02-27-2014, 12:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-27-2014, 12:44 AM by broncosbybart.)
For a catchy name that no one understands. 
Grabber for what is yet to come. I've always wanted to paint a Bronco blue, even before it was cool... Guess it is because blue is emy foavorite color and for some reason my partially color blind eyes really likes the color of grabber blue and machinery gray accents together. So, expect this thing to end up blue and gray.
Sorry Jay, no drawings for the removable apron, but I can snap a few pics of what I did and take a stab at explaining my thoughts behind how it will work. My ramblings may or may not make sense. It will be a task for me for tomorrow or over the weekend.
Did some more work on it today. No real wrenching, just some cutting, fitting, and tack welding.
Plans are to use a fold and tumble rear seat. I began making some support brackets for the forward mounting locations. There are 2 of these brackets, 1 left and 1 right. They are mirror copies of each other and I cut these out of some angle laying around. The large holes are 5/8" and the bottom holes are 5/16". These brackets will bolt to the roll cage support structure, making the seat entirely removable if need ever arises.
The 5/8" hole is a little big for the post in the Jeep TJ seat, but the original TJ seat brackets have a little plastic bushing that I'm going to remove and use in these brackets to keep it all quiet. The posts on the TJ seats are actually 1/2" diameter.
Grabber for what is yet to come. I've always wanted to paint a Bronco blue, even before it was cool... Guess it is because blue is emy foavorite color and for some reason my partially color blind eyes really likes the color of grabber blue and machinery gray accents together. So, expect this thing to end up blue and gray.
Sorry Jay, no drawings for the removable apron, but I can snap a few pics of what I did and take a stab at explaining my thoughts behind how it will work. My ramblings may or may not make sense. It will be a task for me for tomorrow or over the weekend.
Did some more work on it today. No real wrenching, just some cutting, fitting, and tack welding.
Plans are to use a fold and tumble rear seat. I began making some support brackets for the forward mounting locations. There are 2 of these brackets, 1 left and 1 right. They are mirror copies of each other and I cut these out of some angle laying around. The large holes are 5/8" and the bottom holes are 5/16". These brackets will bolt to the roll cage support structure, making the seat entirely removable if need ever arises.
The 5/8" hole is a little big for the post in the Jeep TJ seat, but the original TJ seat brackets have a little plastic bushing that I'm going to remove and use in these brackets to keep it all quiet. The posts on the TJ seats are actually 1/2" diameter.