I moved the seats back in my 67.5, but tI drilled them in too
close to the emergency brake shaft and when driving alone the
passenger seat would move when I put hte emergency brake on!
Check before you drill!
Peace,
Pat
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, John Atchison wrote:
> Barney:
>
> Yes, I have easily just drilled more holes
> through the roadster floor to move the seat rearward
> in search of more leg room.
>
> What to watch out for:
>
> look UNDER the car BEFORE drilling,
> make sure you don't drill into anything vital to the car's well being
> and make sure you can reach the intended new hole
> so that you can get the nuts tightened down good on the seats.
>
> Use BIG washers or a steel plate to re-inforce the new seat mount
> so it won't pull through the floor sheet metal.
>
> You can move the seat rearward a couple more inches
> until the back of the seat encounters the ramp in the floor.
>
> If you still need more cockpit room ????
> use a smaller diameter steering wheel, which
> should give you plenty of leg room
> once the seat is moved all the way back.
>
> Another word of warning,
> once the seat is moved rearward,
> make sure you can still get the clutch pedal
> and brake pedal pushed in significantly
> from your new seat position.
>
> John Atchison
> Idaho Falls
> 69 2000
>
>
> At 01:49 PM 8/21/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Another question...Besides replacing the seats in a '69 with Miata seats,
> >for increased leg room, has anyone modified the mounting to move the stock
> >seats back? That is, other than using the second set of mounting holes. Is
> >it possible to drill a third set of holes?
> >
> >Cramp in Columbia,
> >Barney
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