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Not sure if the top bow sockets are model t ,aftermarket or horse and buggy?
I was told seat frame was center door?
Any help with with id and value is greatly appropriated.
Thanks Randy

That is easy. That is a seat. And parts for a top for a open car.

Randy, as far as I know, the top irons are not T model items. The one man tops on 20's cars had straight irons for the rear bow. The 26-7 T rear irons were curved in the opposite direction at the mounting point, and were rectangular in cross section.

Allan from down under.

I am with Allan B on the top sockets. Not Ford, for the reasons he gave. Figuring out what they were from could be very difficult. However,that does not make them worthless. There were many midsize cars manufactured during the 1920s that used similar tops. Finding correct tops for most of those cars is quite difficult. Similar tops can be altered slightly to fit many cars of similar size. A nice matching set like these could be used for any of many different cars. You should work them out straight as they like to reach, and approximate the curves of the missing top bows to get an approximate open length of the top. That would help a great deal in finding a proper car for these to sit upon for decades to come!

The seat?I don't believe it is from a center-door sedan. Their folding passenger front seat sat higher on a folding leg. I think some of the later T tudor sedans used a seat similar to that one. However, again, many hundreds of other cars also used similar front folding seats, including the '25 Studebaker I had many years ago. Many used solid short legs (like my Studebaker did), many used springs in the back like that one. In fact, such springs were sold after-market for use on any car an owner may have wanted to cushion that way. I once rode in such a front seat. Very nice.

I do not think that seat is out of a center door. All the center door seats I have ever seen, are NOT sprung. They are straight mounted onto a base or leg system without any spring suspension. All the springs are located INSIDE the seat cushioning.

Thanks guys

More specifically I believe the seat frame is for a ‘30 - ‘31 Tudor.
The earlier Tudor frames like ‘28’s had some cast or forged pieces. Not sure exactly when they switched to stamping.