cooters T bucket build

[cooter]

Framework of seat is from glass to glass.. She is dead on tight in there. The bolt heads are touching. Shoehorn it in there. Least i can set down and figure out a steering column length u joint and steering box mock up.

 

[choppinczech]

Didn't someone on here narrow a seat like this? Took a section out of the frame and foam?

 

[cooter]

Yup.. Im gonna make it work.

 

[choppinczech]

Didn't someone on here narrow a seat like this? Took a section out of the frame and foam?

benT's build. I knew I saw it somewhere.

 

[cooter]

benT's build. I knew I saw it somewhere.
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Thats him... Where i got my idea from..

 

[cooter]

If i do my homework I'll have more seat surface area.

 

[benT]

Yep - that was us. If/when we do the next one, I'll cut the bottom the same - its perfect. I'd modify the back to be cut wedged from bottom to top. That being the top is about stock and the bottom taken in the 1-3/4" ea side to match the bottom. This would give a perfect fit with the side panels. That being said, the seat is really comfortable and its not an issue with two big guys. Leg room is a bigger issue and Cooter has that solved with the stretch body. Dad is already thinking about one of these seats or similar in his '30 Model A Tudor which is next on the build list.

I will say I'm a huge fan of how we made the bottom swing up to allow access to the battery, tool box, fuse panel, and small storage area. Makes the car that much more usable with some room in the bed area for a day bag and chairs.

 

[cooter]

Yep - that was us. If/when we do the next one, I'll cut the bottom the same - its perfect. I'd modify the back to be cut wedged from bottom to top. That being the top is about stock and the bottom taken in the 1-3/4" ea side to match the bottom. This would give a perfect fit with the side panels. That being said, the seat is really comfortable and its not an issue with two big guys. Leg room is a bigger issue and Cooter has that solved with the stretch body. Dad is already thinking about one of these seats or similar in his '30 Model A Tudor which is next on the build list.

I will say I'm a huge fan of how we made the bottom swing up to allow access to the battery, tool box, fuse panel, and small storage area. Makes the car that much more usable with some room in the bed area for a day bag and chairs.

Swing up bottom would be nice, i have looked at your seat build. Tryin to not reengineer the seat. Im still thinkin?

 

[cooter]

Maybe i hing front with hood latch on back so i can pull latch and let seat hing forward? LIGHT BULB!!

 

[one finger john]

Hummmmm ............

What would Burt do ?

 

[cooter]

They say it cant be done.. Thats cause i never done it... East bound and down

 

[one finger john]

If you have a plasma cutter, torch, and a welder of some sort, you can conquer the world.










And make that seat fit.

John

 

[cooter]

Im from hacksaw tribe.. Ill saw into anything

 

[one finger john]

Burt approves.

 

[cooter]

aight me. get some door hinges from bedroom door and make it happen. this thing rolls forward easy as pie. ill make a rear latch like in my rear seat on jeep cherokee.. woohoo... battery under seat after all i hope...

 

[Zandoz]

Now you are close to what I have planned for mine. I'm planning on a set of old forged steel hinges fastened to the front of the seat. Under the hinges I want to run an extruded aluminum beam all the way across the car. The beam would be tied thru the floor to the frame with a pair of square U bolts that loop under the frame. At the rear of the seat, nothing but a couple of short legs, a pair of steel scuff plates on the floor, and a simple latch.

Please forgive me if I've asked this before. Is your body any wider than a standard body?

 

[cooter]

Now you are close to what I have planned for mine. I'm planning on a set of old forged steel hinges fastened to the front of the seat. Under the hinges I want to run an extruded aluminum beam all the way across the car. The beam would be tied thru the floor to the frame with a pair of square U bolts that loop under the frame. At the rear of the seat, nothing but a couple of short legs, a pair of steel scuff plates on the floor, and a simple latch.

Please forgive me if I've asked this before. Is your body any wider than a standard body?

Got me? I guess its standard..

 

[cooter]

You got any pics of that seat hing idea of yours.

 

[Zandoz]

No pics....just a CAD drawing at this point.



In this case the transverse extruded aluminum beam would be a 2"x4" version (with more slots) of one of these



There are several reasons for the beam. With the slots, anything fastened to them is adjustable. There are a wide variety of available fasteners, brackets, slot fillers, etc designed to work with these slotted beams. In this case, the top slots would be the fastening points for the hinges. The side slots provide multiple redundant attachment points for the L brackets that tie the frame U-bolts to the beam. The slots on the under-seat side of the beam can be used to hold wire tie downs and/or looms, relays, etc. The floor can be screwed to the beam, up from the bottom, for additional support.

Hopefully this hasn't made things more confusing than before...LOL

 

[one finger john]

Cooter, can't see but did you take the shift lever into consideration?

John