[Bob Carriere]

Some seat pans were stamped from one piece of metal.......I believe that very early ones had a spot welded centre with the rims spot welded..... some also had a fixed back rest that did not fold forward........

As any one experimented with making seat bottom out of foam......Mac Auto offers custom single seats at around $350 US $ just for the wire spring with no cover. . Possibly a sandwich of multilayer density foam that would look tight for MV shows BUT also offer some degree of bump absorption........ I recently drove my cab 11 on very rough roads and was pounced clear off the seat....repeatedly....and slammed the spring cushion flat into the steel pan......... according to someone following me he maintained that I had enough air time for a pilot's license.........also blew the RH small Delco shock absorber which lost its oil...( I have spares)... on a real rough road they are brutal..... but have yet to make use of the repro rubber head pads.

Now of the opinion that seat belts are essential to limit the amount of effort .....death grip on the steering wheel......needed to stay behind the wheel to be ready for the next bump.....

...but it was fun!!!!!