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Under each seat slide is a wood slat and then there is a small thin strip of galvanized steel between the wood slat and the floor. On my car it is about 1" wide and the length of the wood slat. What is the purpose of this piece of metal and is it necessary? It is not shown in the parts list manual. Thanks and have a good day!

John
 
These were presumably reinforcement plates. On my cars they were just painted metal, mostly rusted.
 
John_Progess said:
Under each seat slide is a wood slat and then there is a small thin strip of galvanized steel between the wood slat and the floor. On my car it is about 1" wide and the length of the wood slat. What is the purpose of this piece of metal and is it necessary? It is not shown in the parts list manual. Thanks and have a good day!

John
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Can be over the carpets to avoid any interference???
 
When I was at this stage of my restoration I enquired about the proper order of assembly for the various components of the seat/carpet installation. Rich Chrysler (always helpful and knows his stuff) sent the following. I think it will respond to the questions raised here:

Seat Rail packing

The metal packing strips (1 5/8" wide x 15" long) and painted black were situated immediately under the wood strips and on the jute which in turn was on top of the felt paper on the painted floor. This gave the wood strip something solid and flat to tighten the seat track sleeved nuts against and thereby trap and anchor the jute and felt underlay.
Rich Chrysler

From the floor up, here goes.....
-painted floor

-heavy felt paper (black tarpaper)covering flat floor areas

-thin layer of burlap looking jute underlay covering flat floor areas

-black painted steel strips about 1 1/2" wide x 17" long with the 3 clearance holes for sleeved seat track nuts

-wood spacer strip for seat tracks

-seat tracks with sleeved nuts passing from underside through floor, steel packing plate and wood packing strip, etc. onto seat track studs.

-carpet piece that goes under seat is slotted to clear seat track assemblies and installs from the rear, sliding forward under seat. This carpet piece goes only to approx. front edge of seat tracks.

-carpet is held in place on floor by 4 ring type female carpet snaps passing through carpet and snapping onto male studs screwed through jute, etc. into steel floor. NO GLUE on floor or tunnel carpets. They need to be able to snap out to dry when you get them wet.

Hope this helps.

Lin
1960 BT7 "The Bloody Beast"
1959 AN5 Bugeye
 
John[/quote]
Can be over the carpets to avoid any interference??? [/quote]

The carpets should have snaps, so that they can be removed. The carpet should have a cut out in that area for the metal/wood pieces.

Well Lin, by the time I hit enter for my post, you already answered the question it seems. And in perfect detail. Good job.
Roger
 
Thanks for the reply. That sure answers the question of order of installation. I find it difficult to believe that my strips provided anything solid for the wood as they are only .020" thick. It sounds like most folks use Dynamat in their cars for heat and sound protection. Is it safe to say it is installed under the seat slides? Thanks again and have a good day!

John
 
Hi John,
I installed the Dynamat under the seat rails. IMHO that was a mistake. Trying to get the sleeved nuts installed meant removing the Dynamat from the holes. Not a huge thing, you just have to do it for all 12 holes.
 
John,
If you go to this page on my web site you will see a photograph of my interior after installing Dynamat Extreme and a layer of HVAC duct insulation. I then used aluminum tape to seal all the joints. Then I followed Rich's instructions on sequence of installation for the seat rails and carpet.

https://homepage.mac.com/linwoodrose/PhotoAlbum76.html

Happy New Year!

Lin
1960 BT7 "The Bloody Beast"
1959 AN5 Bugeye
 
Yeah, I too installed Dynamat Extreme under the seat rails. I hear ya Greg.

Why did I choose to put it under the seat rails? Being that Dynamat quiets the car, is a sound deadener...now you don't hear the clang when my buns of steel plop in the seat....! Yeah baby yeah!
 
As you will see in my photo, I had to do exactly what Greg said on cleaning out the holes, because Dynamat goo and bolt threads just don't work together very well. I then stacked a couple of stainless washers in the holes in the insulation to even out the height to avoid stressing the seat rails. I don't know that that step was necessary but I did it anyway, because I don't have buns of steel like Roger.

Lin
1960 BT7 "The Bloody Beast"
1959 AN5 Bugeye
 
AUSMHLY said:
...now you don't hear the clang when my buns of steel plop in the seat....! Yeah baby yeah!
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Hope you use Navel Jelly on the other side to keep the rust at bay. :wink:
 
Are the wood slats there to raise the seat rails to avoid interference with the carpet? How far up the footwell front and sides should I install the Dynamat? Also where is the best place to get the Dynamat? Thanks for all the help and have a good day!

John
 
Hello John,

I can't say for certain why they used wood or the reason. I would guess, as you did, for rug clearance.

I put the Dynamat Extreme everywhere there was metal. Yes, up the side wells, the floor, the back seat bulkhead and side. Especially up the front foot wells and the area up front where the transmission tunnel will meet. If you want your car door to close with a thunk, then a one foot square in the inside off the door panel will do the job.

I'd recommend Dynamat Extreme. It's thicker and has the foil lining. It will dampen the sound, water proof the area and the foil will help with some of the heat issue.

I found the best place to purchase it is on Ebay.
A while ago, I created a post about this. A search should turn it up. I mentioned what products I used and where to purchase them. Photos were included.

I used some other products for additional heat shielding. Under the car and underside of the transmission tunnel. It should be included in that post.

Good luck with your project.
Cheers,
Roger
 
Try Googling Dynamat Extreme. You'll get more hits than E-Bay. Prices vary a lot, so be patient, look hard, and you'll find reasonable prices.
 
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