Bond Minicar seat - shaken not stirred ?

[richard]

I don't think the springs would have been thick/resistant enough anyway but am I alone I cannot pass a skip without having a shufty 
( another weekend with best of intentions but awful rain like last Sunday , but quite against the forecast )

[DaveMiller]

am I alone I cannot pass a skip without having a shufty 

Definitely not alone!  When we had a wood-burning stove, we used to get a lot of free heat from skips ...

[plas man]

couple of weeks ago house up the street had new concrete floor , the newish wood floor was ripped out and skipped with same day removal/incinerate orders - but along came the skip rats and the newish timbers went with them , when the guy came for the skip the joiner was on hand and remarked that the floor was ripped out because of dry rot !!!

[Big Al]

Dangers of timber with a lot of sapwood and not traditionally seasoned.

[plas man]

whilst on business in Morecambe this week, Hi-di-hi Bonders , I saw a skip and associated rubbish by the side of the road and wondered as you do , how easy would it be to make ones own car seat from a discarded mattress ?

mm, at Morecambe are they still using the bus shelters as mausoleums'   

back to the seat how's about a cot mattress (or 2 ) ?

[DaveMiller]

A Morris Minor Travellor back seat fits a Mk D very well, but looks wrong.  How about starting with a sprung car seat, cutting away springs at lower back and sides, until it fits, then recovering the lot, with the Bond-style vinyl and stitch pattern?

[richard]

weii I have this new base now but still have to make a rear backrest , I think I have the measurements still ,where on earth would you find a sprung car seat to work on