Aluminum Bomber Seats - Sitting Nicely

The end pieces were cut with shears before I made the first fold that was to go on the inside of the seat. I couldn't do the next fold in the same position as the fold mark was too far from the clamp.

Ron Covell look away. I had to put that fold into the back of the metal brake, lay it on the ground, and fold it with the aid of a large piece of wood and a big hammer.

I then squeezed the fold in the mouth with extended bolts to achieve a roll over, and took a measurement at the end of the squeeze to make sure that both rails were the same thickness.

The next step was to fold a line halfway down to finish giving a slanting edge from the top.

Here it is sitting on the edge of the base.

This is the very low seat runner from DAX Cobra. It is about the right size for the seat base. I cut off the rear tube posts and worked with the three holes in the front mount.

I cut out four side plates, two for each seat, and four squares to weld to the back end cross-box section. This is the rear pivot point. Up front I drilled three holes corresponding to the three holes in the front mounting point, so the tilt of the seat can be manually adjusted in 5 degrees increments from 5 to15 degrees. In the photo they're set to 10 degrees.

I laid the runners on to the aluminum seat, centered the seat base and made a paper pattern that went to the side edge of the seat base. I cut four plates to sit on top of each of the adjusting plates.