Corvette Office Chair

[Toms007]

This past summer at the CAC CruiseFest, while touring the NCM, my wife sees in one of those back offices a chair made from a C5 seat. She tells me, "That's a neat chair, maybe we ought to get one for the office." I said that would be cool (knowing that to buy them they were high dollar). So I found one in one of the catalogs and they were $1399, well my wife says "NO WAY." Some time later I see pictures of one someone built from a "RUBY" seat and emailed him for specifics and pictures. I found a pair of 1986 seats from a car that was being parted out (fresh new leather covers) and bought them. Here at school we had several computer chairs that had been damaged (seat and backs) that I used the base. I used 1/4" plate aluminum and 1 1/2" x 2" aluminum angle to build the new base transition (from existing chair base to bottom of Corvette seat). I had one of the boys in the welding class do the welding.

 

[JonM]

You bottom says "Thank You"... ...

 

[RodsnRides]

Neat! That looks pretty cool. I saw those pricey chairs as well, and I also thought "no way".

The weld job looks pretty good, too. That kid's got skills.

Rick

 

[Toms007]

Neat! That looks pretty cool. I saw those pricey chairs as well, and I also thought "no way".

The weld job looks pretty good, too. That kid's got skills.

Rick

Yes, he is very talented, he was extremely picky and redid a couple of the welds because he wasn't satisfied.

 

[G Winter]

That is very cool, would make the long winter go a little faster here. All a person would need is a corvette racing game and a steering wheel with pedels. Looks like it is time to start scouting for a vette seat. Did you manage to keep the tilt etc from the office chair?

Glenn

 

[Toms007]

That is very cool, would make the long winter go a little faster here. All a person would need is a corvette racing game and a steering wheel with pedels. Looks like it is time to start scouting for a vette seat. Did you manage to keep the tilt etc from the office chair?

Glenn

The chair base I used didn't have tilt, just height adjustment, which I kept functional.

 

[black85vette]

Sharp! Although, I suspect I would have a hard time concentrating on the job at hand. When I drive the Vette to work, I already spend the day itching to get back at the wheel! What if I was sitting in a Vette seat all day! Hmmm...you know, I might get the job done at 120+mph (Vette speed) and get to leave/drive the Vette early!

 

[G Winter]

What if I was sitting in a Vette seat all day! Hmmm...you know, I might get the job done at 120+mph (Vette speed) and get to leave/drive the Vette early!

good one