55 Wagon Progress

[MP&C]

Thanks for the suggestion. We're going to have a taller spacer on the outside due to the dip in the floor where the original seat frame rested. Looking at the seat frames/track mechanism, incorporating the varying heights into the track would affect the alignment of all the power seat drive gears. Don't want to tackle that headache! We'll have to go with shag carpet to hide them..

[Russell]

That spacer is very nice. Have you looked at the seat could the spacer be placed between the seat bottom and the track to make the floor spacer less bulky?

[MP&C]

OK I guess that will work too!

[pintoboy77]

OK I guess that will work too!

[MP&C]

Here's the path we took on the seat risers....it's been a while now that GM has used wood in the vehicle, no sense in us bucking that trend! Started by fabbing up some 14 gauge steel into a hat section and left some longer ears on the ends to fold down and close the ends off..





Stainless hex nut welded inside for the seat frame hardware..





Missed getting these pics on the other end, but cardboard templates were transposed to steel fillers, cut out and welded in place, along with the flanges around the perimeter.








We plan on finishing the inner risers up this evening and leveling the seats across for sizing the height of the outer risers.


Finished up the plug welds on the driver's wheel well. We'll get a few more parts prepped for epoxy and address those bare spots at the same time.