beard seats

[markatherton]

Anybody know who the dealer is for Beard ultra pro seats and brackets for early bronco? Mark in San Diego; Beach City Broncos

 

[Bronco Brian]

http://www.beardseats.com/contact-1
Think it's Brad.

 

[markatherton]

My limited research reveals the following; It appears Mr and Mrs Beard (senior) have retired from making Beard seats; One of the children has moved the business somewhere in Arizona and has changed the focus to making seats for ATV's; I get no return phone calls from anyone at Beard and I am unable to find a dealer who sells their products; The latest catalog I have found is 2019 but I do not know if any of those products are still current. If anyone has additional firsthand information I would appreciate it. Thank you. Mark

 

[toddz69]

Ed and Barbara Beard retired years ago - they are both well into their 80s now (I think they're both still living?). They sold it to a guy in southern CA probably 15-18 years ago? The company was called Red Art and he greatly expanded their offerings. They seemed to have just disappeared in the past 5 years or so - I've had other friends looking for them with no success either. Their website now places them in Riverside. Let me ask around a bit with some other racing friends and see what I can find.

Todd Z.

 

[markatherton]

Thank you...

 

[toddz69]

https://www.huntersafetyproducts.com/index.php/contact/

Mark - I think you already had this contact info - it's Curtis Beard (Ed and Barbara's son) and he's building seats again in Buckeye, AZ.

Todd Z.

 

[68ford]

Be careful when buying any seats wider than the old beard super seats. If you're going to run a top, you have to mount the seat inward enough for the shoulder portion the seat to be inside and it usually is no longer centered to the steering wheel.

 

[markatherton]

good point

 

[sprdv1]

https://www.huntersafetyproducts.com/index.php/contact/

Mark - I think you already had this contact info - it's Curtis Beard (Ed and Barbara's son) and he's building seats again in Buckeye, AZ.
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The man, myth legend. Nice to know people and have the local contacts

 

[JB Fab]

Dredging up this old thread, any current information on Beard or anyone doing stuff for the Beard seats? looking to replace covers on a set of ultras (extra wide).
Just thought I would throw it out there before I go to an upholstery place.....

 

[lars]

Dredging up this old thread, any current information on Beard or anyone doing stuff for the Beard seats? looking to replace covers on a set of ultras (extra wide).
Just thought I would throw it out there before I go to an upholstery place.....

Good luck, Jon. I went through this several years ago for the same model. Redart is long gone. Wound up replacing mine with Mastercrafts. Less expensive than a local reupholstery job. Unfortunately the Beard/Redart seat brackets weren't compatible with the Mastercraft frames so I had to replace those as well.

 

[JB Fab]

Thanks, Lars that's what I was thinkin'..... Hoping I was wrong....