We use those type of seats in most of the rails. Be sure to acquire at LEAST 4" of good foam to go under the driver seat......that's about right. Any less and your back will let you know it. Passengers are on their own. (They just add unnecessary weight anyways. )
Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.
I don't know how much or if you want to race it but if so check into your sanctioning body. The seats shown would not be legal in LSR but I'm not sure about NHRA, etc. It can be frustrating to get turned away at the track!
speedway has some more "civilized" seat options that aren't heavy and way more comfy that look a bit like the shortback econoline or D100 seats that were so popular back in the day.
Jim is in very good shape and would fit into those teeny little 'glass seats. I'll take the weight hit (lightened by removing power tracks) and stick with my Mk8 seats and not need as many chiropractor visits (the whole interior only cost me $250)
I didn't find any Jeep type seats at speedway. The one I linked above is the only seat they offer that looks "old"...oh, that and the "mustang style" seat. Weight is an issue.
Dan, drag racing seat requirements are nowhere near like LSR requirements. 135 mph vs 200+ is a big difference.
The recline thing really kills those seats for this car.
The "retro" bomber seats....not really....by the mid 60s, the drag racers were using fiberglass racing seats. If I were building an older car for an older era, then I'd go for some gennie surplus seats, but they'd probably cost way too much.
are you going to have a back seat at all or just a metal firewall (safety)?
Will you use the backseat area for storage of stuff?
(I'm guessing the trunk space will be reduced with battery, etc)
Two fixed in place 'glass seats sure won't make getting anything in and out of the backseat area very easy, unless at least one side slides way forward or tilts up on a hinge at the front edge of the seat perhaps?
A simple hinge wouldn't add much weight and might allow for easier access?
Stiney, those are way too modern looking, unfortunately. Seats in 1966 were straight, no curves.
I am going to have no back seat, no rear firewall, but a bigass trunk. Battery will be up front, so I save the weight of cables, and the fuel tank will be the stock one under the floor in back, with the stock filler on the side of the car, the filler neck fits in the stock wheelwell on the driver side. Rear "seating area" access will be a bitch, but it's a race car....so I'll make do. Good idea on the hinge for the pass seat, I'll see if I can do that, it would make life easier.
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