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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 01:02 AM
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I am tossing around the idea of removing the rear seats and building out that area to be level with the rear deck area and using the area under that as a storage area. Any pics out there you have of people who have done something similar?

Also planned in this is fabricating an offset relocation bracket so at least the passenger seat can be moved further back to allow my long legged friends more leg room Let me know if you have any ideas
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 03:23 AM
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would their heads clear the top.... i thought they were buckets to allow taller people to fit ?
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 03:47 AM
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If you're not worried about weight, that would be cool. If you are, you're talking about some possible substantial weight increases. I think it could be cool, but I've yet to see a setup that didn't look too ghetto.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 08:33 AM
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Here is something very similar, just not as high as you are talking about:
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/%7Eadamez/3...dy/inter06.JPG

A buddy of mine had that on his V6 'camaro - he was parting it all out to put it back to stock, and may still have that storage compartment for sale...dunno...
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 09:39 AM
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There was a guy on here making something called a "Rear seat delete" If i remember right his name on here is Fabricator. Look him up and ask for pics
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 09:41 AM
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greekss, I am talking about making it so the front seats can slide back further back and completely eliminating the rear seats

SSG--Z28, I am really not too worried about weight as this is my daily driver and I am looking more for convience and useability right now.

Shane, the more I think about it, I think I am going to start with making something about that height. Just level it out across the hump in the back. Thanks for the pic!
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 12:23 PM
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/158421-converted-ss-2-seater-pics.html
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 01:01 PM
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Shane~ Do you have anymore pics of your buddy rear box?
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Yeah Shane, some more pics and different angles would be great
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 04:15 PM
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I just sent him an email to see if he has any more pics of it...


[edit] Here are a couple more I saw on his site...
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/%7Eadamez/3...dy/inter02.JPG
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/%7Eadamez/3...dy/inter04.JPG
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 05:02 PM
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the carpet dosent match, but i still like the idea. i have yet to see the 'rear seat delete' from fabricator, but if it was at the right price, i might think about purchasing one as i cannot do the work myself.
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I am going to attack this sometime soon, so I'll be sure to post pics
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I am with skytower on this one.....also will be posting some pics
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I think I am going to try and build it out level with the rear deck to give it a true 2 seater feel. Maybe put some slider doors in the piece that slopes down behind the seats....I am getting excited
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Hum..... You think that would look good, being up that high?? I do like the sliding doors ideal behind the seats....but how high i havent desided upon yet. I went out to look at my stepdads vette and see how it was set up behind the seat and i got no ideals from it!! I am just thinking that being that high and having a huge flat area may not look so good. I thik i am going to look around on the world wide web for other hatchback cars and try and get some ideals.....
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That doesn't look too bad, but if the carpet was a perfect match, it would be 100 times better!
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by JackZ28
That doesn't look too bad, but if the carpet was a perfect match, it would be 100 times better!
I might like it better if the links worked
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that guy is selling the on ebay for 60 bucks. very nice pices and they fit very well.
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Originally Posted by ls1pwrdss
that guy is selling the on ebay for 60 bucks. very nice pices and they fit very well.
Linky?
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do a search under member feedback for fabricator, stay away
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