1970s Huffy Rat Seat Upgrade

[nwt76]

Put this one together today with all my left over parts
I'll get some better pics tomorrow :wink:
Thanks Jeff for the bars
First Incarnation

Second Incarnation

 

[beatcad]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat

looks cool man, but....that sprung seat looks cool but flat and hard as a rock :shock:

 

[nwt76]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat

Yeah, it's pretty rough and FLAT, use to have a denim seat on it but it fell apart. :shock:
I may use the spaceliner seat, thinking about recovering it. :idea:

 

[nwt76]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat Update

Bobbed the rear fender and recovered the flightliner seat :mrgreen: :idea:

Seat was just for practice. Gonna do something different. :shock:

What do you guys think :?:

 

[dogdart]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat

looks great diggin' the bobber 8)

 

[nwt76]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat

Thanks gotta do something with the tank now. :?:

Those bars came in handy 8)

 

[tvc15]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat Update

That seat is a work of art!!!!

 

[Dan'l]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat

Awesome lookin bike. I have the same thing sittin at home too.
I passed it and had to turn around to make an offer, she was in the back of scrap truck.
Kudos

 

[lambohaha]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat

Glad I seen this. Just gave me an idea for an old Huffy BMX I have. Really diggin` the look 8)

 

[Anonymous]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat Update

That seat is a work of art!!!!

^^^What he said! Looks great

 

[nwt76]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat

Need some direction. What do you guys think I should do with the tank :?:
I'm gonna let it soak in vinegar and clean it up for sure.

Thanks for all the awesome comments :mrgreen:

 

[lambohaha]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat

Need some direction. What do you guys think I should do with the tank :?:
I'm gonna let it soak in vinegar and clean it up for sure.

Thanks for all the awesome comments :mrgreen:

I dunno, maybe paint it white to offset the blue and go with the seat and tires?

 

[nwt76]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat

I was thinking white with some baby blue and black pin striping :idea:

Only bike I've seen this color on that is original.

 

[nwt76]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat

I did it again more practice for my seat .... :shock:
Started with this

Now I got this

 

[ballroomwrecker]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat

:shock: :shock: nice

 

[nwt76]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat

Newest seat mod pics

 

[nwt76]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat Seat Rebuild

bump ....

 

[snydur]

can you please post pics of the bottom side of your seat? i have one exactly like it (with the stupid vynle cover) and all i have right now is the pan. id like to recover it in something. thinks

 

[nwt76]

Re: 1970s Huffy Rat Seat Rebuild

Here's the underside of the pan, a little ratty like my bike. You can see places where the glue was to thick.

 

[snydur]

cool! thanks (honestly never wouldve thought about using glue)