Thread: '37 Oze build

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I never did get a response from Tim Taylor at Oze about the poor quality of his latest grille offering. Hopefully, he'll take the criticism seriously.

I decided to proceed with some more body work and removed the running boards, front fenders and hood sides, for more work. That only took an hour to do, so it will take a couple of hours to put the parts back on. The car now looks just like it did back in December, when I first drove it. I won't reinstall the hood sides until I receive a hood latch kit from Smooth Parts. I really want to get the hood latched, but it requires replacing the square steel tube that runs from the vertical radiator support, back to the main body. I've also got to do a little tweaking on the radiator supports, to move the hood sides, slightly toward the driver's side, to improve the alignment of the hood to the main body and the hood sides.

I did manage to find seats that will fit in the car and support a 3 or 4-point racing harness. I looked at the dimensions of a lot of brands of racing seats, but found few that weren't too wide or too tall. I ordered a Cobra Imola seat, first. It would barely fit in the car, but the seat's interior width was too narrow for about 90% of the world's population. I only weigh about 140, so I could sit in it, but my wife couldn't and neither could most men of average size. Trying seats is expensive. Shipping a seat from California to Colorado is $78 from the dealer, but $120 for me to return it (by UPS). After speaking with the dealer, he recommend a cheaper Cobra Clubman model. The Clubman did fit in the car and it's barely got enough room for me or my wife. I got the one seat that I ordered, bolted in place, with a 3-point harness. The slider has about 4 inches of travel in both directions. I managed to get the seat bolted in, where my 5' tall wife could drive the car with the seat all the way forward. I still want to add a retraction device to the 3-point harness, so I can lean forward to see traffic coming from the side. In the Oze car, you sit so far back that you can't see the traffic to the right, if a corner is over 90 degrees. I plan to buy a pair of retractable lap belts and put the retraction unit on the single belt that attaches to the V- shaped shoulder belts.

I only bought one seat to start with, because the dealer charges a 20% restocking fee, unless you buy a different model of seat from them, to replace a model that doesn't fit. With the Imola, that would have been another $190 down the drain, in addition to the 2-way freight.

Cobra Imola Pro-Fit seats at Subesports : Cobra Seats

Cobra Clubman seats at Subesports : Cobra Seats

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/hfm-sb3pxbk/overview/