Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread
Spent the last few days putting the polish on some turds that needed to be addressed in order to check them off the "to do list". Pic 1: First up was making spacers for the bucket seat mounts I constructed ages ago. Initially I made up some temp spacers out of whatever junk looked like it would stack up to the aprox height needed and that is how it has sat for years. After climbing in and out of the car over time I came to the conclusion that the seats were angled back too much. Not a whole lot but enough to address. Pic 2: Found some pucks, from what I think is a body lift kit, the right height for the inboard mounts but the hole was for a much larger bolt. A few minutes digging thru the hardware box and a bushing with the correct ID and OD was found and it was long enough to get two out of. The factory outboard mounts are ski ramps stamped into the floor sheet metal. I had some 1/8" angle iron that was welded together to make wedges, from some long forgotten project, that the middle third of worked perfectly to level out the seat base. Pic 3: You can't really tell anything has changed in this picture but I just wanted to show it off now that everything is in it's final place. Check that one off the list.
Spent the last few days putting the polish on some turds that needed to be addressed in order to check them off the "to do list". Pic 1: First up was making spacers for the bucket seat mounts I constructed ages ago. Initially I made up some temp spacers out of whatever junk looked like it would stack up to the aprox height needed and that is how it has sat for years. After climbing in and out of the car over time I came to the conclusion that the seats were angled back too much. Not a whole lot but enough to address. Pic 2: Found some pucks, from what I think is a body lift kit, the right height for the inboard mounts but the hole was for a much larger bolt. A few minutes digging thru the hardware box and a bushing with the correct ID and OD was found and it was long enough to get two out of. The factory outboard mounts are ski ramps stamped into the floor sheet metal. I had some 1/8" angle iron that was welded together to make wedges, from some long forgotten project, that the middle third of worked perfectly to level out the seat base. Pic 3: You can't really tell anything has changed in this picture but I just wanted to show it off now that everything is in it's final place. Check that one off the list.
