| Seat mounting [message #214248] |
Sat, 13 July 2013 18:12  |
bpimm
Messages: 211
Registered: June 2013
Location: Washougal Washington
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From the looks of the factory seat pedestals for the driver and passenger seats, they mount to the two cross members under the floor and the seat mounts to it, meaning that the driver and passenger seats are mounted to the metal frame structure. Ours doesn't have the metal pedestals and the seats are bolted through the plywood with just a fender washer backing it up. I'm going to guess this is not stock or safe seeing that the seat belts mount to the seat base. It seams to me that in a front end collision it would just mean that as you went through the windshield you would have the seat still firmly attached to your backside. Am I missing something in my assumptions?
I will need to add some framework to tie the seat base to the coach framework to rectify this before I take it on the road.
After tearing the carpet out of the dinette area behind the passenger seat I have found some questionable plywood decking that will need to be replaced. I didn't find any evidence of mounting points for any seating or seat belts.
This coach came with 2 of the steelcase (I think) couches one on each side where the floor plans show 1 couch and a dinette or 2 captains chairs and a small table. We have talked about it and will be trying to use the 2 couches facing each other. One of the couches has 4 legs with bolt tabs on the bottom and the other one doesn't have any legs at all and was sitting on the step and a chunk of a 4X6 at the door opening. If these are the original legs and functional I will make a set for the couch that is missing them.
These are the legs:
Are these the legs that these couches came with?
Do these look up to the job?
Thanks
Brian & RaeDean
1973 26' #383
Washougal WA
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