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I love my new to me pipe seat

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Patrick HMD

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My puter went bonkers awhile back, and I haven't been able to post pictures lately. Well it's fixed now so I'll have more pics to share later on.

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Fresh primer, fresh bolts. Original dot bolts at bottom.

This is what I had to begin with. Got these from John up in Florence Texas very reasonable. Both had worn parts, but I was able to get the best from both and made one sturdy good one.

I was a bit learey at first about getting a pipe seat. The coil spring seemed too stiff for a comfortable ride, but on the contrary, it turned out to be very comfortable. It's the best looking seat IMHO. More streamlined and less clutter. IMHO. I love and prefer the very early war, very early retro look on an 'M', and that's what I'll be doing to mine. Artistic license I think is what it's called. I don't have a problem with that, but I'm sure the correct police will, because there will be other early war parts going on it. OH WELL!

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Patrick
'49M
 
Looks great! I was fortunate enough to find the original pipe seat from my Grandfathers '42 H when I restored it. It had been replaced with a Monroe seat years ago, but my cousin found it in the old tractor shed on my uncles farm. Actually it was in pretty good shape and only needed a good sandblasting and painting.
 
Forgive my ignorance,

But what does the sheet metal portion do for functionality?

The part between the hinge and seat bucket, that is bolted to the pipe?

Thanks,

D.
 
That's the built in toolbox. Comes in very handy, & most stuff won't fall out no matter how "bouncy" the ride gets.
 
Many years ago dad had a new lariat, and tied it to the seat post while dragging it around the field to limber it up and get the twists out. It caught on something in the field. when it released it nearly through him off the seat and emptied the tool box. :lol:

You will also get a real thrill if that spring bolt breaks. The nut and top bracket pass your nose as the seat drops about 6 inches. Dad farmed with the same H for 45 years, and there are a lot of stories about it.
 
Great job on your seat thus far. Mine was in pretty rough shape, lot worse than yours. I had to weld up all my bolt holes and ream them back out to take up as much slop as I could. My toolbox was gone, I bought one off epay from Michigan.

The seat spring bolt on mine broke the first time I loaded it on a trailer, about two years before I restored it. Dang near fell slap off the back of the tractor when it happened. Took me a week to get my hip bones apart from my shoulder blades...

Darrell Darst redone my seat last winter and that really set it off, I like the way it rides and looks...

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That's a very inspiring picture DC. I've had it saved in my folder for several months now. Some good reference there. Hope mine looks that good when I'm done. I got a ways to go yet. Very slow process for me. BTW, I also had to do some repair on some of those holes.

Patrick
'49M
 
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