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dave_aber · Post by **dave_aber** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:24 pm

First one to guess gets a copy of the drawings!

Dabs · Post by **Dabs** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:28 pm

Swivel seat!!

dave_aber · Post by **dave_aber** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:32 pm

Got it in one!

Tonight's wee project. And tomorrow's too if I'm honest.

Base is test-fitted now, and swivels without clonking anything. Need to sort out the lock-down mechanism and the seatbelt anchor, refit the backrest and swap the covers over from my original passenger's seat.

Anyone want a passenger's seat with a small-half middle seat backrest welded on? Most comfy, and keeps the BFPS happy.

Like this one :

Hope the BFPS don't spot this thread!

nigelgibson · Post by **nigelgibson** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:11 am

Looking good - looking great in fact ! Keep us posted please , cant wait to see the finished article [ and put me down for a set of drawings , i'll be happy to buy a set ! ]

dave_aber · Post by **dave_aber** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 7:49 am

Nigel, Do you have a copy of MS Visio?

(Or any other CAD software?)

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:28 pm

Excellent work Dave

dave_aber · Post by **dave_aber** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:39 pm

It's in

and it works

Just need to sort out the backrest cover where I un-stitched it at the bottom when I made the 'double backrest' version (above).

Thanks to Maxbob for designing something similar and posting it on youtube - just the inspiration I was looking for.

Drawings and photos available on request (for the brave!)

Cheers
Dave

nigelgibson · Post by **nigelgibson** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:04 pm

Dave that is truly awesome , well done !

'Fraid i dont have msvisio or cad software. i've sent you a pm.

Northern Bongolow · Post by **Northern Bongolow** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:15 pm

love it dave, well done to all who developed this.
is the locked down forward facing position any higher dave?.

Post by **Doone** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 5:38 pm

Very good Dave!

The ingenuity of people on BF is brilliant!

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 5:49 pm

Absolutely brilliant

I want one. In fact I want two - passenger and drivers side. This is particularly exciting as it could make for a very comfortable bed arrangement using the front seats, thus allowing my tailgate locker (which currently has to come out so that rearmost seats can be flattened as part of the bed) to stay in place. I know you can use the standard front seats as part of a bed anyway, but they don't make a very level looking join with the middle bench seat as standard.

How on earth to they manage to look like standard width bases and yet turn through 180 degrees without fouling the centre console etc.!?!?!

Yours

Mike O'Footrest

Founder and President
BFPS

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 5:54 pm

Cos it lifts & pivots towards the passy door, allowing it the space to turn

Here's the inspiration - http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... wivel+seat

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:04 pm

missfixit70 wrote:Cos it lifts & pivots towards the passy door, allowing it the space to turn Here's the inspiration - http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... wivel+seat

Thanks Kirsty - will check that out when I get home as I can't do videos etc. at work.

nigelgibson · Post by **nigelgibson** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:08 pm

Just realised looking at pics , one job always creates another doesn't it ?

Any guesses as to what Dave's next job may well be now he's fitted the swivel -[ clue in the pics]

dave_aber · Post by **dave_aber** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:09 pm

Ady - Unfortunately Mazda were very space efficient with the original seats, and the bum pan almost touches the carpet so with the offsetting hinge mechanism and swivel plate in there it has to be higher. 30mm higher to be precise. Not a problem for me as my usual passenger is as vertically challenged as I am!

I've locked it down using a pair of 1/4" rods as skewers which pass through 3 sections of 10mm o/d tubing. First section attached to the seat pan (to the 30mm box section added on the bottom of it), second to the original rail, third to the seat pan again. One of each of these on each side.

Now, you could just fabricate the locking mechanism, and pull out 2 rods, swivel the seat in your arms and stick the pins back in again. You would have no increase in height there. This method may be what Paul was talking about on the original thread Kirsty has linked to, not sure.

Mike - I doubt if this will work on the driver's side due to the steering wheel. If you are turning the seat anti-clockwise, then the back corner only ever intrudes into the centre console area by about 35mm - a lot less than I thought it would. Please pass on my apologies to the BFPS - mine are now redundant!

Nigel - YGM.

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