blue missile
Well-Known Member
I have been mulling this one over for a year or so.
Would I really need to put seats in the back,would there ever be anybody riding there?
The addition of rear seats REALLY complicates the roll cage issue.
Safety being a top concern, they would have to have three point belts at least.
Then there is the minitub, not as much room as there was to start with.
My wife insisted that we would be taking trips as a family to car shows and the such. BUT she can't take the .5Gs we encounter making the U turn under the freeway without complaining.
I explained to her that this car will be able to do a 90* turn at 60 MPH! She said the "Road Rally/cruise" thing could be enjoyable, I then explained that I was entering the 135MPH class, and unless she wanted to be the navigator, third passengers are not permitted.
I said all of this to say that on Wednesday I went and got two black leather front bucket seats from a Cadillac CTS and have installed them in the back of the Missile! We'll see if they ever get used!
In the mean time they were power everything and sat so high the head rests touched the roof of the car.
By cutting out the glides and all of the power accessories, fabbing up 1/8" steel bases, I lowered them5" and removed 52lbs of crap. I actually weighed the pile of stuff.
I now have 8" between the front of the rear seat and the back of the front one, and also have my rear view back.
The first pic is of the two just stuck in the car, the next few are of the bases I fabbed, and then there is one with mods next to one without. the last two are the finished project.
Andrew
Would I really need to put seats in the back,would there ever be anybody riding there?
The addition of rear seats REALLY complicates the roll cage issue.
Safety being a top concern, they would have to have three point belts at least.
Then there is the minitub, not as much room as there was to start with.
My wife insisted that we would be taking trips as a family to car shows and the such. BUT she can't take the .5Gs we encounter making the U turn under the freeway without complaining.
I explained to her that this car will be able to do a 90* turn at 60 MPH! She said the "Road Rally/cruise" thing could be enjoyable, I then explained that I was entering the 135MPH class, and unless she wanted to be the navigator, third passengers are not permitted.
I said all of this to say that on Wednesday I went and got two black leather front bucket seats from a Cadillac CTS and have installed them in the back of the Missile! We'll see if they ever get used!
In the mean time they were power everything and sat so high the head rests touched the roof of the car.
By cutting out the glides and all of the power accessories, fabbing up 1/8" steel bases, I lowered them5" and removed 52lbs of crap. I actually weighed the pile of stuff.
I now have 8" between the front of the rear seat and the back of the front one, and also have my rear view back.
The first pic is of the two just stuck in the car, the next few are of the bases I fabbed, and then there is one with mods next to one without. the last two are the finished project.
Andrew
