Anyone need a "seat adjustment nut" for their 29 SS?

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I've found a machinist n Pasadena, CA who says he can manufacture a

replacement "nut" for the seat position adjuster on my '29 Town Sedan. If

others want one, now is the time to say so! (Paul: I assume you're "in"

for this project.)



I don't have a cost estimate yet, but it's clear that the more people who

participate, the lower the per-unit cost. They guy has to make a thread

cutting tool to cut the threads into the disk (4 TPI square thread...not

Acme thread as I had thought earlier). I think we're talking about

roughly $50 per item, unless we get quite a few participants, in which

case it will be less.



They will be machining this item out of brass, which should be a whole lot

stronger than the pot metal that came OEM. The machinist has the "screw"

from my car to make sure the threads he cuts into the stock are a proper

fit.



If you have a '29 with an adjustable seat, this would be a smart

investment. That pot metal "nut" is going to break sooner or later. Why

not replace it?



(BTW, this is not appropriate for all '29 models. Some -- I think the

two-seaters -- have a completely different mechanism. But if your front

seat "only" slides back and forth (but not also adjust in height at the

same time) this is for you.



Photos of the original (and broken) piece are online at

http://homepage.mac.com/lewphelps/PhotoAlbum3.html.







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Lew and Cathy Phelps

Pasadena, CA

1929 Hudson Town Sedan

http://home.earthlink.net/~lewphelps/hudson_29/