Ken Miles Alloy Comp Seat Special

CSX 4027 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-23-2006, 09:52 AM

Scott, That's a good starting point and the way you should proceed. The legs that Morris made are nice and I am sure he made sure they are safe but, we have never done one that way. We mount them in a similar way that NASCAR does in their Cup Cars.

Morris,
The Original seats did not use the cutouts on the outboard side but slid the belts underneath the cover because they were going straight down to the mounting tabs anyway.
I willl gladly send you the money for the stitching. It would have cost me $20 after the fact. $10 per hole.
Give me your address again and I will send a check.

BTW On all new orders, holes will be cut in and out so, if you want as per original and no outboard holes, you will have to specify.

CSX 4027 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-23-2006, 09:57 AM

Actually, you need to make the back verticle tubes parallel with the seat and attach to the seat back to the bottom. At that point the tube can be heated and angeled towards the tabs where you would weld the feet to get to the tabs. I am going to e-mail Ron some photo's from a restoration on an original Comp Car using a NEW fiberglass shell for the comp seat and what it looked like. I will ask him to post on this thread. I am not good at the picture thingy.

CSX 4027 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-23-2006, 10:09 AM

You can use seat tracks but comp cars didn't use them for safety reasons.
The seat was mounted once for the driver and that was it.

computerworks · #4 (**permalink**) 12-23-2006, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CSX 4027

I am going to e-mail Ron some photo's from a restoration on an original Comp Car using a NEW fiberglass shell for the comp seat and what it looked like. I will ask him to post on this thread.

...and here you go:

Morris · #5 (**permalink**) 12-24-2006, 08:29 AM

Here's a shot of the bottom .... we raised the front of the seat so the back was at about 20*degrees......

The rear tab just sits on the floor....and we installed nut serts in the tab and legs...

Morris · #6 (**permalink**) 12-24-2006, 08:32 AM

And as you can see we also mounted the back of the seat to the chassis.....

The triangulation on the bottom and the back of the seat mounted to the chassis ..provided a solid mount for the seat ......

Infact the seat was so solid .... the driver went moving around in the seat.....

Morris · #7 (**permalink**) 12-24-2006, 08:35 AM

And here you can see the angle of the seat ....... front to rear.....

The legs and the tab at the rear....mount to existing tubes that are under the floor..... so the seat is mounted to the chassis ...and not just the floor.... the floor is to thin and weak....