"Huh??? I have a flat square piece of 3/4" plywood to check for parallel height of the seat tracks, and a tape measure to measure width...
Jack (analog man from the stone age)"
Then, if that wood from a Ply tree, when slid back-n-4th, shows a deviation, you hit something with a BFR (big f'n rock)? "Huh" back atcha.
Oh, a bubble on a stick and a tape may get ya close, BUT...even the worst of the rusty 356s with original seat mountings adjust better than new repro parts beautifully welded together if those parts aren't really, really carefully 'dialed in.'
The best 'proofing' is done with an actual original seat bottom, bare if it's a spare, with true rails still on it, earlier or later styles, it's all the same...a silly milli-meter out of spec in height or width over a run of 450-500mm can make a binding mid-way or at least a tilted seat-back...add a bowed or otherwise damaged rail and more grief comes along, usually found AFTER the car is painted and the carpet is in, the floor is painted and insulated, etc.
So, nuthin' against ya Jack...I'm just warning those who may not know how to avoid what POSSIBLY lies ahead. We who ply our trade woodn't want that.....right?
Rock...on, from the School of Hard Knocks and still learning,
Bruce
Jack (analog man from the stone age)"
Then, if that wood from a Ply tree, when slid back-n-4th, shows a deviation, you hit something with a BFR (big f'n rock)? "Huh" back atcha.
Oh, a bubble on a stick and a tape may get ya close, BUT...even the worst of the rusty 356s with original seat mountings adjust better than new repro parts beautifully welded together if those parts aren't really, really carefully 'dialed in.'
The best 'proofing' is done with an actual original seat bottom, bare if it's a spare, with true rails still on it, earlier or later styles, it's all the same...a silly milli-meter out of spec in height or width over a run of 450-500mm can make a binding mid-way or at least a tilted seat-back...add a bowed or otherwise damaged rail and more grief comes along, usually found AFTER the car is painted and the carpet is in, the floor is painted and insulated, etc.
So, nuthin' against ya Jack...I'm just warning those who may not know how to avoid what POSSIBLY lies ahead. We who ply our trade woodn't want that.....right?
Rock...on, from the School of Hard Knocks and still learning,
Bruce
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