Rear seat room

[Kruser]

one of the limitation or concerns with Amphicar is rear seat leg room. Has anybody ever made adjustment to this? I have seen that Disney has modified their cars back 3" on just the base cushion. My ruff estimate is a 6" rearward adjustment to the seat base front bulkhead and a 3" rearward modification to seat back could be made without crazy mods. Any thoughts? I'm hoping to complete before Florida swim-in, I might have a full crew onboard and no fun sitting sideways in the back.

 

[Mark Richardson]

View attachment 1734 one of the limitation or concerns with Amphicar is rear seat leg room. Has anybody ever made adjustment to this? I have seen that Disney has modified their cars back 3" on just the base cushion. My ruff estimate is a 6" rearward adjustment to the seat base front bulkhead and a 3" rearward modification to seat back could be made without crazy mods. Any thoughts? I'm hoping to complete before Florida swim-in, I might have a full crew onboard and no fun sitting sideways in the back.View attachment 1735

I see Paul Rasmussen posted a nice article on the Disney cars on Linked In today. Among many other modifications, they removed the convertible top frame to move the seat back 3". I guess that little bit of room does not come without sacrifice? We don't need a top anyway, right?

 

[jfriese]

Actually, you might be able to move the seat back 3 inches and still keep the top. I don't think 3 inches would bother the frame but it would put a bit of a pinch on the area where the folded top lays. Doing such a thing would require some sheet metal work.

John Friese
67 White
67 Red

 

[Mark Richardson]

Makes sense. Remove top and push the seat back 18 inches! It would be great to see pictures of all the changes they made on those 8 cars.

 

[SNOWBIRD]

MY ANSWER ! got rid of top and made that area seat. early pre build pic.

 

[Jon March]

In these pics, it looks like the leading edge of the seatcushion is about 2 ot 3 inches further back - that seems to be a function of moving back the side to side metal panel/seat support, brake lines & then cutting back the cushion. Wouldnt that work to provide at least some more knee room, without having to hassle with the seat-back spacing? - has anyone done this basic rear seat legroom mod?

 

[SNOWBIRD]

easy solution to problem at least on the water, my seat topper.(seen on Rons car,I think he SOLD IT) Have 2 left here in Florida!