Rotted rear seat frame- 1967 Barracuda vert

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Bobacuda

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I have had no luck locating a non-rusted out rear seat frame, but I may have gotten lucky today.

A friend of mine had me take my seat frame to a retired friend of his that had a sheet metal construction company. He is also an old hot rod and race car (dirt track) guy.

He looked at the seat frame and said, “Looks like rotten crap, but I’m pretty sure I can make some patches to go over the rotted areas and weld them to the good parts.”

Finally, looks like a fix! He is retired and said, “I’m working on my own 9 projects, but I should have it done in a month or less.”

When done, l’ll let you’all know how it turned out.
 
I found at Home Depot an sheet metal angel iron with a lot of holes in it. I cut it and bent it to replace the bottom rail of my seat. I saved the piece that went over the center hump and the loops that lock the seat in place.
 
Dave Lucas said:
I found at Home Depot an sheet metal angel iron with a lot of holes in it. I cut it and bent it to replace the bottom rail of my seat. I saved the piece that went over the center hump and the loops that lock the seat in place.
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The sheet metal guy working on my seat called today for me to get it this weekend. Will report back when I get it
 
Bobacuda said:
The sheet metal guy working on my seat called today for me to get it this weekend. Will report back when I get it
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The sheet metal guy did a great job. He made a jig to bend flat metal to the shape of the metal frame on the bottom. He shaped and welded it over the weak pieces, removing the absolutely rotten ones. Then he drilled all the holes, made the notches and made sure all the structural parts anchored correctly. The welds look better than in the photos.

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Bobacuda said:
The sheet metal guy did a great job. He made a jig to bend flat metal to the shape of the metal frame on the bottom. He shaped and welded it over the weak pieces, removing the absolutely rotten ones. Then he drilled all the holes, made the notches and made sure all the structural parts anchored correctly. The welds look better than in the photos.
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Awesome! Coat the heck out of it with something to prevent its rusting again and good to go.
 
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