72 duster Build progress
I have been dinking around with getting my seats installed into the duster and they are about 4 inches wider than what a factory bucket seat would be so I could not utilize the factory bucket dimples in the floor pan since they would darn near sit onto of the trans tunnel in doing so.
SOOOO what I ended up doing was utilizing the factory bench seat outer holes and measuring inward and making new inner seat bolt holes .
I also welded in new 3/16" floor mounting bolt plates for a bit of added strength rather than bolting right to the thin sheet metal of the floor pan.
I also welded on 1x1 square stock metal to the bottom of the seat tracks ar risers to match the height of the factory bench seat mounting holes.
one 2 1/4" riser on the front left, a 1/2" riser on both the rears and no riser on the front right .....sits nice and level.
I also went through and weeded out unwanted wiring in the seats such as heated seats and air bag wiring and what not and I rewired it to my likings.
after I welded the plates into the floor I used a seam sealer just for the heck of it and I will paint it back to black before I put my carpet in.
I took pictures of the floor but forgot to take pictures of the seat but I will do so tomorrow.
one more seat to go!
ALSO , I don't think I updated you guys but I welded in my sifter mounting plate and bolted my shifter into place ( you can kind of see it in these pictures)
I have been dinking around with getting my seats installed into the duster and they are about 4 inches wider than what a factory bucket seat would be so I could not utilize the factory bucket dimples in the floor pan since they would darn near sit onto of the trans tunnel in doing so.
SOOOO what I ended up doing was utilizing the factory bench seat outer holes and measuring inward and making new inner seat bolt holes .
I also welded in new 3/16" floor mounting bolt plates for a bit of added strength rather than bolting right to the thin sheet metal of the floor pan.
I also welded on 1x1 square stock metal to the bottom of the seat tracks ar risers to match the height of the factory bench seat mounting holes.
one 2 1/4" riser on the front left, a 1/2" riser on both the rears and no riser on the front right .....sits nice and level.
I also went through and weeded out unwanted wiring in the seats such as heated seats and air bag wiring and what not and I rewired it to my likings.
after I welded the plates into the floor I used a seam sealer just for the heck of it and I will paint it back to black before I put my carpet in.
I took pictures of the floor but forgot to take pictures of the seat but I will do so tomorrow.
one more seat to go!
ALSO , I don't think I updated you guys but I welded in my sifter mounting plate and bolted my shifter into place ( you can kind of see it in these pictures)