Restoration progresses.....slowly
#17
11-08-2016, 03:53 PM
KO...thanks. I'll post some photos of the seats tonight. I wouldn't say that they offered more legroom, but they are quite comfortable and sit an inch or two higher than the bench. On the other hand, the backs are thicker than the bench seat, so relocating the tank was necessary to fit them in the cab (exactly what Bill said). I'm using a 78 automatic tilt column. I took four inches out of the column to move the steering wheel closer to the dash. That gave me considerably more room to move the seats fore and aft and depending upon what steering wheel I use...much more belly room. (Planning for the future!)
#18
11-08-2016, 10:19 PM
Had a few questions regarding the seats and I've added photos. They're from a 2010 F-150 in the color stone grey. I stripped them down to the metal frames and shortened the backs by 4 inches. That got me a little more room to move the seats back and get them out of the rear window. Then the foam was sectioned and refit to the seat frame and the original factory covers were unstitched and re-sewn to the new dimensions. The original headrests were huge so I shaved them down and had them recovered with the original fabric. They look better without the headrests, but I can remove them for looks or put them in for driving. I took off the factory floor brackets and made adapters to mount them about 1.5 inches above the floor. The new brackets bolt in to nut plates reinforced and welded to the underside of the floor. Finally added 3-point seat belts. The shoulder mounts were welded behind the b-pillar reinforcements with nut plates and the b-pillars were strengthened with a second layer of metal from the "scrap" cab.
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#25
01-04-2019, 08:37 AM
Boss:
So far I like the FiTech a lot. It starts and runs every time including the initial start-up. I know that there is a lot of adjustment and fine tuning that I can get into and refine it, but I haven’t had the time other than making idle and air/fuel adjustments. Don’t know if you noticed on the cab we made some subtle changes such as tapering off the tail end of the drip rails, removing the drip rail clip, filling the cab seams and stake pockets, filling the antenna hole and gas filler, chrome bezels on all exterior lighting and grille....probably more....
So far I like the FiTech a lot. It starts and runs every time including the initial start-up. I know that there is a lot of adjustment and fine tuning that I can get into and refine it, but I haven’t had the time other than making idle and air/fuel adjustments. Don’t know if you noticed on the cab we made some subtle changes such as tapering off the tail end of the drip rails, removing the drip rail clip, filling the cab seams and stake pockets, filling the antenna hole and gas filler, chrome bezels on all exterior lighting and grille....probably more....
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01-04-2019, 09:13 AM
Chad:
Yes all the bezels are aluminum, as is the grille. The chrome shop did a fabulous job of chroming all those with a nice layer of plating, as one can tell by the added weight to the parts. On the third brake light, I actually wanted to flush mount it but I was concerned that cutting a long slot just below the roof line might weaken that section, so I decided to go with the surface mount which required only three small holes.
Yes all the bezels are aluminum, as is the grille. The chrome shop did a fabulous job of chroming all those with a nice layer of plating, as one can tell by the added weight to the parts. On the third brake light, I actually wanted to flush mount it but I was concerned that cutting a long slot just below the roof line might weaken that section, so I decided to go with the surface mount which required only three small holes.
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