mk1 seat install

[MPersanis]

Hi everyone, I need a little help, I want to raise the seats on my MK1, they are the original fiberglass shell seats and they are currently held in place with 4 lag screws. I am thinking of adding some metal bar backing to seat base and using 1.25 and 1.00 inch bars to rasie the seat. But are they really attached with screws? Not bolts?

[CraigS]

That is kind of on the original builder. Lots of times the right rear attachment that goes into the main 4" tube is a screw, or the hole is tapped for a bolt, or a nutsert is used. Otherwise I am w/ you, I much prefer bolts and nuts.

[Bob 5.0]

I have a mk1 and I used 2 sets of sliders on my seats and it raised them as you want to do ! As far as the mounting there are steel mounting plates on my frame from the factory that fit 2 of the spots for the sliders ! I added the other 2 places to the frame .

[MPersanis]

I have a mk1 and I used 2 sets of sliders on my seats and it raised them as you want to do ! As far as the mounting there are steel mounting plates on my frame from the factory that fit 2 of the spots for the sliders ! I added the other 2 places to the frame .

thaks for the answer, any chance you know what sliders you used and how you attached everything? If you have pics that would be great! thanks!!

[JohnnyB]

I used the sliders Factory Five was selling at the time. Just universal sliders that Summit Racing and most rod shops sell. I reinforced some of the under side mounts and attached them with bolts. To keep the passenger side at the same height I used 1 inch square tubing.
At the time some guys were also raising the front of the seat an inch or two with square tubing. Mark Reynolds at Breeze developed a nice seat installation kit (https://breezeautomotive.com/shop/installation-kit-for-new-steel-frame-classic-seats/) to simplify the process. I'd check with him to see if it will still work with your older seats.
Here's some old pics of my installation.
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