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Made a crate for my 70 Roadrunner bench seat...

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Obviously I'm not a carpenter, but I wanted a design that I could complete in a short time and that would not use any more material than neccessary (weight savings) to protect the seat and get it to its destination unscathed.
Here are some pix:
Seat completely wrapped in industrial strength plastic wrap.
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There is a 2x4 running across the width of the seat, attached to the bottom of the crate, about 2/3rds of the way back from the front edge. The rear seat anchors, which are at an angle ("shorter" that the front) when the seat back is straight up vertical caused a gap between the floor of the crate and the rear seat mounts. The 2x4 takes up that gap. All 4 seat mounts are encased in styrofoam blocks.
I filled the mostly small voids along the bottom of the seat to crate area with bubble wrap.
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About to add rope handles and close the crate with screws along the reinforced sides and top (highlighted in pink)
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Nice job. Are you shipping this? Who are you using?
 
Was this the original seat to your V-code?
 
Nice job. Are you shipping this? Who are you using?
Yes, and I don't know who it is shipping via yet. Needs to get to Washington state from Louisiana.
Was this the original seat to your V-code?
Yes, at least the one that came out of it.
There is a guy w/a 70 Roadrunner and the last thing he needs is the bench seat that will never go back in my car while I'm on the sunshine side of my dirt nap...
I popped in to the Roadrunner Only forum for the first time in MONTHS (with some of that spare time I found when I was on vacation from the Political Forum) and selected "new posts" just to see what was up. I found his post about needing a bench seat. Divine providence...
Here's the finished crate: (highlight color dots are the screws that have to be removed to open the crate)
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Did you charge more for the crate than the seat?
Mike
Lol. Materials only. About $120 from Home Depot, would have been less if I would have planned more carefully. I wound up with left over plywood.
 
Well, I had a shot at that seat but the first guy in line must have paid. And I coulda used that wood during hurricane season.
 
Well, I had a shot at that seat but the first guy in line must have paid. And I coulda used that wood during hurricane season.
Yes sir! It's "funny" how I haven't been to the "Roadrunners Only" forum for SO long, only because FBBO is so awesome, and the odd time I go there, and just happened to check "New Posts" and voila!
I took the bench seat out after wanting these bucket seats for 2-3 years, drove in my Roadrunner with the new bucket seats for a week, and I know the bench is never going back in.
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Thanks for your interest. There is another 70 beach seat on Roadrunners Only.
Here's the link:
https://www.69roadrunner.net/mopar/threads/bench-seat.15006/#post-169662
 
Maybe a little late but I shipped a 69 bench seat in 3 pieces. I took the tracks off and zip tied them under the bottom along with all the hardware and then put several layers of cardboard over the upholstery and finally made a cardboard box for the bottom. Then I packed each seat back separate and sent everything via fed ex. All arrived safely and for about what you have in crate materials.

Hopefully you find reasonable shipping. It’s usually cheaper if you can go dock to dock. Otherwise they have to use a lift gate truck on pick up and delivery.

Nice crate by the way. I had to go that route to ship a Dana once. That’s when I found out a lot about freight shipping.
 
dsd1967
Thanks for the (late) advice :)
I'm not sure I would have wanted to take the seat apart, and I would really have been worried about them losing a multi box shipment.
Although shipping is going to be a chunk of money (I hope to find out tomorrow (Monday) how much and who will ship) the way I did this will allow the seat to come out of the crate, unwrap it, take the styrofoam blocks off of the seat rail mounting bolts, and drop it in place, fishing the seat belts through, of course.
My new bucket seats have slots/holes for a 5 point harness, and I will be needing or at least wanting a 5 point harness or something like that soon.
 
I promise not to sneak up to the farm and replace your Bee's bench with my buckets
:poke:

:D

:lol:
My car has buckets, really nice ones.

Uncomfortable as hell though. Hate them. Wish it was a 4 speed with bench seat. Those weren't options for a Coronet 500. Not that I'm aware of.
 
Those weren't options for a Coronet 500. Not that I'm aware of.
I'm surprised! I really don't know because I always pay more attention to 70s with bucket seats. (and I LOVE the factory console! but I may have to get one made. Getting a custom one made would let me keep my shifter rod probably? )
EDIT:
I am really finding it hard to believe that the 70 Coronet 2 door whatever model didn't have a bench seat as STANDARD equipment. Wouldn't the floorpan dictate the seat mounts? And the floorpans all the same for any 2 door 70 Coronet?
Or am I missing something :bananaweed:
 
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