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Has anybody ever seen one of these seats before? The wheel horse and cecil pound lettering is embossed on the seat and painted white. 

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ebinmaine

Leans towards the aftermarket for me but I don't know much at all about the early years.  

 

@stevebo @Pullstart @AMC RULES

 

Who else has Seniors?

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AMC RULES

Not a factory Wheel-Horse item.

Custom made, aftermarket item.

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ri702bill

Agree - not OE - no logo......

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Pullstart

Regardless, it’s cool!

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clueless

So no one has seen a seat like this?

 

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AMC RULES

I've seen a few different versions, thinking somebody maybe has some foundry connection in their family.

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c-series don

Okay everyone that wants one of those seats please raise your hand! I don’t have a tractor of that vintage but I do want one of those seats! 

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ebinmaine
2 minutes ago, c-series don said:

tractor of that vintage

What's the tractor in the pic?

 

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Blasterdad
6 minutes ago, c-series don said:

Okay everyone that wants one of those seats please raise your hand!

 

               :greetings-wavingyellow:

 

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Pullstart
1 hour ago, Blasterdad said:

 

               :greetings-wavingyellow:

 


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kpinnc
8 hours ago, clueless said:

Has anybody ever seen one of these seats before?

 

Whoever made it sure did a nice job. Very nice! :thumbs:

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clueless

The reason I posted was when I purchased it I thought it wasn't an actual WH product, it just looked cool. When I received it, I saw that the lettering was embossed (forged) in the seat. I still think it is an aftermarket seat. My question is if someone went to the trouble to make this, wouldn't you think they would have made several? Since no one here has any info on it I assume it's just a one off. The person I purchased it from was a member here a few years back, but I don't think he is now, he use to sell WH stuff on ebay. By the way, the tractor it's on is Mike's little red 704.

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ebinmaine
12 hours ago, clueless said:

My question is if someone went to the trouble to make this, wouldn't you think they would have made several?

If'n it was sand cast and the mold for the sand wasn't carefully set aside then one would be all you'd get. 

If someone saved the sand mold then folks with a half decent forge could pour as many as they wanted until that mold wore out.  

 

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Handy Don
8 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

If'n it was sand cast and the mold for the sand wasn't carefully set aside then one would be all you'd get. 

If someone saved the sand mold then folks with a half decent forge could pour as many as they wanted until that mold wore out.  

 

@clueless, too

 

I’m going to agree with custom, but probably molded as a copy of an existing seat with mods to the mold to add the WH bits. 

Really, to do this all you need is some mold-making sand, some scrap iron, a small blast furnace, and a few years of experience, right? (Oh, and neighbors that don’t mind the industrial aroma from the operation would help.) ;)

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AMC RULES

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You get the idea...

there are a bunch of different variations that pop up from time to time.

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Treepep
On 12/30/2022 at 7:54 PM, c-series don said:

Okay everyone that wants one of those seats please raise your hand! I don’t have a tractor of that vintage but I do want one of those seats! 

:greetings-clappingorange:

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clueless
15 hours ago, AMC RULES said:

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You get the idea...

there are a bunch of different variations that pop up from time to time.

Well now I get it, thanks. So all those seat are aftermarks or customs?

 

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AMC RULES

I would say both.

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clueless
1 hour ago, AMC RULES said:

I would say both.

So you don't know?

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clueless

I was finally able to find and FB the guy (Gumshoe) I bought the seat from, he had several made a while back.

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