Drivers seat mount, factory holes?

[mattt]

On the passenger side seat mount, all of the bolts go into a re-inforced area of the body. It doesn't appear to be that way on the drivers side, but I cant say for sure because there are so many holes in the drivers side floor from the previous owner hack job repairs & seat mounting.

Are the factory bolt holes for the drivers seat in a reinforced area of the body, or do they just go thru the sheet metal of the floor? That's how it seems on my Bronco, but I might not be in the factory holes.

If I look at the bottom of the drivers side there is one re-inforced hole maybe 2" in front of the outboard seat belt mount. Was that the factory rear seat mount? If I use that one, the other side rear bolt doesn't line up to any existing hole.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tito]

There are reinforcements on the driver side to, they are ribbed strips that have the threads in them. I just had to drill my seat mounts tonight into fresh sheetmetal, I was very happy that I hit all of them right but 1 and that was just a tad off and ripped the threads but I can bolt that one.

 

[mattt]

Thanks for the quick reply. On the outboard rear I see the ribbed strip on the bottom of the body, however, on the inboard rear bolt, I dont see any ribbed strip underneath. Mine is a 69, how about yours?

 

[Tito]

The 2 rear are in the ribs, inboard and outboard, the front ones are inside the brace that is right at the bend. I bolted up the rear bolts, then marked and drilled the front ones, got pretty close. I think the tub is a 69 also.

 

[mattt]

Hmmm....now I'm wondering if my sliders and the brackets bolted to them are factory. I looked at some pics of sliders/brackets, and mine look the same, but without measurements, its a guess. If I slide the seat back roughly 3.5", I catch the rear outboard bolt but then there are no holes where the front brackets are falling. You wouldn't happen to have pics???

 

[Tito]

Here are a couple pics I just shot