bucket seat brackets

[ford4x4fun]

So is someone actually going to make the brackets or is this all still in a plan faze. Or do we still need dimentions I am confused

[ford4x4fun]

I would believe that is isn't an easy task to do at all.

[Ranchero50]

Sorry to butt in or highjack the thread, but we see this all the time at work. The Itailian stuff for our printing presses cost literally an arm and a leg and takes three months to show up, but it also cost an arm and leg for the machine shop to get the material and then build the part. A simple bearing box can have thirty or more setups to do fourty or so processes to get the part out and time cost money. We have two machinists and two fab guys and they are always swamped with work so if they get orders to do a high priority project everything else waits.

With that in mind figure with these brackets there's probably four separate parts to design, cut out, drill, form, QA, and pack at $75/hr shop rate. So you're looking at a $1400 minimum order so they'll do the design and prototypes and they'll cost around $160- $200 per set if you are lucky... Of course they'll need a truck and the seats to make sure the prototypes fit correctly since God only knows what might have happened to the original fourty year old brackets.

Jamie

[DuckRyder]

Honestly guys, I do not understand why you are wanting to go ahead with this process when there is already someone who has done all the work that Ranchero50 just spoke about.

I've given his name and hawkrod posted his contact information. His price last time I checked was in the range that Ranchero50 just quoted.

Now if Jim can't supply them anymore, or if you feel you can improve the product (not sure how that would be) then more power to you. But to go through the whole process (including the waiting) when you can e-mail the gent and have them this time next week seems a bit odd to me.

[ford4x4fun]

I don't know how much you all want brackets that are original, but if you look at Grant Pererson's Bumpside Build-Off for May 2008, VOL 17 NO 5 in "Classic Trucks" he makes his own brackets for the bucket seats. It didn't look like it was to hard of a job for someone that can half way work with there hands. The seats will be set in place, and you wont be able to move them, but that is just my maybe it will help you all out.

[mljjones67]

Could you pm the contact info? Thanks

[trickf100]

I didn't save the contact info from when I ordered mine but I am sure one of the the other guys that have ordered them still have it.

He offered 2 styles when I got mine, one for the slick sides and one for the bumpsides. I didn't know there was a difference but if someone was looking for brackets for a slick he has them as well.

[FORDification]

Somebody needs to PM me with his contact info as well. I'll contact him and see if he'd be OK with him to post the info here.

[ford4x4fun]

Did we ever get ahold of the guy with the brackets

[FORDification]

I've just gotten a PM with his e-mail address, and I plan on contacting him to see if he's still selling these brackets. Stand by...

[mickster]

I'm waiting for some direction as to these part's. Has anyone contacted the gentelman with the brackets? What can I do to help.

Mick

[FORDification]

An e-mail has been sent....and it wasn't returned, so the address must still be good. All I can do now is wait for a reply. I'll let you know as soon as I hear something.

[mljjones67]

Hey Keith I wonder if the bucket seats I have will work with those brackets??

[H-DFord]

If this works out im interested in a set too. Thanks John

[mickster]

I'll take no response from the previous source as a go ahead on getting the parts quoted. Based on sets of 10 as all layed out before.

Mick