easy 5" of extra legroom in '81 hj47

[beaker152]

i took some 3/4" by 3/4" angle iron and used it to secure some aluminum bar stock where the seat rails used to be, but i made them long enough to extend about 6" behind the rear seat bolts. after flattening out the front flange of the seat mount, i drilled some holes in the bar stock and re-bolted the seat 5" behind where it was originally. i'm 6'6", so this made a huge difference and only cost a few bucks.

-steve

ps. will likely change from aluminum to steel at some point.

 

[missipboy]

how bout some pics?

 

[beaker152]

how bout some pics?

here ya go...

the flange didn't flatten out too cleanly--would've been nice to have a big vice instead of a big wrench...

and i think a piece of steel with the original bend to go over the front pedestal would be much better than the angle iron bracket. consider this the prototype...

-s