Rear Seat Delete

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  1. MrPie68

    MrPie68 Member

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    Had an idea the other day, has anyone here done a rear seat delete? I was thinking like the old Shelby's did, where the trunk and rear made a storage area. Are the rear seat supports really needed for structural integrity?
    :hmmm:
     
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  2. mean_maverick

    mean_maverick Senior Member

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    i would say the seat support might be there to help hold the back part of the roof and maybe the rear window. alot fo metal meets there around that area so i would say that they would prolly be needed
     
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  3. PINKY

    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    I plan on using that area to mount a bunch of sub-woofers and DVD players......one day.
     
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    In Pinky? I just dont see pinky, subs, and dvd players fitting in to the same
    equation. :hmmm:
     
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    PAINTANK Cometosis Obsessivus

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    What good are DVD players in the back seat?
     
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    hater vision lol
     
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    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    Think it would be pretty cool sitting at a car show, people looking at the car and having a video of it running at the track. :hmmm: Its my car....and I can do what I want :p
     
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    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    PINKY is changing :D
     
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  9. Bob Wiken

    Bob Wiken Chronologically Gifted

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    I'd say you can take it out as long as you put somethin in it's place
    think like a carpenter. Put in a header and some jack studs and they will hold up the roof and glass
    I don't think you ought to just yank it out without re-supporting it
    Think like Stone henge or the greek letter pi
     
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    I'm putting a remote window ac unit in that space.
     
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