shioner2001
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- Mar 31, 2008
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On an 83 Chaparral that I am working on restoring, I would prefer to have a single swivel seat for the driver and a back to back next to it for the passengers. My question is about the strength of the fiberglass floor and whether or not it will support the forces transferred to the floor from a relatively small seat base. I could see the leverage of the chair and a person in the chair being enough to tear up the glass that the base is mounted to. I was thinking about mounting the base of the swivel to a larger piece of wood, and possibly that piece to an even larger one (trying to stay within the confines of the size of the chair itself so as not to intrude on floorspace). Has anyone done this with any success? I'm thinking that this would work similarly to using a washer to spread out the force applied by tightening a bolt (greater surface area to disperse the force of the chair and driver).
Thoughts, ideas, suggestions?
Thoughts, ideas, suggestions?