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Ksmit258 Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:36 pm Post subject: Front seats |
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Anyone have any pictures or suggestion on material for floor where seats will be installed...should I put cross bracing under floor to help support seats...if so should I bolt to tubing or weld and so one...thanks |
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Ksmit258 Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:37 pm Post subject: Re: Front seats |
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Guess I should have states sand rail |
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thesatelliteguy Samba Member
Joined: January 06, 2007 Posts: 1515 Location: Santa Rosa CA
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dustymojave Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 5802 Location: Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
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Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: Front seats |
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The floor of a buggy should be like 16 gauge aluminum, preferably 6061 T6 or steel sheet of 18-20 ga. Some like to let sand fall out using 16 ga expanded steel.
The floor should NEVER be used to mount seats, pedals, belts, etc. There should be frame structure, such as 1" 065 wall tube to mount seats to. That's what the seats are mounted to in my Hi Jumper that you see in my avatar. Plenty strong enough for offroad racing. _________________ Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
SoCalBajas Member
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cbeck Samba Member
Joined: January 14, 2014 Posts: 2494 Location: high ridge, mo
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Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: Front seats |
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First pic shows the tabs for the front of the seat mounts and a double shear tab for the crotch belt whoch points straight to the hole in the seat for that belt.
Second pic shows the bar ( tube) and tabs for the rear seat mounts.
_________________ My cut in half and rebuild thread
www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=647779 |
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Ksmit258 Samba Member
Joined: November 12, 2020 Posts: 82
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: Front seats |
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Thanks for the pictures and someone said post some pics.
I would like secure these brackets some how...the mrs want be able to drive so was going to put a slider in...thinking about the floor and gage that was mention and maybe some cross members supports all the way across.
Don’t have really any good idea to tie floor to back near Torsion bar going across
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Ksmit258 Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: Front seats |
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Also think you can see from picture belts or already tied in frame good |
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thesatelliteguy Samba Member
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dustymojave Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 8:56 pm Post subject: Re: Front seats |
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No need to add extra tubes or stress what to mount the back edge of the floor to.
My Hi Jumper never had any square tube to mount the floor. No angle stock. Never had any tubes on the torsion housing. Tabs on the side tubes and on the center tube near the torsion housing takes care of the back edge of the floor panel. _________________ Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
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