Limeykid wrote:
As I'm more of a traditionalist, I prefer non headrest seats in older cars. I have heard a lot of middle seats out of mini vans with the split back that give access to the rear seats are good. Or mid size extended cab pick up seats.
Cheers,
Stewart.
I agree, Stewart. I don't like the look of a modern headrest seat in an old car. I'm young, at 27, and probably can look forward to 60ish years of life ahead of me. I want to drive this car a lot, but I don't want to unnecessarily risk permanent debilitating injury or death doing it. I feel like I need to make a real serious effort at doing the easy safety improvements like good seat belts, headrests, collapsing steering components, dual master cylinder brakes, etc.
Alrighty, on to some updates. Sadly, the nightly noise curfew arrived before I got to the point I was hoping for.
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All bent into shape! A little advice here: DITCH THE HAMMER. It's useless. I had a much easier time clamping square tube to both sides of the plate, on both sides of the bend line (4 tubes total) and then using the C clamps as leverage to bend the plate by hand. Worked much better than the hammer!
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Happened to have this unusually large lumber (1.75x3.75) laying around from the previous owner of the house. It turns out 1.75" is the perfect separation for the trailing arms! Cut and drilled a few pieces to fit, and clamped it all up. I'm going to tack it all in place, then remove the wood for final welding.
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Holes line up and the gap is a dead match for the vette bracket! All the measurements I can think to take off the vette body and the suspension suggest I've got the angle pretty spot on.