Revfan

Cause I need to bring these seats back from the dead!

I am stuck in the tar baby I call my 1967 Corvette. My winter project was to clean up the engine bay, put a new wiring harness in and eventually get to the seats, as mine are supposed to have the seat latch mechanism and don't.

Well, one thing lead to another and I pulled the driver seat out today.


Not looking good... at least to me.

There was a recent thread here regarding another C2 model year seat track etc, and somebody chimed in and added pictures of their semi recent 67 seat resto... for the life of me, I can't find the post. I think the 67 seat restorer may have had a yellow convertible...

Anyway.

Seat Frames can be expensive... and I am not flush with cash so I am looking for ideas on how to salvage this one... if its possible.

That beer was full before I took the cover off... ewwwww...



Am I chasing my tail here... ?


Where does one start?

Some of the other threads I have checked out to help with my seat project are
Getting the 67 seats together

Seat mounting bolts.

1966-seat-track-servicing

Some seat and seat belt install removal info 1965

Tom Austin

How did those seat frames get so rusted? . . . I think they're too far gone!

BB767

Revfan this is the thread you're referring to...

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-a...t-rebuild.html

...but Mike67nv, the fellow who posted those '67 seat pictures you're looking for on that thread has deleted all his seat pictures for some reason from that post. Maybe you can send him a PM. Good luck.

Thomas

Bluestripe67

Your project may take a lot longer while you look for frames. They are a testament to the fact that all Corvettes leak. Dennis

Revfan

Thanks for the info
Thomas...

I thought I was going crazy as I knew I saved a link to the thread. I sent him a PM, and hope he chimes in on this one!

The more i tear into my car, the more I am feeling like its an assembly of parts with a nice paint job....

but still... its mine!

BB767

Quite correct Dennis and that the factory didn't put much paint on the the seat frames to begin with. (Who's gonna look there when the car was on the showroom floor anyway?) The thin paint that was there broke down over the years and exposed bare metal to moisture which the carpet will hold nicely and voila'.....rust in the extreme.

For any of you reading this and who own a convertible you just might want to take a peek under your seats to see if they've ever been refurbished. If not, with winter approaching this might be a good time to bite the bullet and pull them out and give them some needed attention. Just a thought.

Thomas

BB767

You are most welcome Revfan. Remember it's the journey, not the destination. Take your time and enjoy the process and the fact that you're getting to work on an exceptionally cool automobile. Those before you might have neglected it but now it's your turn to right all those wrongs. How many people get that opportunity?
Embrace what lays before you.
Been there, done that....in the extreme.

Thomas

Revfan

Hey Guys!

Another day, another bloody knuckle....

I got my seats out, and have taken my tracks apart. Something doesn't seem right. And I am guessing its a bubba thing.

The seat track bracket that i have is flat/flush with the bottom



Whereas, the others seem "stepped"...


Are mine ultra rare prototypes for an L88 worth a tremendous amount of money.....
or just bubba'd?

woodsdesign

I would say someone was trying to lower the seat height. Or, maybe a bubba fix.
I would take the frames to a good fabricator/welder. They can do wonders. With the price of 67 frames you will be money ahead. jmo

Revfan

Anyone know of a fabricator/Welder?
I need to send them off (back to the states) as I am stationed in Germany, and wouldn't know how to go about finding the right person.

Scott Marzahl

Might be cheaper to just buy a new frame bottom by the time you buy replacement pieces, ship and or pay a welder.