Steve & I spent several hours last night buggering about with the framework for my Jaguar rear seat/sofa thingy. Steve being a carpenter & joiner by trade, as well as a qualified engineer, he was the man for the job of sorting out the 4 legs. Of course, it now sits perfectly with narry a wobble. I'd originally envisaged a 70s style chrome loop at either end, while Steve was thinking along the lines of slicing one of the Jag wheel rims in half with the plasma cutter & sitting the framework on those. In the end we went for 4 straight legs cos it was simpler & quicker. Actually, it works well. Very 50s/ 60s retro. Steve deserves the credit for deciding leg length/angle etc & setting it all up. I was merely on hand to trial sit the thing when told to. I wish I was clever too.
Having sliced the legs off to length with a 9 inch disc cutter I'm now looking for 4 very large washers to finish them off with. Mini subframe mounting ones, like the one in the photo, are ideal but we only had 2. Anyone got any more? Need to find some in the next couple of days.
After that, next job is to bung it all in the car & take it for powdercoating in metallic silver, then get some cream vinyl stretched across the back & underside to hide the seat foam.
Unfortunately we've got a problem there -Rainbow's car's too small! Couldn't fit it in to take it home last night so it's still at Steve's place.
