Buckboard Seat

A customer contacted us to reconstruct a seat for his 1914 Model T pickup truck. This car had a home made pickup body which was in need of some attention. The seat assembly in partiular was in poor condition and needed to be replaced. The customer provided us with a series of photos of the original seat assembly, along with a sketch of the seat with the necessary dimensions.

The seat base assembly was constructed of White Oak. It consisted of a rectangular base, a seat bottom and three sides. The sides were angled outwards at the top. The edge of the seat bottom was beveled as the original was.

The seat back was constructed from a strip of White Oak. The original seat back was supported by two 1/2 inch diameter rods which were inserted into holes drilled in the top of the angled back of the seat bottom. It was felt that this was not a very strong method of supporting the seat back. Instead, two seat back supports were constructed of 3/16 x 2 inch flat stock. These were fastened to the back of the angled back of the seat bottom and to the back of the seat back.

In addition, the customer requested two metal arm rests which the original seat did not have. These were constructed of 1/2 diameter rod. The ends of the rod were heated in a coal fired forge and flatted on the anvil to provide a place for the mounting screws. The rod was also heated in the forge and the bends were put in to give them the proper shape.