Dean_Fuller

I have a 79 with a broken driver seat bottom. The fiberglass bottom pan is COMPLETELY cracked on the inside all the way through the area where the rail bolts on. This causes the seat back to twist when you have weight in the seat. Has anyone had luck fixing this kind of issue? I thought what I would do is BOND metal on the inside to hold the seat togeather and then fiberglass the crack. Does that sound like it would work? A used seat bottom pan is $300 so thats out.

Any other way to proceed ? I do need it to be safe.

Avette4me

I chucked a 1/2 shaft not long ago that beat my battery box to shet. My fix was to rivit metal as a reinforcement and then glass over it. Worked pretty well so far.

...Roger...

$300 ..... your kidding. What part of the country are you in ?
I'm sending a set to Bloomington,tops and bottoms,no cushions.

Dean_Fuller

http://www.ecklers.com/corvette-seat...1979-1982.html

This is my part I am talking about,.

...Roger...

Ouch... These will be at Bloomington for $100,they're already on the trailer.

Dean_Fuller

Would you ship these to Mississippi??? I can pay with paypal right now.

...Roger...

They went on the trailer early,we better take this to PMs.

Dean_Fuller

PM sent Roger...I could sure use them.

drwet

I repaired mine years ago. I ground the fiberglass down to thin and roughen it, then laminated on a bunch of fresh fiberglass mat and resin. The metal really doesn't help. Its been holding for about twenty years now.

Oldguard 7

One of mine is also broken. It was broken when zi purchased the car. I switched it to the passenger side since I have few passengers. It still bothers me that I know it is broke. I refuse to spend $300 on a peice of plastic. GM restoration parts probaply supplies toose to Eckler and others and the mark up the price even further. The prices of interior parts for this generation of corvette especially the for the 78-82 parts are just beyond silly. I'm looking for some Fiero seats I already have the bolt on brackets I just need the seats.