Are these the Scat (http://www.procarbyscat.com/) seats? I've had a set in
my Chevelle for about ten years. A buddy had the deep bucket (Rally
series?) in his Camaro and they were great for long trips, but definitely
harder to get in and out of the car. Great support and great for hard
driving, but not so easy for daily use and dating. I have one similar to
the Elite series (black vinyl with a grey velour insert) in my Chevelle.
Support is still good, although you do have to hand on a bit more since
lateral support is not as good. I have also used these seats on long drives
with no complaints.
I'll look to see if I have interior pictures I can post, but you can see the
headrests in some of the exterior pictures here:
http://epage.com/brad/Chevelle/v45/v45.html. Ignore the tall hump in the
rear, that is the child seat for my daughter.
I had to fabricate mounts for them, as they did not have '67 Chevelle
adapters then. I bought a close match and then had them cut and welded to
the right locations. The stock seat mounting points should be reinforced
already, but it can't hurt to use a large washer (they sell them for
mounting harnesses) or 4" plate of 1/8" inch steel.
As for mounting a harness without a cage, you can do it. I talked with Fred
Crow (http://crowenterprizes.com/). I have a long 3" "Y" harness mounted
to the rear seat belt bolts that threads through the headrest supports and a
standard 3" harness for the lap belt using factory seat belt bolts. I also
have the 2" anti-submarine belt, but I have not installed it. You don't
need a reinforcement for that belt because it is there to keep the lap belt
from coming up, it is not supposed to take the force of impact and hold your
weight.
For my daughter's car seat, I used a 2" sand car belt
(http://crowenterprizes.com/2X2-DUNE-AUTO-BUCKLE.html) and had them
fabricate the "Y" harness with a clip and then used the eye bolt and washer
(http://crowenterprizes.com/mountinghardware.html) to mount the belt.
You may not be able to do that in an Elky since there may not be a place to
mount the shoulder portion, but in a Chevelle, you can use the rear seat
belt mounts for the shoulder portion as long as you have a seat that they
can work with. You can't do this with a seat where the belts could slip
down or if the seat back is much lower than your shoulders. See their page
for location info that they suggest:
http://crowenterprizes.com/installationtips.html
Fred Crow was very helpful and friendly. If you have questions, call them
and I expect you will end up talking to him. 714.879.5970
Brad Waller ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
'66 Corvette | 327/dead | 4-speed | Wilwood Brakes | 245/45/16 BFG R1
'67 Chevelle | ex-SS396 | 355/700R4 | F-Body Brakes | 275/40/17 Kumho MX
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clint Hooper
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:24 AM
> To: The Chevelle Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Discussion on bolting seats and
> seat beltharness's
>
> We have been talking quite a bit about those seats over on
> Pro-Touring.com
> and I've been seriously considering a pair for my El Camino.
> The only reason
> I haven't bought them already is their height (37.5")
> concerns me so I'm
> waiting to see a pair in an A-body first. Congrats,,looks
> like you're the
> guinea pig. Please take some photos as you go along.
> As for using five point harnesses without a rollbar's
> support,that's not
> really safe as I understand it. Some have done it,though. How
> far away is
> Valley View from Wichita Falls? I've got a local chassis
> builder that will
> install a chromoly four point bar for $275 and a six point
> for $375. That's
> too cheap to ignore.
> Clint Hooper
> H&H Custom,owner
> 1969 El Camino ProTourer
> 2001 H-D FLHR custom bagger
> http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm
> - Original Message -
> From: "mike f" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> > Greetings all. Ok, I have some new bucket seats, the
> > Pro-Car seats from Summit. Also ordered are the slide
> > rail bases. The mounting holes are fairly close on the
> > outside holes from my old bench. What would anyone
> > recommend about bolts sizes and perhaps installing a
> > flat 4" square sheet metal support piece on the under
> > side of the floor holes?
> > I am interesed also in something more than lap belts.
> > Can I, or anyone, buy and properly mount a seat belt
> > harness without a roll cage? What are best lines of
> > thought to putting a good quality mounting system
> > together?
> > Thanks in advance
> > Mike
> > Valley View, Texas
>
>
>
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