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Old 01-15-2011, 04:35 PM
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Default Rear seat: Yes or No??

I am trying to decide on whether or not to use a rear seat in my car. It is a 69 camaro, mini tubbed with a 6 point roll bar. I will never have a rear seat passenger due to the roll bar. The rest of the interior is Marquez door panels, dse dash, recaro sport seats in black leather. My dilemma is do I do a rear seat even if its useless or will the car appear unfinished without a rear seat. Would love to see pics of cars without a rear seat for ideas. Thanks!
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Old 01-15-2011, 05:11 PM
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make a rear seat delete panel(s). that way it will look finished
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Old 01-15-2011, 08:23 PM
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I debated whether to try to finish off the back of my 2nd gen without a seat and decided I liked the look of a seat better even though no one could get in there even if they wanted to. (Nor would I allow a passenger back there anyway) The seatback was modified and the lower cushions are just foam wrapped with the upholstery.

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Here is Charlie's 69 Jackass and what was done for the rear seat area.

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl.../photo_13.html
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Old 01-16-2011, 12:31 AM
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I wonder if you could a custom single seat in the rear, might put that single passenger far enough away from the roll bars if they were centered. Just a thought.
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Old 01-16-2011, 10:35 AM
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Here is Charlie's 69 Jackass and what was done for the rear seat area.

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl.../photo_13.html
Thanks, That's the sort of ideas I'm looking for. A rear seat would probably take less time and fabrication, but something like this would actually be usefull.
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Old 01-16-2011, 10:38 AM
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I wonder if you could a custom single seat in the rear, might put that single passenger far enough away from the roll bars if they were centered. Just a thought.
I considered two smaller bucket seats like the latest GTOs had, but the roll bar would make it very difficult to get back there even if I could make it safe.
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Old 01-20-2011, 11:05 AM
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I have 2 small boys that I do plan on letting ride in the back seat. My plan(at the time) is to have 2 small buckets and possibly put harnesses back there. Maybe this could be an option for you. Just a thought
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Old 01-20-2011, 10:07 PM
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This is just after squeezing the seat in..... it was ridiculously difficult getting in!
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This is what we did. Jake also installed the accusump and fire system on the shelf.

http://jakesrodshop.com/Projects__Ev...TT_69.html#102
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