[Peter D]

High Dave,

Yep, Henry does good work. His idea for fixing the seats was to machine up 4 x circular "buttons" for each seat - about 6mm thick & 30mm dia. These are recessed into 12mm holes in the floor from below & welded in place.

The buttons have 6mm threaded holes to accept s/s "coach head" philips bolts coming down thru the seats, & the ends are machined off as you suggested. The underneath of the button is chamfered so as to "glide" over speed bumps !

I originally suggested 2 "skid plates" running fore & aft, but welding them under the new seat pans would have created nice little rust nests in the void between the plates & the seat pans. Next, I suggested cutting the plates into the seat pans & butt welding - so Henry came up with the "button idea" - less work, no rust voids, & thinner by a mm or 2.

My radiator came with the part-started car - I believe it is a Commodore one, but that it was modified by DRB - Peter Ransom should have the clues on this.

Hope this helps a bit.

Kind Regards,

Peter D.