I didn't realize the Speedtech cross brace / driveshaft loop extended up beyond the floorboard until I saw your pictures, thanks for posting.
The entire cross brace actually sits on top of the floor pan. The only place where it penetrates through the floor is about a 4 inch section on each side of the trans tunnel. This portion that extends through the floor is where you bolt on the brace for the torque arm. The ends of the cross brace get welded directly to the rockers above the floor pan and the subframe connectors come up through the floor and welded to the cross brace. The seat pans will have to be notched slightly on the left and right to go over the cross brace as well as down the middle to clear a portion of the subframe connector.
I know I had some pictures of the entire install process but I cant find them. Here is a picture of how they come through the floor pan.
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I will be using the Procar Elite seat. The biggest advantage of these seats is the low cost. For me they are a very comfortable seat with good support. They also had the most classic look of the other seats I looked at. Remember the whole "Pro-Classic" vibe. The seats will be recoverd in leather with a charcoal houndstooth insert from Relicate Leather.
I didn't want to use the diriect fit brackets which would have raised the height of the seat so I just cut up the sliders and made new reinforced mounting tabs so the sliders were a direct bolt on in the front. I moved the bolt holes in the rear of the floor pan to bolt in the rear sliders. With the seat being lower it put the seat back adjust handle very close to the floor. It didn't seem like it would work by the time I put in sound deadner, underlayment and carpet so I notched the rocker portion to make some more room. I know that rocker panel is structural, so we did weld in some gussets and used 1/8 steel to replace the portion I cut out.
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Not much of an update but the car is now in full epoxy and ready to move on to the body work phase. Every part of this car was taken down to bare metal and the appropriate coatings have been used where needed, including Por-15, Rust Mort, Epoxy, Weld Thru Primer and SEM Rock-it undercoating. The epoxy on the body is over bare metal, no body filler has been used as of yet.
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