Would it be possible????

[bratgrl]

I am wondering what my chances would be of finding just the part that the jump seat bolt to. I have a complete set, but the "arms" that the hand grips go on are bent and twisted and one of them is missing completely. :-\

Am I chasing the proverbial unicorn here? I am trying to get them fixed by a welder type guy I know, but when I showed them to him he looked at me as if I had gone totally insane. Anyway, I guess it never hurts to ask, right????

[SuBrat84]

Are you looking to replace the "frame" of the seats that is welded down to the bed? or just the arms (handles)? You *should* be able to get someone to make you new arms and weld them up to the exsisting frame. I don't know how hard it would be to find the whole frame for that.. but it may be kind of tough to re-weld to the bed of the brat, depending on rust etc?

[cubastreet]

Is that the 'so what exactly is so special about this old car that you want to actually spend time and money on it' look?

With my brumby I get about two thirds 'far out that's cool, I didn't know subaru made utes' and one third the above.

 

back on topic, you should be able to get that fabricated without much trouble. It would be nice to set it up so the jump seats could unbolt from the bed, I don't think I'd like to have them permanently installed.

[Flowmastered87GL]

Are you looking to replace the "frame" of the seats that is welded down to the bed? or just the arms (handles)? You *should* be able to get someone to make you new arms and weld them up to the exsisting frame. I don't know how hard it would be to find the whole frame for that.. but it may be kind of tough to re-weld to the bed of the brat, depending on rust etc?

 

If the bed isnt rusty... welding back onto the floor is easy. Just pop off an access panel, scrape some paint, hook up the welder, weld, touch up the paint, re-install panel to cover the touch up. It really was THAT simple on my good 82 brat. My other one was too rusty to put jump seats in safely.

 

If you need new seat mounts fabbed they can be made as well. If the part ON the seats needs to be done use the good one as a pattern to make new parts for the bad.

 

The base that welds to the bed isnt much more than 3 tubes that are U shaped with angle iron bridging across them.

[bratgrl]

So, Cuba, I'm not the only one getting those looks? Good to know. I was beginning to get a complex.:-p When I first bought my Brat and drove it to work all proud to show it off, my co-workers gave me the "what ya gonna do with that piece of crap" look. But now, they all want daily updates and pics to see how it's coming along. I guess my enthusiam for this project is contagious.

 

Anyway, back to the jump seats. I have the complete set. The only problem is that the handles are twisted and/or broken. My welder friend Michael said that on further review he may be able to repair them for me. Or at the worst use them as a pattern to make new ones.

I also had the the thought of making the jump seats removeable. I thought I might be able to fabricate a plate that welds to the bottom of the frame and just bolts into the bed. I'll get into that more when I get the outside body work done. Anyway, it's a work in progress, and I'm having a great time doing it.

Thanks for the help and advice guys. You ROCK!!! Bobby

 

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[maximumBRAT]

i made mine. out of some 1" tube steel, some flat stock, a sawsall and a mig welder

[bratgrl]

Michael, (the welder guy) said that he has them almost done:banana: Has anyone out there ever rhino lined the seat frame (the part that hooks to the bed of the truck) like you do the bed of the truck? I was wondering how that would look?