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To: Ole Truckers <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Subject: [oletrucks] structural question
From: Tim Lloyd <lloydt@Colorado.EDU>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 15:28:01 -0600 (MDT)
I'm considering installing some sort of "glove compartment" under the
passenger seat in my '54 Chevy 3100, since I shall soon (hopefully) be
filling most of the original glove box with a nice stereo.  I'm thinking
of the ways I could install a door of some kind in the 6" high metal strip
that runs around the bottom of the seats, in a spot where I can reach it
from the driver's seat.  What concerns me is the structural importance of
the metal strip (I may be using the wrong terminology here) - it seems to
be holding the weight of the seats, and it looks like it was made to
support quite some weight, since it has two bends in it like so:
    ____     ____
___/    \___/    \__  (view tilted to save space)

Does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations on how or where (or if I
should) to cut a door?

Tim Lloyd, omaha@tmbg.org
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