Aerodynamic Seat - Troxel?

Submitted by Brian R. on Tue, 11/24/2015 - 19:49

I know the Troxel toolbox seats are very expensive and hard to find. I don't have a great desire to shell out the money for one, but the 1937 Monark Silver King Flo-Cycle I bought is from the streamlined era and the boxy seat on it now doesn't look right at all. Does anyone know of a suitable alternative? Could a regular Troxel seat be recovered with extra leather in the back to create a kind of "skirt" that would roughly replicate the aerodynamic look of the tool-box seat?

If anyone has any of the following, please contact me: A tool-box seat in any condition, men's, boy's or girls for sale; an aerodynamic saddle of a different make for sale; an ordinary Troxel seat that could be modified; the contact info of someone who creates reproduction tool-box or aerodynamic seats.  Thanks, -Brian R.

4 Comments

Submitted by gtflyte on Tue, 11/24/2015 - 23:25.

 

Also  try the CABE

http://thecabe.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?79990-Troxel-toolbox-seats-p...

 

http://vintageccm.com/content/troxel-toolbox-seat-mens#comment-5600

Gt

Submitted by Brian R. on Wed, 11/25/2015 - 10:45.

Thanks gt. It was your thread on The CABE that inspired me to ask if anyone has a girls/boys toolbox seat. Do you (or anyone else here) have an idea what the approximate market value is of a toolbox seat, complete and in fair condition? Is the value in Canada and the U.S. the same, or different? I've never even seen one advertised so they must be very rare.

Submitted by Dave Brown on Wed, 11/25/2015 - 12:22.

I think if you could find one you would be looking at 600.00 US for one. Thats a mens.

Submitted by Brian R. on Tue, 12/01/2015 - 17:20.

Here is a photo of a non-toolbox streamlined seat. I would happily settle for one of these. Are they more easily found than toolbox seats? If anybody has one they would sell please contact me.

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