1931 Model A Briggs Fordor

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Bigsweet75

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Hello everyone. I am relatively new to this site and have searched this forum quite a bit while I've been restoring my first model A.
Now that I am attempting to tackle the seats I am not sure if they are correct.

Can anyone identify these seats? Are they original for the front and rear seats of A 1931 IMG_8337.jpgIMG_8332.jpgmodel A Briggs fordor?


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Photo looks like my 31 s/w front seat. I think it is correct for your car.

It looks rough however, these seat frames are very hard to come by unless your lucky.

You have most of the wood for patterns, and a sheet metal shop should be able to fabricate the rusted rolled piece at the bottom.
JB
 
straight window 155 series body or slant window 160 series body?

The straight window would have the wood bottom, but I am pretty sure the 160 will be all metal, that is no wood on the bottom.
 
Thanks for the advice. The car is a 155 straight windshield I believe. It has the visor over the top of the windshield.

I know it is a bit challenging, but I think I can try and reproduce the wood from the patterns and I know of a welding shop that will hopefully agree to fixing the bottom metal on the seat back.


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We are working on a 160B Briggs Slant TS. The front seat slides are mounted to the metal floor sub rails. They are not mounted on a seat frame as in Pic #1.
The seat in the pictures look very similar to those found in late 30/31 coupes with seat adjuster knob.
 
I have a bunch of pictures I collected off the internet for reference for my '30 Town Sedan. If you would like, PM me your email and I can send them to you later today or tomorrow. There are too many to post here.
 

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My wooden seat frames for my '28 Briggs Fordor were in similar shape as what you have. I replaced all the wood in the frames with Hard Maple attained from a lumber yard in Rochester, MN when we lived there. Would suggest that you make the seat exactly as was done at the factory with the correct mortise and tenon joints. Know it is a lot of work, but they will be strong and hold up. For the ply wood pieces used a material called Baltic Birch. It is a lot stronger and dimensionally stable. Was lucky as had all the tools, Mortise Chisel machine, and tenon guide for the table saw.
 
Ask around, these seats are fairly common, you should not be fixing the metal on that one unless you are pretty isolated. The price of a new one should not be to much and yours looks to be fairly far gone.

If no one local then contact Bert's Model A Center
 
Looks like the seat in my 30 T.S. You will have a massive project when you get to the rest of the wood in the car. And welcome to the barn.

Mike
 
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