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Thu Jan 12, 2017 5:39 pm

I have a 59 Panel that I am working on that at some point lost its nose. To remedy this I have a new nose to bring it back to life. I know that this will be a frankenbus, so why not make it a swivel seat are my thoughts right now.

I have looked at all of the pictures that I could find in the gallery, every thread that mentions "swivel" and eyeballed every swivel bus at the OCTO meets for the past couple of years to learn as much as I can.

Knowing that an authentic swivel seat base never shows up in the classifieds, is there an alternative you would suggest to use in its place? A bay window swivel? Vanagon?

How about this generic unit from Northern Tool?
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200...fgodTXkGHg

Any thoughts are appreciated. 8)

Thu Jan 12, 2017 6:43 pm

John Jones of KCW recently built himself a camper and made some custom swivel seats for it out of beetle seat frames, bearings and some readily available various VW backing plates/pulleys. Obviously no where near an exact SS replica but it is functional which is all he was shooting for. Some details here:

http://kustomcoachwerks.com/forums//viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8720&start=135

Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:31 am

sorry no specific link but there are some very low profile swivel bases available for marine seat boxes/pedestals. I'm sure you'd find something there easily enough.

cheers
Dale

Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:15 am

Walmart sells swivel bases for boat seats for around $10 in the boat supplies area.

Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:29 am

PeteSC wrote: John Jones of KCW recently built himself a camper and made some custom swivel seats for it out of beetle seat frames, bearings and some readily available various VW backing plates/pulleys. Obviously no where near an exact SS replica but it is functional which is all he was shooting for. Some details here:

http://kustomcoachwerks.com/forums//viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8720&start=135

that is a great build thread. Still waiting for the 2.5 inch raise 3 gear RGB to materialize

Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:59 am

PeteSC wrote: John Jones of KCW recently built himself a camper and made some custom swivel seats for it out of beetle seat frames, bearings and some readily available various VW backing plates/pulleys. Obviously no where near an exact SS replica but it is functional which is all he was shooting for. Some details here:

http://kustomcoachwerks.com/forums//viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8720&start=135

Thank you. I like it! 8)

Sat Jan 14, 2017 7:43 am

mandraks wrote: PeteSC wrote: John Jones of KCW recently built himself a camper and made some custom swivel seats for it out of beetle seat frames, bearings and some readily available various VW backing plates/pulleys. Obviously no where near an exact SS replica but it is functional which is all he was shooting for. Some details here:

http://kustomcoachwerks.com/forums//viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8720&start=135

that is a great build thread. Still waiting for the 2.5 inch raise 3 gear RGB to materialize

Yeah, me too. Hell, I'm excited to see the 3D printed one just mocked up on a bus...hopefully that'll happen soon.