Rear bench seat broken, need help

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My rear bench seat butt portion is broken. The metal piece cracked so now I’m afraid to have people riding in the back. Would you suggest welding it or finding a new seat portion?

[Red Ryder]

A photo would help here.
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[Sodo]

appears feasible to weld that "on-car".
(after gas-can moved).
Send me a PM if interested. I'm in south Seattle.
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'90 Westy EJ25, NEW oil rings (!) 2Peloquins, 3knobs, SyncroShop pressure-oiled pinion-bearing & GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox.
'87 Tintop w 47k 53k, '12 SmallCar EJ25, cooled filtered original gearbox
....KTMs, GasGas, SPOT mtb

[SCM]

I wonder if you could bend the flat peice (going side to side in the van) back into alignment with a hammer etc then install some sort of reinforcement like a metal bar and some nuts/bolts? Then figure out some other fix for the tubular part? There's gotta be a ton of possible fixes but welding would probably be the best.

I gotta ask - How'd that happen?

My wife bought a 92 Geo Tracker off of a high schooler and the driver's seat reclines to be fully flat but is all out of whack and twisted as if a heavy unequal weight was applied to it in unusual ways. My wife and I employ "smooth techniques" when using the back seat of our van as to avoid these issues.
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