first thing befor i restarted the chassis was to sort out the seats.my wive being either fussy or
she enjoys giving me work decided that she wants the luxury of electric seats in her car.
fine thinks i but we also didnt want the seat belts to mount like in a normal car.mmm after a bit of searching
i founnd that late model bmw convertable seats have an integral seat belt.
found a pair and had em sent here.well blow me down if they aint the biggest seats ive ever seen.not to
mention how heavy they are.so heavy i couldnt lift one and resorted to dragging em down the garage.
did i mention big.yep to big to even mock em up in the car as i couldnt get them in.the joys of tiny old
cars.
electric seats may be really good but strip em down to the frames and theres 4 motors inside each of em.
3 weeks later of pretty much every spare minute the seats are sorted.took two inches outa the width and
4 inches outa the height.new mounting brakets were added as well.lots of making bits up on the lathe to get the motors to
all work properly again.
the reason behind doing the seats first is they bolt through the floor so positioning them gave me the starting
point for the crossmembers.
crossmembers were made of 2x1 boxed steel trianglulated across.(photo,s to follow when body comes of again).brake
pedal,m/c were relocated to a better possition.rear axle mounts were remade along with new engine/gearbox mounts.exhausts
were routed as well as all brake lines / air lines/fuel line.stainless steel tank was notched to mount the fuel pump
and hung at the rear of the chassis.
the front suspension now.acording to the manufacturers you couldnt use air suspension on this car as it
would fit.
gonads i recon so by remaking the front A arms it now has air suspension.
