I'm bored as fook so here goes.

Bomber seats. I am obsessed with them. Pretty much exactly what they sound like, these seats were used in old WW2 bomber planes back in the day. Ratrodders (I shudder when I say that term now haha) often use them in their rides to achieve that "I didn't really want to look polished yet don't want you to know I spent up to a grand on these things that were made last week by a guy in New York" kind of look.

Too new looking but you get the idea...


Ohh, just the right amount of patina...


They're uncomfortable and cold and stiff and possibly fairly dangerous but they also lend exactly the opposite look to 99% of all the show cars today in terms of a finished look. So they're pretty much perfect for Roxy =)

Sooooo, I've given up on the seats I had planned for Roxy which is a shame but I will store them and happily use them when I graduate to Speedsters in a few years.

On to my take on modern day bomber seats.

Take some $50 seats (thanks odj in College Park btw):


And strip the shit out of them in your carport.


Oh snap, speed holes already drilled from the factory! haha


Look at that curve man. DOPE.




Haul them upstairs to the workshop den and start making a template


More updates soon =)

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