Rear Seat Delete Carpet
02-07-2014, 05:03 PM
#16
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My 3.2 has a birch plywood enclosure in place of the rear seats, which is covered by factory carpet. The entire rear interior was re-done. The "box" consists of a vertical plane that starts at the base of the firewall where it meets the floor that meets at a right angle to the horizontal plane that starts at the top of the seat back mounting hinge point. The seat wells create a cavity that you can store small items in. The passenger side has a latched compartment and the driver's side has a 12" subwoofer. The P.O. did all of the work. There is a second vertical plane that starts at the seat back base, and tilts toward the rear shelf, which is where the real artistry is. The rear shelf is screwed into the vertical plane with a reinforcing wooden cleat that runs the width of the rear shelf. This cleated joint is both strong and light, due to the high quality of the wood materials. The materials themselves are high quality birch that you'd use to make guitars and speaker enclosures. Everything was glued with some sort of rubberized silicone that still holds to this day, and there are zero squeaks and rattles.
I'd have to look for pics if you're interested. I'm happy with it, but as has been said, there is not an increase in useable space compared to just folding down the seat backs. But, since the seatbacks themselves take up space I feel that the box itself provides more utility than the seat cushions, if that makes any sense.
I'd have to look for pics if you're interested. I'm happy with it, but as has been said, there is not an increase in useable space compared to just folding down the seat backs. But, since the seatbacks themselves take up space I feel that the box itself provides more utility than the seat cushions, if that makes any sense.
02-07-2014, 05:09 PM
#17
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My 3.2 has a birch plywood enclosure in place of the rear seats, which is covered by factory carpet. The entire rear interior was re-done. The "box" consists of a vertical plane that starts at the base of the firewall where it meets the floor that meets at a right angle to the horizontal plane that starts at the top of the seat back mounting hinge point. The seat wells create a cavity that you can store small items in. The passenger side has a latched compartment and the driver's side has a 12" subwoofer. The P.O. did all of the work. There is a second vertical plane that starts at the seat back base, and tilts toward the rear shelf, which is where the real artistry is. The rear shelf is screwed into the vertical plane with a reinforcing wooden cleat that runs the width of the rear shelf. This cleated joint is both strong and light, due to the high quality of the wood materials. The materials themselves are high quality birch that you'd use to make guitars and speaker enclosures. Everything was glued with some sort of rubberized silicone that still holds to this day, and there are zero squeaks and rattles.
I'd have to look for pics if you're interested. I'm happy with it, but as has been said, there is not an increase in useable space compared to just folding down the seat backs. But, since the seatbacks themselves take up space I feel that the box itself provides more utility than the seat cushions, if that makes any sense.
I'd have to look for pics if you're interested. I'm happy with it, but as has been said, there is not an increase in useable space compared to just folding down the seat backs. But, since the seatbacks themselves take up space I feel that the box itself provides more utility than the seat cushions, if that makes any sense.
and the hinged part. I just want the shelf. This is exactly why I bought extra bulk Perlon from Bob.
02-07-2014, 05:23 PM
#18
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Doug, the amount of hand work that went into the car, including the hand made positive battery clamp (that I had to toss out) is in the hundreds of hours, easily. The guy who did it is Kenny Lawrence of Lawrence Intstruments. His day job is making bass guitars and electric guitars for guys like James Hetfield, and the Doobie Brothers.
02-07-2014, 06:15 PM
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Doug, the amount of hand work that went into the car, including the hand made positive battery clamp (that I had to toss out) is in the hundreds of hours, easily. The guy who did it is Kenny Lawrence of Lawrence Intstruments. His day job is making bass guitars and electric guitars for guys like James Hetfield, and the Doobie Brothers.
02-08-2014, 05:16 PM
#20
Shhhh.... watch out or the Study Hall Monitor will come in and close the thread
02-08-2014, 06:23 PM
#21
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You drinking?
02-08-2014, 08:30 PM
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