soth122003 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Today was awesome. Full sun and nice temps. I was gonna fix my floor pan, has a few rust holes I noticed last week. I was also gonna put my new seat covers on till I found this. I knew the bolt on the left front seat mount broke, but I didn't think the whole foot was gone. Also to add insult to injury the rear foot mount was rusted gone on the right mount. Saving Grace...no accidents where the seats would get me as well as the steering wheel. This is one of the downsides of living in Florida, under carpet will hold moisture if it gets wet. I just didn't think it was this bad. No the problem. Finding replacements. Check AB and Flea Bay, no dice. If any one has a clue where I might find these please let me know. Joe Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 And those are called seat tracks I believe. I would talk to French Lake Auto and see if you could get a good used set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave72dt Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 It looks like the sliding parts of the tracks are still in fairly good shape. If you can't find replacements, make new stands for the tracks to mount on. If you need a bit more leg room you can also adjust where the tracks mount to the stands when you make your own. Making your own can also make the car drivable if you need to maintain originality while hunting down good stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soth122003 Posted February 25 Author Report Share Posted February 25 4 hours ago, Sniper said: And those are called seat tracks I believe. Thanks Sniper. That gives me a starting nomenclature to work with. I tried seat mounts on Flea Bay and all I got were seat belts and such. Will French Lake pull the parts and send them to you? Being in Florida means a long drive for parts if they don't. LOL I'll check with them n Monday. 3 hours ago, Dave72dt said: It looks like the sliding parts of the tracks are still in fairly good shape. They are, but they are also hard riveted to the bottom parts which bolt to the floor. I have seen a set of the floor mounts on Amazon from JEGS for about $20 each. They have no drilled mounting holes to mount to the floor, so you drill them to fit. They look a little flimsy though. The reason they got so bad is the seat frame base covers the mount points so you can't really see them until you take the frame and seat back section out. I give this post a few more days to bear fruit. I'm hoping some one modded their seats to buckets and kept the old tracks. Joe Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tired iron Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Hi Joe, I had to fabricate news one, but if that's not possible, I'd find a metal worker/shop and have them weld you up some stands. And, from the looks of the picture, the condition of the floor mounting holes will require either fixing the floor pan at that place, or modifying the location of the mounting holes on the stands and drilling new holes in the floor pan. Whatever fix you choose, just make sure the holes in the floor pan line up EXACTLY with the holes in the legs because when you get that big ol heavy sofa of a front seat back in there is sooo little room for you hands to be messing around with getting the bolts in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soth122003 Posted February 25 Author Report Share Posted February 25 Thanks for the suggestion Tired. Believe it or not the PO who had the car before work on the floor pans. They were rusted but he cleaned them up made some OK repairs and the glassed over the pan in those areas. The pans are in decent shape and the mount areas are good. More than likely I'll fab up some type of strut to repair the mounting feet. I'm also going to check with French Lake on Monday and maybe I'll get lucky. Joe Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution joecoozie Posted February 25 Solution Report Share Posted February 25 Sent you a PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 22 hours ago, soth122003 said: Will French Lake pull the parts and send them to you? Yes they will, don't know if they have a minimum though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soth122003 Posted February 26 Author Report Share Posted February 26 joecoozie, Thanks for the PM. I repaired the floor pan with rusty metal primer with ospor and a patch with sealant under it to keep the water out.. I think it came out pretty well. The pan has a lot of good metal and the only light spots is where the rust is. I should probably replace the MC res access plate but that is easy to do later. Joe Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soth122003 Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 I'd like to send a loud shout out to Joecoozie!!! He had a set of tracks he let me have for a fair price. I tried French lake, Ebay, AB's and a few other places. If not for Joe, I'd be fabbing an ugly makeshift set of feet. I installed the tracks and put on the new seat covers and I must say I'm impressed. The light neoprene backing and skirt material were pretty good and the fit was pretty nice as well. The actual seat and back material was nice and thick and should provide years of use. The last pic is what the seats looked like. They were the original upholstry, I think. I still need to do a little stretching and tucking to even out the material, but so far I'm pretty pleased with the way this turned out. Joe Lee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecoozie Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Joe, Glad I was able to help 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyMopar Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 On 3/10/2024 at 12:21 AM, soth122003 said: I'd like to send a loud shout out to Joecoozie!!! He had a set of tracks he let me have for a fair price. I tried French lake, Ebay, AB's and a few other places. If not for Joe, I'd be fabbing an ugly makeshift set of feet. I installed the tracks and put on the new seat covers and I must say I'm impressed. The light neoprene backing and skirt material were pretty good and the fit was pretty nice as well. The actual seat and back material was nice and thick and should provide years of use. The last pic is what the seats looked like. They were the original upholstry, I think. I still need to do a little stretching and tucking to even out the material, but so far I'm pretty pleased with the way this turned out. Joe Lee Also want to give a shout out to Joe, was able to get a trunk lid and bottom latch from him. Great guy,trying to figure out a way to send him some warm,sunny Florida weather to repay him,LOL. It is good to have our members come to our rescue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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