench set that's gonna match that? Now imagine a bucket bench set that looks like that?!?!?!?!



I always wanted to buy a third seat and cut it in half and build one with flat stock that has been broken to match the contour. How cool would that be.

I have to get my seats welded up from the Carrera so I can share some pictures. They're going to be off the hook. Just no money or time. As soon as the roof is done on the house and my solar system is up and running I will have some room to maneuver.

GT
Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: rush1 on April 16, 2014, 02:46:43 PM
Who did the upholstery Martinez?

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Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: GeneralLee on April 17, 2014, 02:10:53 AM
I always wanted to buy a third seat and cut it in half and build one with flat stock that has been broken to match the contour. How cool would that be.

I have to get my seats welded up from the Carrera so I can share some pictures. They're going to be off the hook. Just no money or time. As soon as the roof is done on the house and my solar system is up and running I will have some room to maneuver.

GT

Damn GT I can't wait to see that setup.



Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: GeneralLee on April 17, 2014, 02:13:34 AM
I mean the seats not the roof and solar panels lol. But good luck with the house work too hehe.



Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: 76 Bonneville on April 17, 2014, 08:36:24 AM
Couple of boats with old school seating
Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: beerjet on April 17, 2014, 09:00:58 PM
Couple of boats with old school seating
that is a ton of relief cuts in those front seats Ron!

-beerjet-

Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: beerjet on April 17, 2014, 10:24:07 PM
i tried doing his method with relief cuts and when i went to bend em, all it did was crack the outside skin of the plywood.  even tried soaking em in water.  he has some magic trick that allows him to do awesome stuff like that.
Relief cuts aren't real tough....
Not the easiest thing either if you aren't a wood worker....

I have a little something brewing....
Keep your eyes peeled.

-beerjet-

Title: Re: Anyone have bucket seat blueprints?
Post by: holorinhal on April 21, 2014, 08:54:01 PM
here ya go. http://www.performanceboats.com/user-how-section/18557-seat-building-101-a.html (http://www.performanceboats.com/user-how-section/18557-seat-building-101-a.html)
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