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Per Wiik in Norway wants a Bench seat for a Jup. Has anybody a frame available or can anybody construct one for him or has anybody a complete seat lying around?
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I have a severely rusted seat as well as new perimeter tubing for the seat bottom.

We made a new seat for 118 a few years ago. Slightly different in the size and layout of the holes, but as all that is buried under the upholstery, it looks identical to the original in appearance. A miscommunication with the tube bender resulted in more frame tubes than I ordered. They were made in two parts with a front rail and a back, then cut to length (actually the depth) and spliced together.

I can't recall what we did about the tack strip other than we used wood for the tacks to grab rather than the wound sisal of the original. I can't find a photo in the file either, but I know I didn't remake the steel channel that holds the tack strip.

The wood bits were an easy copy and we had the hinges from the original seat. Same for the seat slider rails, although we did make new wooden risers for under the rails.

In a rare moment of tidiness, I cleaned out all the boxes in the loft last month and found a set of seat hinges. It looks like the factory was cutting costs by not chrome plating the seat hinges or the hood hinges in the later cars. Jup 822 has painted bits, as does my racer 758. James MIller says his late cars are all painted as well.

Willing to help however I can.

Hi.
I have reentered jowet.net and fine that you have responded my question from 2014 regarding bench seats for my Jupiter.
If you still have this parts, an hopefully a drawing of the seat, I will be happy if you can send me some words.
It will be fine if you can mail me at: per@wiik.co
Best regards. Per Wiik. Norway

I currently have a couple of complete Jupiter bench seats that are for future restoration projects - I am minded to use one has a pattern for a small batch production of seat frames has there appears to always be small demand for them - however, has always my time is limited and this will be no overnight process but willing to make it happen at my end should they be enough interest - Chris

It is always best to respond via JowettTalk as this helps others and widens the discussion.

If this pattern becomes available I would be interested in acquiring one as I will have to reproduce a new bench seat from scratch (though all the blueprints are available it will be a challenging work for craftsman). Cheers.

Jowett Car Spares have a batch of new Jupiter seat frames currently in production - a small limited number are being produced - these can be supplied has just the metal frame or can be supplied fully upholstered in leather of your colour choice to the original factory pattern - please direct your initial enquiry to Paul Beaumont (club chairman) - contact details on page 3 of the Jowetteer