License Plate Light, Hood/Latches/Hinges, Fuel Cap & Seat

Last weekend Scott wired up the license plate light and mounted the bracket so the car can be street legal (I didn't have a camera last week).


Today, I went to Brad's and picked up the hood. It looks great on the car and everything lines up very well. In addition to mounting it with the hood hinges I installed the lockable hood latches.




Next I installed the fuel cap. It took some modification of the part FFR supplied but after grinding the bottom and changing some of the hardware it works and looks good.

I also made some more progress with the adjustable driver seat. After reading the forums and finding people had basically given up; purchased other aftermarket seat kits, and generally been unhappy with the complexity of the FFR unit and instructions (or lack there of) I decided to figure things out on my own. I took a lot of measurements, cut out a chunk of the seat plate and mounted the seat tracks. As you can see I drilled the outer holes larger to mount the seat straight onto it.

I took measurements of the steel underneath the floor and made a sketch on top to basically figure out where the seat could actually be mounted. Of course rivets make it obvious where certain tubes are as well.
Next time Ill finish mounting the seat. For reference of others building the car I used the 3/4 horizontal bar (thickest line in pic) to mount the rear of the studs. The inner track will be on the round tubing, and the outer track will be about 7 3/4 inches away from that with the rear on the 3/4 bar and front in that bigger triangular area. I'm mounting the seat on that large plate, and the tracks are mounted to it on the bottom. I have spacers on the front so the seat is tilted slightly, otherwise its too vertical and a bit awkward. Lastly I'm going to use the studs which are on the inner track through the round tube. Ill get the nut on by then drilling 2 holes on the bottom of the round tube (from underneath the car) so I can get a socket inside. Of course this will be much more meaningful when its all said and done..