Chronology of the Jeep Seat
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Chronology of the Jeep Seat
I have been doing some research on the chronology of the types of seats used in jeeps as the war progressed. Does anyone know when production started and stopped on early zipper type seats, sealed horse hair seats and the serpentine spring and horse hair seats?
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Re: Chronology of the Jeep Seat
Matt, i always thought the zippers on the drivers seat came in about 1943, for map storage, correct me if im wrong.
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Lloyd White authored some excellent articles with Illustrations in issues of MVPA Army Motors and in his recent set of books on the MB Jeeps.
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Re: Chronology of the Jeep Seat
Mark, that chart is externally helpful. Is there any source for original serpentine spring seats that can be recovered and or reproduction serpentine spring seats?
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And the reason for the change to springs in the later Jeep Seats? To conserve crude rubber.
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With the seat covers that were supposed to be filled with a blanket, didn't that pretty much omit all rubber?Farrell Fox wrote:What rubber products did they omit from earlier production???Ben Dover wrote:And the reason for the change to springs in the later Jeep Seats? To conserve crude rubber.
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My information is correct,
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Re: Chronology of the Jeep Seat
That doesn't make sense Joel. The mid series MBs were using springs with non-rubberized hair padding and zippered compartments. The padding that is similar to the padding used in the late series cushions.
Yes the 1994 Lloyd White article talks about the rubber being removed by the military but this has to do with the early GP and GPWs. None of this is mentioned in the Lloyd White books for the MBs.
From the collections of cushions I have (so far), I'm only seeing the rubberized hair in the GPW cushions. The MBs has been the horsehair (non-rubberized.) Though my collection is probably lacking compared to Farrell and what he has and has seen in his studies.
Yes the 1994 Lloyd White article talks about the rubber being removed by the military but this has to do with the early GP and GPWs. None of this is mentioned in the Lloyd White books for the MBs.
From the collections of cushions I have (so far), I'm only seeing the rubberized hair in the GPW cushions. The MBs has been the horsehair (non-rubberized.) Though my collection is probably lacking compared to Farrell and what he has and has seen in his studies.
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There is a bigger picture to the use of seat springs rather than components made using rubber concerning it's use in the production of WWII wheeled and tracked vehicles. it is all there in the footnotes and credits of WWII reports on war production material some of which is critical resulting in its use being limited to certain items. Rubber products are just one.
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