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OK now that I have these electrical issues out of the way, let's rewind and catch up to speed.
From the beginning I knew I didn't want to reuse the stock seats, and I'm too much of a masochist to purchase the DF Corbeau seat brackets to make life easy. What that meant is that I effectively had to think around the seats first as it would require welding the frame and adjusting the steering column which basically meant I'm going manual steering which then means I need to think around the dash and where the turn signals and other controls would go... it's a headache - just get the DF seat brackets and call it a day. Here's the build up
I went with Kirkey 18.5" Pro Street Drag seats with Jegs brackets. I'm 6'2 205ish and they're quite wide (but not too wide) without padding and fit the space perfectly. The lines of the seat oddly line up with the lines of the frame too so that's an added bonus. I quickly went to town turning them into basically a bomber seat - I still want to dimple the holes but they're odd sizes so I'm designing a solution that'll work (more to come on that)
Using 24" aircraft rails for the mounts themselves. Using these rails allowed for semi-adjustable seating while still being safe. The aircraft rails are aluminum and needed support. Welded in some 2"x1" 1/8" channel and she's rock solid now.
Tight clearances through here boys
Next up, full manual steering rack
From the beginning I knew I didn't want to reuse the stock seats, and I'm too much of a masochist to purchase the DF Corbeau seat brackets to make life easy. What that meant is that I effectively had to think around the seats first as it would require welding the frame and adjusting the steering column which basically meant I'm going manual steering which then means I need to think around the dash and where the turn signals and other controls would go... it's a headache - just get the DF seat brackets and call it a day. Here's the build up
I went with Kirkey 18.5" Pro Street Drag seats with Jegs brackets. I'm 6'2 205ish and they're quite wide (but not too wide) without padding and fit the space perfectly. The lines of the seat oddly line up with the lines of the frame too so that's an added bonus. I quickly went to town turning them into basically a bomber seat - I still want to dimple the holes but they're odd sizes so I'm designing a solution that'll work (more to come on that)
Using 24" aircraft rails for the mounts themselves. Using these rails allowed for semi-adjustable seating while still being safe. The aircraft rails are aluminum and needed support. Welded in some 2"x1" 1/8" channel and she's rock solid now.
Tight clearances through here boys
Next up, full manual steering rack
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