Seat for a B
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Topic: Seat for a B
Posted By: nella(Pa)
Subject: Seat for a B
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2016 at 6:07pm
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Are there plans available to building a seat for an 1938 Allis B. Thanks, Nella
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2016 at 6:16pm
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The cushion, or the frame? ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: nella(Pa)
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2016 at 6:20pm
the cushion
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CTuckerNWIL wrote:Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2016 at 6:26pm
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I wonder what the original ones had inside. Just springs or some kind of filler? Ken?
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2016 at 7:12pm
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Here is a link to an old post. http://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=36706" rel="nofollow - http://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=36706
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Chalmersbob
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2016 at 9:44pm
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The early seats had a zig-zag wire springs. The later one used coil springs. They both used a 3'4" plywood base about 14" X 28" with 2 3/4" hole drilled in it. To leave the air out as you put your butt on the seat. The filling was cotton and horse hair or fiber as stated in the other post. And was covered a green cotton waterproof duck material. I wood not want to sit on a vinyl cover for long, it will make your butt sweat. Bob ------------- 4 B's, 1 C's,3 CA's, 2 G's WD, D14, D15, B-1, B10, B12, 712S, |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2016 at 7:03am
The seat would make you sweat,I put in a lot of hrs when I was young cultivating corn with a B.We did have an umbrella rigged up on it to get a little shade. |
Posted By: cpg
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2016 at 7:59am
| We made both the seats for our B's. Just cut a piece of plywood to the size of the seat box. Then we just got some high density foam (like is used in atv/motorcycle seats) and a vinyl material from a craft store. Wrap it around and staple to the wood with a staple gun. Mine is covered with vinyl I cut out of an old bus seat. I am fine with the vinyl but you can pick out any cover you want. Nice part about the vinyl is if they get wet you can just wipe it right off and not have water soak into the seat. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2016 at 12:11pm
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Nella, here is a place where you can get them: http://www.allisbseat.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.allisbseat.com/ ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2016 at 1:00pm
| So did they originally have the seat back cushion? |
Posted By: peterh
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2016 at 1:56pm
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no, the seat back cushions are not original, but they sure make it a lot more comfortable, especially if bouncing around a little. I bought both of my seats and backs from allisbseat.com, and im very happy with them. One set is black, the other is orange with black trim, which looks very sharp. ------------- 1947 C, 1949 B, 195? CA 60 series cultivator fertilizer side dresser 2 bottom snap coupler plow 1 bottom plow, Cole planter |
Posted By: dudley wallace
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2016 at 3:38pm
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I went thru hy/capacity tractor parts and it was a nice seat with a padded back the back was on gleaner combines and had the sam bolt pattern ------------- a member of hendricks county antique tractor and machinery association club. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2016 at 9:03pm
I believe some early B's had a padded seat back. I think I remember someone talking about real early ones had a wood back. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: nella(Pa)
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2016 at 9:37pm
In the 1938 B operators manual it shows a back, item #8, #207354, quantity 1, name, seat back.
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