Re: [HSS] Anyone need a "seat adjustment nut" for their 29 SS?

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Hudson Town Sedan wrote:

>

> 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/

You are right about not suiting other models. The Hudso and Biddle &

Smart bodies have a completely different mechanism, so it looks like a

Briggs exclusive. Glad you have been able to get this machined, as

when I took it to the foundry he said it wouldn't work out very well

because of shrinkage in the process.

Geoff.