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New Zealand Cast Iron Seats

BOOTHMAC CH-CH Cast Iron Seat (CH-CH is Christchurch)© Ian Jonson

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BOOTHMAC CH-CH Cast Iron Seat
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NICHOLSONS BOOTHMAC CH-CH Cast Iron Seat
P & D Duncan CH-CH cast iron seat.
E Porter & Co Auckland seat
Reid & Gray 1D seat
Reid & Gray Dunedin seat
1D seat - probably a Reid and gray plain seat.
Common Unnamed seat, P116 on backcomes is at least 3 sizes
Storrie & Willett (implement manufacturers, Invercargill)
Timaru Implement Exchange seat
Un namaed 18 slot seat, big bulge
Un namaed 38 hole seat with number P287 cast on front
Walter A Wood USA seat
Un Named seat on a Ransomes Mower at Brayshaw Park
Jack & Sons Maybole (UK) seat seen at Brayshaw Park
Un Named 18 slot seat seen on discs by E Reid of Omaru at Brayshaw Park
Outdoor seat made from cast implement seat and wine barrel staves
Syracuse (USA) seat seen on an implement in New Zealand
Albion 5329 (UK) seat seen on an implement in New Zealand
10 slot tin seat seen on an implement in New Zealand (very similar to Mckay 10 slot seat)
32 slot tin seat found in New Zealand

History Notes

New Zealand cast iron Implement Seats.

Cast iron implement seats were prevalent on ploughs and other tilliage implements. All the major implement makers appear to have made seats or had them made to order by foundries. It may be that some of the larger implement makers made branded and plain seats for others on order also.

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References:

1. D Symons, C Fuller & I Johnson collections..

NICHOLSONS BOOTHMAC CH-CH Cast Iron Seat (Chug Fuller coll'n) © Ozwrenches

P & D Duncan CH-CH cast iron seat © Ian Jonson

E Porter & Co Auckland cast iron seat (Chug Fuller coll'n) © Ozwrenches

Reid & Gray 1D seat © Ian Jonson

Reid & Gray Ltd Dunedin © Ozwrenches

1D seat - probably a Reid and gray plain seat. © Ian Jonson

Common Unnamed seat, P116 on back, comes is at least 3 sizes © Ian Jonson

Catalogue listing showing a plain cast iron seat marked P116. Image courtesy Ian Jonson

Storrie & Willett (implement manufacturers, Invercargill) © Ian Jonson

"Messrs Storrie, Willett. Ltd., have commenced business in Invercargill as Implement Manufacturers and Engineers. Mr J. W. Willett, late with Booth, Macdonald and Co., Ltd., and Macalister, Ltd., who has had over 20 years experience in the Implement and Engineering Business, will be Works Manager. MR James Storrie, late with Reid and Gray, Ltd., Dunedin, and Storrie, Ltd., Invercargill, has been connected with the Implement business for a number of years, and in the new firm will he Sales Manager. The Firm intend specialising in Turnip Machinery, Top-dressers, Lime Sowers, and Milking Machinery, as well as General Engineering".
The Otantatau Standard And Wallace County Chronicle Tuesday, April 22, 1924.