Another build thread? Yep, my track-style T

[J. Robinson]

I've been working on everything else recently and the roadster has been catching all the cast-off wrappings, left-over parts, empty boxes, etc. Today I decided I would clean out the mess. After sorting all the parts from the trash and putting things in their appropriate places, I decided this would be an opportune time to mount the seats. About a week ago I picked up 4 small T-hinges just for this purpose.

Some time ago I did a preliminary fitting of these Kirkey aluminum seats. in order to get them back and low enough I had to cut holes in the drive shaft tunnel. No problem here as there is plenty of room underneath. I'll glass the holes shut when I'm done with the seats. Mounting was a pretty simple proceedure. I attached the hinges to the lower lip of the seats with large-head 3/16 steel shank pop-rivets. Next, I set the seats in place, drilled the seat riser, and attached the hinges to the riser with 1/4-20 pan-head machine screws, washers, and nuts. The seats are hinged so I can tilt them forward and access the space below. I still need to make spacers for the bottom to rest on, but I want to make the seat-belt mounts first.

Since Club Hotrod changed the programming I can never get the damn pictures to load in the order I want them, so hopefully you all can figure out what's going on in the pictures below. The first one should be last and the last one should be second... oh, never mind!