Rear seat install ***lots of pics***

[Sundowner]

Now that my van is all road worthy and drivable i thought i needed a place to put the kids
this is my solution

THE SEAT..

I got a seat from a Ford Falcon ute as its the same style as the front and lines up with the front seats, it is fully reclinable and has a fold down arm rest to make cruising all the more comfy



THE FRAME..

I had to raise the seat 150mm to get the correct hight and to give me a space to mount the play station, inverter, amps ,tools etc etc
I made it out of 25x25x1.6 shs and made sure that it was bloody strong
Where the seat and belts mount i have welded in some 6mm plate and also where the frame bolts to the floor, and more under the floor
Its not going any where



THE BELTS..

I had some new old stock mitsubishi retractable belts sitting in the shed
so they go employed to hole the kiddies in place, i used a falcon lap sash for the center
I braced the body with 2mm steel plate and the used som 50x50x6mm plate with nuts welded to the back to reinforse all belt mounting points
Then tested it by swinging my 100kgs of it, no movment









THE END RESULT..

Now that its in all i need to do is get it engineered and then i can start to trim the sides and throw in some carpet

[FredTransit]

Over engineering at it's best! if you are gonne do a job, best do it properly! Nice one sundowner.

[bortaf]

Good job mate, who's the play station for you or the kids?

[Sundowner]

Good job mate, who's the play station for you or the kids?

lol yeah its for everyone but mainly for the kids, will give them something to look at seeing that theres no windows and it will keep em quiet
throw on a game or a dvd and hey presto silence

[madvanman]

Good job mate, who's the play station for you or the kids?

lol yeah its for everyone but mainly for the kids, will give them something to look at seeing that theres no windows and it will keep em quiet
throw on a game or a dvd and hey presto silence

If you kids are like mine, you will be getting the blame for them loosing the game, cos you hit a bump in the road

[cad69]

Yay, nicely done. See you've got the swivel front seat bases in. All you need now is a table in between.

I'm looking around for a folding seat for the back. Probably mount over the wheel arch facing sideways that way I don't lose any payload area. Not sure of legal implications in OZ re seatbelts but then I'm a bit of an anti-authoritive type.

Cad.

[cad69]

Do you guys have Falcons in Europe or is it called the Granada? Been a while since I was over there.

Cad.

[Sundowner]

Yay, nicely done. See you've got the swivel front seat bases in. All you need now is a table in between.

I'm looking around for a folding seat for the back. Probably mount over the wheel arch facing sideways that way I don't lose any payload area. Not sure of legal implications in OZ re seatbelts but then I'm a bit of an anti-authoritive type.

Cad.

I was also thinking of using an 85-91 Pajero rear as they fold foward backwards and have arm rests (some with cup holders) and is also reclinable

together with the extra seats that mount to the wheel arches it folds out to be a bed

the swivel bases are factory in a Sundowner

[sean]

that look's like some QUALITY workmanship going on there mate nice to see look foward to seeing the intirior trim in it what colour are you going for dude

keep up the good work

maby i could see it in person one day, do you live near cairns

[FredTransit]

Do you guys have Falcons in Europe or is it called the Granada? Been a while since I was over there.

Cad.

I think Falsons and Grannies are different cars, could be wrong.

[MrMPuk]

Yeah completly different!

[viper]

Do you guys have Falcons in Europe or is it called the Granada? Been a while since I was over there.

Cad.

I think Falsons and Grannies are different cars, could be wrong.

Yeah I know its old thread. Falcons are only made in Auz, we have those dreadful things here too same models as for UK, but must admit They're pretty good on long journeys

[madmax]

Hey Sundowner i should have look at your seat install before i made mine.

love the belt mountings..





Cheers
Daz