Custom Made Passenger Rest

[Poker Rick]

I looked all over to find a good passenger rest and could not find something nice. I decided to make my own. I started from an old office chair backrest..... ($0)

1) Removed the lining to get the inside curved plywood

2) I then cut the plywood to fit the back of my preferred passenger...

3) I used the metal from the bar that was holding the chair to make a bracket, to which I had to add a small piece of steel tubing and a steel bar at the top to make a T

4) Took the welding machine out and welded it together

5) I had the preferred passenger take the plywood and the bracket to a furniture repair shop to add a nice black material and new cushion ($60)

6) Painted the bracket black

7) Ordered 3 off M8 x 75 MM Socket Cap Head Screw from McMaster ($6.69)

8) Bolted everything together: Final cost: $66.69

See the picture and tell me what you think

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10202346/2011-06-04%2017.27.57.jpg

 

[FredandJeannesRacer]

Nice job, and you saved a bunch too!

I had considered using a car head rest,

The oval kind with a hole,

But not enough time.

 

[FJR-RemingtonRider]

Yep, on my old Connie. I used a car head rest with the hole.

It took some work to get it snug, but finally made it work.

Not a fabricator, so it wasn't beautiful just functional.

 

[Poker Rick]

Fact is, if I would have found what I was looking for I would not have made it. But I wanted it and could not find so there was only one solution. Next winter, I will get the bracket power coated to have a nicer black mat finish

 

[Poker Rick]

Link to pictures we wrong, here they are: