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Re: Mounting Seats

by YDOC462 » Feb 14, 2012 8:54 pm

alaskastreamin wrote:Hey Chet,....we're probably the only ones that stopped to take pictures. :up:

Cody, My seats are from Overtons and the rear is just clipped on the torque box with home made clips like on the side panels. My seat frames are roto molded plastic. The back rest was 12" too tall and had to be shortened. I cut out the center of the rear box to save some weight and gain acess to the bilge pump/ storage.
gotcha :up: . all very nice work.
77viper wrote:I like the fact I'm not the only one that has pictures of my boat hanging sideways. I was starting to think I was odd after hearing non hydrostream boaters saying so after seeing mine.

part of the sickness we have i guess. :mullet:

Re: Mounting Seats

by alaskastreamin » Feb 14, 2012 8:13 pm

Hey Chet,....we're probably the only ones that stopped to take pictures. :up:

Cody, My seats are from Overtons and the rear is just clipped on the torque box with home made clips like on the side panels. My seat frames are roto molded plastic. The back rest was 12" too tall and had to be shortened. I cut out the center of the rear box to save some weight and gain acess to the bilge pump/ storage.

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Re: Mounting Seats

by 77viper » Feb 14, 2012 7:44 pm

I like the fact I'm not the only one that has pictures of my boat hanging sideways. I was starting to think I was odd after hearing non hydrostream boaters saying so after seeing mine.

Re: Mounting Seats

by YDOC462 » Feb 14, 2012 7:00 pm

hey alaskastreamin, you got any more pics of the back seat construction. i was thinking of fabrication a bench out of balsa to keep weight down then covering that. the kiddo is the only one prolly sitting there anyway. just curious how you constructed yours.
thnks
cody

Re: Mounting Seats

by YDOC462 » Feb 13, 2012 10:55 am

I found these at bass pro. glassed a piece of marine ply down to floor. screwed these wise seat mounts down to ply not going through floor ply. attached a swivel mount to bottom of seat. (i didmt want my seat to swivel so I drilled and tapped screws through it locking it in place). The swivel slides and locks into the mounts making the seats removable so work under the dash is more accessable

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Re: Mounting Seats

by alaskastreamin » Feb 12, 2012 9:24 pm

I had a set in mine for the first run. They were free.
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Got these from Overtons.
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This is what the seat (torque) boxes should look like. I drilled 2" holes in the ends to feed a nut in.

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After carpeting over the hole, I cut an X to gain acess. The white at the top of the pict is the back of the seat where it sits on the torque box.

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Hope this helps.

Re: Mounting Seats

by jacklake2003 » Mar 28, 2011 9:06 am

Front seats.

Factory seat box is no longer there (nor was it there when I got the boat). I'm about to cut/install the floor, so I wanted to figure this out so I could anchor the seat box to the floor by screwing it from the underside.

Thanks for the advise. I was a little worried about the smaller lumber ripping out (leaning back, hitting waves, etc.) but it would be a lot lighter the way you described. With only a Merc 850 for power, I need all the help I can get, haha.

Re: Mounting Seats

by Surface Scratcher » Mar 28, 2011 8:41 am

Hey Chris,

Are we talking front or back seats? If front, is the seat box still there? The factory would have just attached the seats right to the box. Btw, it's my understanding that the original seat boxes are a structural component to the boat.

If you're planning to use your 2x4 plan instead of a seat box, the only constructive criticism I might have is that it will be heavier than necessary.

I would use 1x4 (with cross braces) where you said 2x4. Also, I would rip a 2x4 down the middle, and use two pieces of 2x2 to mount to the seats (where you said 2x12).

:up: jmho

Re: Mounting Seats

by jacklake2003 » Mar 28, 2011 8:27 am

HaHa, I hear you. They're a little nicer than the standard Wal-Mart ones, but point taken. The following link is the model I bought. The color is different on mine, I went with a grey and blue to match the carpet/vinyl trim.

veada.com/product/22_7-Fishing-Boat-Seats/253--Hi-Back-Centric-Bass-Boat-Seat-Attwood-Framed-Boat-Seats.html

Additionally, the boat is falling pretty far down the priority list. I know thats blasphamy, but with a 14 month old daughter, a hard-working wife, and a job with ever-increasing responsibility, the Viper doesn't get the time or financial dedication it deserves. None the less, I enjoy working on it from time to time and I'm learning a lot. If I ever do it again (restore a boat) the next one will be a little more "all out."

Hippie, please post pics when you get to that stage.
-Chris

Re: Mounting Seats

by Hippie459MN » Mar 28, 2011 8:06 am

Please don't put folding fishing boat seats in that viper. Get yourself a nice pair of wrap around buckets or some nice low back buckets.

As for mounting them, I'm sure there are others here with better ideas as I have not got that far on my build yet so I really can't say the best way.

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