Thanks Scott, good to hear of another tried and tested method. Sounds quite reasonable on the blasting too. Was your seat stripped down or did they take it as a whole? The back panel would need to be heavily masked as the serial id needs to stay. Would love to see some pics of your seat in progress and finished result. The gun black sound ideal for the barostat and, well, drogue gun!

Thanks for the advice Tony, Peter and Bruce. Blasting, with whatever medium, is something I’d love to try out. Probably a little exotic for this project but it might be just the ticket for corroded wreckage.

Thanks for the Frosts link Bill, they’ve got an impressive range! The lean forward bars are quite far gone but I think they will have stay. The harness loops are rusted so firmly that they are going to break before they free up. I’ve had a good long crow bar in them and the top edge of the seat was bending. the split pinned nuts on the end of the bar will also probably die trying to defeat me so will be left as they are. After several frustrating deep searches of the loft, behind and under things I found the ‘safe place’ where I put my spare seat bucket handle. It was in the PSP box I’m sitting on. That’s one small addition at least. Cheers, Ian.