1985 SN seat Needed

Daryl,

My 85 seat looks similar, but not as bad. I picked up some braces from Christines for the seat to sit on top.

Link -- scroll down to drivers seat braces

The picture is deceiving. Both braces are the same width. I guess these started coming standard on later model SN 2001s.

The hard part about using these braces now that your seat has cracked is that the bolt from the adjustable frame will not be long enough unless you can get the bottom of the seat totally flat before trying to bolt it in. I am going to drag the boat home and put longer bolts into the sliders.

Are you saying that you have ski holders or a seat shell for the 1985 SN?

Daryl,
Welding the shell is certainly an option but then I would add a stainless angle mechanically fastened at the bottom to the back.

I seem to remember one of our members making the teak ski holders for his boat. I'll search and see if I can find the thread. They certainly would be easy to make. I know of none available.

Hey Benji, Thanks for the feed back.

I'd be leery of glassing to plastic.

The 96+ drivers seat is very similar if not the same as the earlier delux seats. It woul only need to be exact if you were trying to reuse the vinyl and foam. Zach put a newer bucket in his '85 in place of the wood delux seat he had... Might be worth inquiring on the details.

Pbrainard,
Thanks for the reply. I will try to get a picture of the boat and seat online today. I don't kn much about fiberglassing but I am sure I could learn. That seat looks like it is a molded plastic. Can I fiberglass over it? I think the problem came from my son sitting up on top of the back of the seat and it broke out around the back mounting bolts. If it could be fiberglassed it would probably be stronger anyway.
DAryl

Are you talking about the rotomolded plastic shell or the fiberglass pedestal?

1985 SN Need driver's seat shell. The bottom of the shell is broken on mine and not available at Nautique Parts. Trying to restore my boat Need seat or ideas.