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HeavyChevy77 wrote:How many/ where are the bolts that hold the powered mechanism to the seat
The seats I have are from a 77-79 caprice as we'll
Instead of changing brackets I was thinking of mounting the mechanism on the outer sides like before but join the two buckets at the middle by using flat thick metal stock with a slight upside u bump/notch in the center to clear the transmission tunnel and the outer ends of the stock bolted to the bottoms of the buckets.. Let me kno what you guys think or and alternative suggestions.
Sweet Seventy9 wrote:Without having the inner seat mounts, a quick and easy way to mount bucket seats is to simply drill holes through the floor and use long bolts with a stack of fender washers. You'll need a bunch of washers so buy a bulk package. Home depot sells them in bags of 100 for like $10-$12. Be sure to use some silicone under the car to seal and waterproof the area after the install. Permatex Ultra Black works great and blends in with the underside of the car well.
Yea but then it would be a fixed position and if ima have electric seats they might as well function ima just join them in the center but might make a slide rail and bolt it in the middle , so thanks for that little ideasolo79 wrote:Sweet Seventy9 wrote:Without having the inner seat mounts, a quick and easy way to mount bucket seats is to simply drill holes through the floor and use long bolts with a stack of fender washers. You'll need a bunch of washers so buy a bulk package. Home depot sells them in bags of 100 for like $10-$12. Be sure to use some silicone under the car to seal and waterproof the area after the install. Permatex Ultra Black works great and blends in with the underside of the car well.
That will work too! I've done exactly that on the first car. However, over time, those bolts tend to wallow out the hole in the thin sheet metal and lean/shift, which causes the seat tracks to start getting in a bind. When this happened on mine, I got a piece of 3/16" steel and cut some 3" squares, drilled tight fitting holes through them for the bolt and put them on each side of the pan for the bolt to go through and that worked like a charm to strengthen it up.
HeavyChevy77 wrote:
Yea but then it would be a fixed position and if ima have electric seats they might as well function ima just join them in the center but might make a slide rail and bolt it in the middle , so thanks for that little idea
GM B-Body Forum wrote:Oh yes it is very possible. The only problem i see is where the brackets bolt to the seat, im sure they may be in different locations on different seats depending on what you put it. But its definitely possible.
GM B-Body Forum wrote:Right now ive got that cheap little sunpro tach installed, but im going to do a custom dash and use Autometer Cobalt gauges, but those gauges aint cheap!
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