Seat Installation

I placed the seats in the car and found a problem with the passenger side. Due to the fact that the e-brake mounting bracket sticks out into the passenger side of the car it requires that the seat be moved closer to the passenger door. The Recaro seats I purchased for this project has a large knob on the side of the seat that hits the side panel of the door. Time to do some cutting.

There is a recess in the side panel that was originally for the retractor of the seat belt. I decided to cut a hole on the back side of this recess to open it up so that the seat handle will fit in the space as well. I decided that I would box this in with 13 gauge plate. Here's the pictures of the holes cut into the side panels. The first one below is the passenger side - the second is the driver's side.

Here's what it looks like after the holes are blocked in. Again, the passenger side is the first picture.

Now the seat belt retractor and the seat handle will both fit into this space. Here;s what it looks like all painted up.