Mock-Up: Back Seat Frame Modifications (August 26, 2012)

Today I modified the back seat frame in order to clear the DSE deep tubs.

This is the lower portion of the rear seat, which does not need to be modified, but I'm pulling the upholstery and foam off since it will be redone.

This is the back portion of the rear seat.  The right and left sides have to be modified to make room for the tubs.  The part I'm holding gets cut off on each end and inverted.  

Here's the piece inverted.  You can see there's more space on the side, which is where the tub was interfering.  If you look at the top portion of the picture, you can see that the frame work also needs to be modified for clearance.  

Basically the same process - cut the offset portion out and invert it.  

Test fit

Since I had to rebuild the "shoeboxes" that were part of the structure behind the seat, I ended up modifying how the lower portion of the seat back attaches.  Simple fix - added on a tab, which will be attached to the "shoebox."  

Here you can see the tabs.

Here is the finished product.  Did my own thing, as the direction included from DSE didn't really seem to apply to a '67.