Sorry, I had a bunch of pics of progress, but this is a pain in the , oh well...[/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG] Ok, with any luck, here are some pics of the seat mods. I cut the top corner tubing and replaced them with plate to allow the seat to fit back in the tub, the inch i removed really helped. Then I cut the rear, lower corners to allow the bottom to fit back in the tub, also shortened and re angled the actual seat by reworking the bracket that attaches the back to the bottom. the seat fits great, now I need to have the apolstry redone, leather for sure.
[/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG] Ok, with any luck, here are some pics of the seat mods. I cut the top corner tubing and replaced them with plate to allow the seat to fit back in the tub, the inch i removed really helped. Then I cut the rear, lower corners to allow the bottom to fit back in the tub, also shortened and re angled the actual seat by reworking the bracket that attaches the back to the bottom. the seat fits great, now I need to have the apolstry redone, leather for sure.
I think dust got on the lense, the garage camera usually takes very good pics... The bracket is very stout, there are steel 3/4" tubes welded trough the frame with grade 5 5/8" bolts through them. The cage is 1/4" plate, all welded with a tab bolting it to the frame as well as the post through bolts, it caps the ends of the post tubes that the through bolts stiffen. The pedal and bell crank posts are self supporting and rigid, I built the cage more for the pedal stops and brake light switch mounts than support, but felt like strapping the two posts together would insure uniform geometry and rigitidy. I bet I could jack the car up by it... It's much stouter than it looks, perhaps overkill, but I wanted to keep it open for access to the grease fittings and heim joints. Besides that, I had the material laying around. I will get a better photo once I get the tub off again so I can get a good angle. It's pretty tight right there with the pedals, bell crank, clutch arm, brake master cylinder, steering box, column, linkage, etc... The other thing is the cross member is forward, and mounts to the transmission at the tail shaft bolts as apposed to the actual mount, but it actually works out well. The bucket looks ruff, but that will all change in rapid order, once the mock up and fitting stage is complete. Getting the controls worked out with a seat was a milestone for me. It was challenging to make it fit me.. Should be down hill from here, all strait forward basic stuff.
