Question about hole between seats
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Racer
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From: Salina Kansas
Question about hole between seats
Just got a '71 that has a hole cut in the panel between the seats directly below the chrome tie down. The removable arm rest hides it, but I'm wondering what used to be there? Any ideas?
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Last edited by 0-60B4U; Nov 4, 2015 at 07:34 AM.
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Part of the seat riser reinforcement. My hunch is Bubba wanted to remove the ebrake console, didn't know about the hidden bolt, didn't bother to try to find it, and took the Sawz-All to it. Seat riser reinforcement under the carpet should be solid with no rectangular holes.
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Hi, 0-60,
It use to look like this. Mike's probably right.
They could have pulled the carpet down before they cut the hole… they must have been really mad.
Regards,
Alan
PS: Just thought… is the hole just in the carpet, or in the steel bulkhead too?
It use to look like this. Mike's probably right.
They could have pulled the carpet down before they cut the hole… they must have been really mad.
Regards,
Alan
PS: Just thought… is the hole just in the carpet, or in the steel bulkhead too?
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Racer
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From: Salina Kansas
Thanks for the input.
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Nice installation!
I mounted a plate so everything would fit nice and flat. I kept the original pieces in case i want to Mig weld it back in down the road (not likely)
I remember this being a pretty popular mod in the 70's when everyone wanted an 8 track or cassette deck that wouldn't fit in the dash.
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The company that I worked for in maintenance for 34 years, made the bulkhead panels. The funny thing is that I watched them make the panels all of the time at work and did not know that they went on our Corvette's. This is because the two panels were stamped together as one very large piece. The last process in making them was to " trim " them, meaning to cut them into two pieces and cut the proper edges. I never had the time to pay attention to the two finished panels. Not until they built a new quality control office that had some painted and assembled pieces hanging on the upper walls, did I realize what they were! Lou.