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    FEP Senior Member 83gt351w's Avatar
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    Default Ripped seat mount

    Who has ran into this, and how did you fix it? Long story short, showing off in front of a friend, and all of a sudden I fell into the back seat. I honestly forgot I did this until my carpet removal 20 years later. I repaired it at the time with a thick piece of plate steel with a bolt in it, and shoved it down into the tear. Name:  IMG_3966.jpg
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    I'd just weld a thicker gauge metal plate over it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JTurbo View Post
    I'd just weld a thicker gauge metal plate over it.
    That's the way I was leaning. No pun intended. Do a plate that covers both, say 1/8", and do both sides. That way both seats are lifted the same.

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    I had an identical problem on my 89 convertible. One too many hard 1-2 shifts I guess.

    I tried the whole welding thing and broke it a second time. The floorpan was simply crap in this particular car.

    I bolted several pieces of predrilled thick metal banding straps to a piece of angle iron. My seat bolt head was a caridge bolt head and sandwiched between the stack and the last layer of the stack. I got everything bolted together in the channel and tightened it up. Worked great every day, I eventually sold the car with this mod in place.

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    What do the rear seat mounts look like? If the floor is torn on the back mounts, it would likely stress the front mount and cause the result you have.

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    I had the exact same problem.

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    Whatever you do, don't do this.......

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    Some people should not touch a welder.
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    Yeah, I've heard it said that a might welder can make anyone a welder... clearly not true

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