No we did not go to a soccer match with Ajax, but a few years ago I ran across an article where they offered the seats from the Old Ajax stadium. Since our friend Remy is a Ajax supporter, to great dismay of the 2 sons ( who support Feyenoord) I thought it might be a fun Birthday gift for him, so I purchased 2. Unfortunately he had no place for them anywhere, so they stayed with me, waiting for a perfect time to come out of hiding. Since the front and back were re-done last year, it seemed like a good place to utilize them there. Using them on the back, would make it too crowded, so I opted for a fold up table there. So they were promoted to the front of the barge.
The first thing was to find a welder who was an Ajax fan, to weld 2 steel strips to the bottom, so they could be mounted on the fold down hinges. A non Ajax fan might have ‘by accident’ got the plastic to melt.
In order to mount them we had to remove the top of the storage wall, so we could drill holes, to mount these seats
One these holes were drilled, the hinges could be attached, and we had to test one to make sure they were not too low, since the deck slopes up where the feet are. Had to get an extension for the screw driver, because it was impossible to get between the hinge to fasten the bolt with the allen facing.
And here is the certificate, showing that after 21 years in the Ajax soccer stadium these two now have been given a second life on Jan-Kees
