Need Rear retainer sub assembly for installing rear seats

[AlexanderVanBaelen]

Hi all,

I am having three front seats in my HZJ75 and I bought a forward facing rear bench somewhere which I would like to install. Even if it is an original seat, my car doesn't have the rear mounting assembly points.

I found some drawings of my rear floor and saw that the cars which had a rear seat actually had some additional structural reinforcements placed (58037A on the picture). I was thinking to just order both b=parts, have them welded and voila, good to go. It turns out I can't find them anywhere. Does anybody know of a place? Or would you just suggest fabbing up something myself by placing a heavy duty steel bar across the rear?

Anybody has experience with a similar case?

 

[AlexanderVanBaelen]

The stupid found it :S



http://toyota-usa.epc-data.com/land_cruiser/hzj75lv/3504/body/5852/58037A/

 

[AlexanderVanBaelen]

Maybe another question for the body work experts here:

I was thinking to install the previously mentioned retainers for installing the rear seats. Eventually there will be a metal bar installed over the floor pan onto the assembly, which will be squeeze the floorpan.

So I am wondering, is it okay not to weld the retainer and maybe use some type of glue? As I understand most body panels are glued anyway and I although the retainer has to provider support, I am not sure if it would be less safe if glued with an appropriate glue?

Recommendations?

 

[Ben]

On the 70 series LandCruiser all of the body panels are spot welded together.

You could try using a suitable adhesive, something from Sikaflex would be my recommendation.

 

[AlexanderVanBaelen]

On the 70 series LandCruiser all of the body panels are spot welded together.

You could try using a suitable adhesive, something from Sikaflex would be my recommendation.

Thanks Ben, I'll have a look into the Sikaflex offering!

PS: With regards to my comment about panels being glued I wasn't so clear, I wanted to specify that in current cars panels are often glued. Obviously the 70 series is not one of those

 

[Ben]

The 70 series isnt glued together because its built to last and stay together even after being driven across thousands of miles of rough roads!

Where as most cars are built with a relatively short life span in mind, maybe 10-15 years for the average new car.

An alternative to spot welding or gluing is rivets.

Looking at your diagram again............

Those bits look identical to the rear seat mounts in the LJ70 and KZJ70 3 door wagons. So maybe you could find one in a scrap yard some where. Or some one might have one as a parts car.

It woudnt take much to remove them.

I will get a pic of my one for you.