January 26, 2004
Passenger seat fitting
So, time to fit the passenger seat. Not as easy as it sounds as I had to fit the floor strengthening strips as well. First task was to fit the fixed runners to the seat, which is easy. Then I had to get the seat in the car (easy once you've got the knack) and mark the locations in the floor for the holes that will bolt the seat down. I then drilled the holes and checked that the seat would fit.
With the holes in place, I could go about attaching the strengthening rails. These are wide U shaped aluminium strips that rivet to the underside of the floor. Lining up the main seat holes, I drilled the holes for the rivets that attach the strengthening strips. I could drill a few from the top, but then had to get the car up on axle stands so that I could drill most of the holes from underneath the car. It was then a case of riveting the strips in.
It took a while, but eventually all those rivets were in! Here's some pictures from inside the car and underneath (sorry, the underneath isn't great and was taken from the passenger (exhaust side) of the car).
Then after opening up the holes a little bit more, the job's finished!
Onto the doors and tonneau next.
Posted by charles at January 26, 2004 7:46 PM