Wally,
If you are going to build an enclosed base, consider hiding a storage cubby
hole there. Good place to keep radar detector etc. when not in use. If
planned ahead of time, it is doable.
David Edwards
1954 3100 5 window
-----Original Message-----
From: WR Teto <monadnoc@crystal-mtn.com>
To: Ole Trucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Floor board HELP!
|Jack had some good suggestions Jeff. I'm in the same situation, and I plan
to
|use trial and error by building up some temporary supports out of 2x4's and
|plywood to hold the seats until I get to what seems a comfortable position
(head
|and leg room etc.). Then you can experiment with what looks and feels good
with
|the steering column. I pulled a tilt column out of a 70's Camaro, but
don't
|plan to locate it in reference to the dash until I sort out the seat
height.
|What will you be using for seats, and do you have them yet? I got a couple
of
|buckets salvaged from a Toyota at a flea market for real cheap ($25 for the
|pair). I still have the original seat riser in the truck and I plan to use
some
|angle iron to build a platform into that to act as a base for the seats. I
will
|have to add to it for the height, but then I can wrap the base with sheet
metal
|and then carpet over it. I might even build some sort of center console as
|well, unless I can find something in the junkyard that looks good. Most of
this
|will be a bit later however as I still have to get the replacement floor
panels
|welded in.
|
|BTW, if there is anyone local on the list that is interested in an original
|bench seat (from my '53 3100), I'd part with the cushion, back, and metal
frame
|for $50. Pickup in central Mass. only. I don't really want to get
involved in
|shipping this however.
|
|Wally / Templeton, MA
|53 3100
|
|
|
|> Maybe someone out there can help me. I pulled the seats (buckets)
and
|> carpeting out of the AD today and under the carpeting was about three
large
|> chucks of sheet metal. Obviously not original so I removed all of it and
put
|> it in the round file. Also the PO must have taken the phrase "Floor
Board"
|> literal. Seems he screwed a few pieces of 1x4 to the floor.
|> The only thing I can figure is that after removing the original
bench
|> and the bracing that went under it he must have figured that he needed a
|> stiffiner.
|> Anyway, now that you know the problem here is the type of info. I
need
|> for a solution; When I install a newer split bench, how far will I need
to
|> raise the seat to make it set at the proper height for driving, and at
the
|> same time reinforce the floor board? Ideas? Materials?
|> Also I plan on putting in a tilt wheel and installing a column drop.
|> How far should I drop the steering column? I'v seen these for sale in
|> different lenghts like 2",3" etc. Figure this will coincide with
|> raising/bracing the seat so if anyone has a combination that's real comfy
|> I'd sure appreciate hearing about it .
|
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