Spent all day working on my 51 Lincoln sled that I just picked up over the weekend. You know how it is when you work on an unfinished project that someone else started-most of the time is spent figuring out what was left un-done or improperly ***embled. I started out today trying to see if I could make the original steering column work in the caprice ch***is. That lead me to installing part of the dash in front of the column, which lead me to notice the seat was not bolted down correctly. After 30 minutes of trying to look under the seat to see how it was bolted down, I finally realized the lower cushion could be removed. I then saw the four floor mounts and saw only one mount had a bolt in it. So I bolted it down and to my dismay discovered it would not slide front to rear with the bolts tight. Finally to my question!!! Are there special shoulder bolts that go in the seat mounts? I dont see any way that the seat will move without special bolts at the floor mounts. Clue me in please so I can move on...
On my '50 there were raised tabs welded to the floor with studs on them that stuck up, then the seat frame sat on top of the studs and nuts held them down. Does your car have those tabs/studs or does it just have bolts through the floor? Your floor may have been patched up or replaced and those went missing. It may just be a matter of shimming the seat mounts up to make up for the mounts if they're gone.
That is how my 51 is-tabs welded to the floor and the seat frame has tabs that insert into those floor mounts and are secured with bolts. The problem is the seat will not move forward or back unless those bolts are loose allowing the seat frame tabs to pivot some as the seat moves. Hard to expalin and hard to visualize so I was hoping for someone familar with the set up to tell me if the bolts used at the floor are special.
Our 51 Merc has studs thru the floor/frame into cage nuts. The seat bracket has holes that the studs come up thru with nuts that tighten down on the seat frame.
my 50 has em eld in by pins with a cotter key thru it.. sounds to me like yours have been modified in the least- not original at the extreme
I think the pins with clips is prolly what I had. That would allow the seat-frame mount to pivot in the floor mount as the seat were moved. Thats what I need to know! Thanks for the help HAMBers...
Sounds like when you tighten your bolts it could rack the frame enough to bind? Last resort you could shorten your arms & legs. LOL
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