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Just a small addendum to Marks note.
B-4 you weld the bucket seat bracket to the
floor.
mount them to your seat tracks, and make sure there
BOTH IN THE FULL FORWARD OR FULL BACK position.
Then install using the forward and the rear
outside mounting bolts.. and scribe or sharpie mark the outline of the seat
bracket onto the floor board.
now remove and weld away...
I don't want to be a wise As# but I made this
mistake my self on one side and repaired a local guy who went down
the same road of misaligned tracks..
Wayne
ACES # 1556
TC # 186
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 1:04
AM
Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Converting
to bucket seats in a 71?
Mark,
I
put the conversion brackets in my 72 Elky. The kit came with two
brackets, one for the driver's side and one for the passenger's side. The
raised part of the bracket points to the firewall and is welded down to the
floor next to the tunnel (you will want to get very good penetration when you
weld for safety's sake). For the outer side of the seat, the buckets bolt to
the existing holes next to the door sill. You will notice that the front bolt
hole (towards the firewall near the sill) is raised similar in height to the
raised part of the bracket. The back hole near the door sill fits the outer
hole in the seat bracket (my bracket has two holes and the outer hole
lined up perfectly with the rear bolt hole).
My
seats sit level when on the ground. That is, left and right brackets are
identical in height as well as from front to back on each bracket. Because of
the about 1" raise in front on both the floor and bracket,
the seat is tilted back somewhat. Its a perfect angle for me. My
seats came out of a 71 El Camino and when I get to the interior stage I
will recover them with 72 covers.
Hope
this helps.
Larry
I ordered two pairs of bench to bucket conversion
brackets for my 1971. I have a question
about this mod I hope someone can help with.
I took the old junker seats down from storage today and set
them on the garage floor. Three legs one
each seat are the same length, the forth about 1" shorter. Both seats are like this.
The conversion
bracket picture on Johns web site
looks like one end of the brackets is higher than the other, same for both brackets in the set.
Either my seats are not from a Chevelle (possible I was sold the wrong thing) or the
kit would need one flat bracket per seat and one with an elevated end per
seat.
Can anyone shed some light on
this?
Mark, 71 SS
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