Garage Chairs

[Dead Skunk]

I'm planning my post-retirement garage and I'd like to find chairs made from auto seats or frames that I could attach a standard car seat to. I've got 2 Dodge Viper seats that I could use. Any ideas where to look or anybody got something like this you could post a picture of?
Warren

 

[Luckydevil]

If I had two viper seats I would find one of those 2 player arcade driving games and mount those bad boys on it.

If you are gonna make a frame and mount them to it I would definitely consider locking casters so you can move it around easily if need be.

 

[Dead Skunk]

Luke,
I hadn't thought about casters. that's a good idea for moving them and fits the aesthetic of a garage/den combo.

 

[Luckydevil]

I tried searching and these were the only thing I could find...

http://www.autobahnpower.com/main.asp?category=Corbeau+Office+Chair
http://www.racerchicks.com/shopping/chair.html

 

[Dead Skunk]

I've got a similar one in my office at work. It's a Viper ,too. I'd like to get a seat closer to the floor, but higher than the in-car height. Sort of an Adirondack chair position, but with a car seat. I'll probably have to weld something up and get it powder coated.

 

[MacTexas]

My garage seat is from a 1934 Ford coupe. I mounted the seat on a wooden frame with casters attached to the frame. It is low to the ground but it works.

 

[Dead Skunk]

Cool. I've got a couple of chromed chair frames that will hold the seats at about the same height as yours. I'm just trying to figure out how to make them into an armchair of some nature and still look "professional". If i weld them that might be a challenge !! Thanks for the pic.
Warren

 

[sca037]

I'm planning my post-retirement garage and I'd like to find chairs made from auto seats or frames that I could attach a standard car seat to. I've got 2 Dodge Viper seats that I could use. Any ideas where to look or anybody got something like this you could post a picture of?
Warren

Hey Warren,

Welcome, fellow Garage Junkie
I figured you would need advice on mounting Rabbit or Miata seats........but Viper seats are much cooler, eh?

Brian
(WHRRI F&C team ;-)

 

[Dead Skunk]

Hi! Brian,
There's also one Golf GTI seat and a pair of Miata buckets up there ,too. I hear you have quite the garage from the elder Mr. Lewis.

 

[dink]

Doesnt Recaro or Sparco make a racing style desk chair too??

 

[Dead Skunk]

Ya. There are several companies that make automotive desk chairs, but I still want a lounger to sit in and watch the races on TV or just to stare at the race car.

 

[Dead Skunk]

Several companies make automotive deck chairs. No oner makes a lounge chair from a car seat and that's what i'd like. Arms to rest on or put a brown pop on. Maybe I need to figure how to put in a cup holder!

 

[sca037]

Hi! Brian,
There's also one Golf GTI seat and a pair of Miata buckets up there ,too. I hear you have quite the garage from the elder Mr. Lewis.

Warren,

Since you're here now, how about starting a thread in the Garage Gallery with a few pix of your current race shop setup
We've added a lift since Mr. Lewis was there, so our garage is a bit less cluttered in terms of floor space at the moment

Now.......go dig out that camera!
Brian
(I have a spare Lay-Z-Boy recliner available for your garage if needed......free if picked up!)

 

[Luckydevil]

I've been eyeing a pair of these Red Dog stools, but at $100 a pop that seems kind of expensive for bar stools.

http://www.millerbeerproducts.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=99&products_id=219

 

[vettebrett]

Here is what I did with some Corvette seats, my seats out of my car are black but for a office chair these work very well

 

[Dead Skunk]

Ok Vettebrett, where's the pictures? I'm not getting anything to open.

 

[Dead Skunk]

Oops. Pictures are visible now.I wish I knew what changed.

Anyway Brett. Did you mount the Vette seats to a salvaged office chair base or is that a new one?
Warren

 

[vettebrett]

Had an old chair that was not going to be used, wife got a new one so it gave it's life to make a new chair for my other desk I have(5 seperate desk in our house 2 for me, i for wife and one for each kid)

 

[REFLEXX]

Gents,


I've had my eyes on this thing for a long time. When my garage is done, I just might inverst in one. It's like a standing stool. It would be great for different height benches / welding tables. A normal stool (like the big dog one above) tend to make my feet fall asleep by cutting off the circulation.

