Passenger fold/slide seat bracket ideas for Besttop Trailmax II high back seats?

[1buckeyefan1]

So I'm finally getting around to the stage of building seat brackets for my Besttop Trailmax II seats. I like the fact that they're high-back and they align nicely with my Krawlers Edge cage+seatbelts. The problem (that many others have faced also) is access to the rear seat without the factory fold/flip/latch method?

I really like what Duff/Lick Creek did with this one.. but it's been saying OOS/Coming soon for almost a year now.. I haven't bothered to call them yet and ask why (redesign, no demand/supply?) It's also pushing $700+ after shipping/tax that I could put elsewhere. The cost includes that i'd need a set of EB driver sliders too (I already have the Besttop sliders)

https://dufftuff.com/product/lick-c...old-and-tumble-seat-bracket-for-early-bronco/

I'm considering adopting an old J**P YJ bracket.. it has a bend in the inner foot though that would require some fab work on a different mounting method.. but would line up nicely with the Trailmax Seats. I assume this is where LC got their inspiration. I really like though how it sits in a forward position w/out having to fold/tumble.. which works with a high-back seat.

Does anyone else have a creative solution for retrofitting high-back seats and still getting access to the rear? I found a few mention's of an old ToddZ / Bronco II posting, but most of it seems to have been lost to time (the site is gone). I also saw a few posts about a full-size seat flip.

I'm not afraid of fab work and have access to a plasma burn table for a short period of time. Just looking for inspiration!

 

[bigmuddy]

That push forward bracket looks like one from a bronco II but I may be wrong about the application?
I recall Todd Z used something similar originally on his seats, and used to have a write up on AZclassicbroncos when they had a tech section up.

 

[1buckeyefan1]

That push forward bracket looks like one from a bronco II but I may be wrong about the application?
I recall Todd Z used something similar originally on his seats, and used to have a write up on AZclassicbroncos when they had a tech section up.

Yep, that's the link that has since gone dead. The one above is actually a YJ + screenshot from an install video. would appreciate if anyone had Todd's old BroncoII pictures. But the YJ brackets are readily available on ebay (plus should fit the trailmax seats well)

 

[toddz69]

I found a few photos of my old configuration in a photo album a few weeks ago and posted shots of them in this thread:

https://classicbroncos.com/forums/t...fold-an-tumble-pass-seat.322623/#post-3528314

Todd Z.

 

[1buckeyefan1]

I found a few photos of my old configuration in a photo album a few weeks ago and posted shots of them in this thread:

https://classicbroncos.com/forums/t...fold-an-tumble-pass-seat.322623/#post-3528314

Todd Z.

Thanks for the pics Todd and alerting me to the other thread. I'm merging into that one.