Bama,Are you sure?? Did you eliminate the rear seat and rear cargo floor (which used marine grade plywood originally)???
I have eliminated the stock rear folding seat, and will be fabricating a steel seatback "bulkhead compartment" that seperates the rear cargo area from the seat back. That's where the battery, stereo amp, storage, etc will be. The cargo floor area is now much smaller. I have removed the spare tire compartment, and covered the whole floor with a piece of flat sheet metal (welded in).
I plan to use double sided velcro with one side sewn onto the back of the carpet, and the other side sticking (adhesive) to the metal floor. Just some strips in areas to hold the carpet down. I haven't decided if I should spend the $ to get polished stainless trim for the edges, or just have the carpet edges sewn with a banding strip of material.
Laszlo, I'm not knocking your use of wood. It just surprised me to see it in your pics...given all the other custom metal work you've done with your interior. I just figured you'd make the seat bottoms and seat backs out of metal too. Carry on.
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Originally Posted by WagonCrazy
Wood takes up a lot of space in a console, steel is heavy, so I built mine out of aluminum. My rear seat frame is aluminum and the only wood there is the seat boards which will be covered. I don't know how you'd use steel for them because they'd have sharp edges that would cut the covering unless you formed the edges, and it would make them heavy if you used thick enough steel to keep them from bending. I'm curious how you plan to make the rear seat. I guess you could use a stock rear seat from another car and make it fit.