REFLEXX

 

[bje31]

Looks like a great drinkin' stool...just add a neck/head pad, a seat belt, and bring on the cold ones!!

 

[OGauge4Me]

Gents,


I've had my eyes on this thing for a long time. When my garage is done, I just might inverst in one. It's like a standing stool. It would be great for different height benches / welding tables. A normal stool (like the big dog one above) tend to make my feet fall asleep by cutting off the circulation.

REFLEXX

Reflexx:
Where did you find this? It looks like a fold up and exactly the type of stool I need.

 

[REFLEXX]

Oguage,

www.use-enco.com it's called a sit-stand stool. I don't think it folds up. it's meant to relieve the foot pressure of someone who stands all day.


later,

REFLEXX

 

[OGauge4Me]

Reflexx:
Thank you. At $256 I think I will pass. I have a crowded work area and I need a creative solution for a stool.

 

[REFLEXX]

Oguage,

they go on sale for about $200 once in a while. Still no bargain, but if you stand 40-60 hours a week it just might be.

REFLEXX

 

[jvo]

Garage chairs

I've been thinking about designing a welding chair for a long time now. I want to be able to adjust the height of the chair up or down, for when I'm tig welding on different projects at different heights. I also find it troublesome when I want to put my tig torch down, and there's nowhere to put it and it falls on the floor, and the ceramic tip shatters. So, I thought I would have an arm with a couple fingers on it that I could hang the torch on. Been having sleepless nights for quite a while now about it, trying to design the perfect chair. I dispatch for a trucking company, and have been walking by three junk truck air ride seats for about a year now. Finally woke up and realized I can put a base on one of them with casters on it, plumb an air line to it, and it will adjust up and down about a foot or more. It also has a fold down arm rest on each side that I can attach stuff to, and fold out of the way when not in use. I haven't taken one home yet, but I plan to do so, and they are free. Almost every truck shop in the country has a few of these sitting around. John V.O.

 

[sca037]

I've been thinking about designing a welding chair for a long time now. I want to be able to adjust the height of the chair up or down, for when I'm tig welding on different projects at different heights. I also find it troublesome when I want to put my tig torch down, and there's nowhere to put it and it falls on the floor, and the ceramic tip shatters. So, I thought I would have an arm with a couple fingers on it that I could hang the torch on. Been having sleepless nights for quite a while now about it, trying to design the perfect chair. I dispatch for a trucking company, and have been walking by three junk truck air ride seats for about a year now. Finally woke up and realized I can put a base on one of them with casters on it, plumb an air line to it, and it will adjust up and down about a foot or more. It also has a fold down arm rest on each side that I can attach stuff to, and fold out of the way when not in use. I haven't taken one home yet, but I plan to do so, and they are free. Almost every truck shop in the country has a few of these sitting around. John V.O.

I think you're on to something there John
Be sure and let us know (with pix) how it goes!

Brian

 

[sca037]

OK Warren (& John), how about an update here!

Also, as fate would have it, I have another possible option for automotive-based seating.....the rears from our dearly departed PT Cruiser (see picture).

Any thoughts on making these individually foldable 60/40 split leather / suade units into some proper garage seating?

Brian

 

[Dead Skunk]

Brian,
Those things will need an extensive weldment for a frame. They hook into a latch at shoulder height, don't they? If they have a recliner that supports the backs ,then you're going to need a simpler base. I've been trying to design a frame with arms so it ends up decent looking and comfortable,and easy enough for me to fabricate at home. I'll be cruising an IKEA store near Toronto on Thanksgiving weekend looking for ideas or stuff from their scratch and dent room.
Warren

 

[EZ SPEED]

Here is my shop race seat that I just built.
Its a **** Procar Race seat, and I built a frame out of 1" square tubing and used wheels off an old Craftsman creeper.

 

[smooth72]

Here is my version, old van seat. It is very comfortable.

 

[usmc_noma]

I like it. Mine's just a HD homer bucket turned upside down.