[Roadsters] seat removal, pin usage

[O'Farrell, Fergus P (AS)]

OK, that was me that made that remark some time ago.  My wiring woes
have lead to lots of underdash gyrations, so lots of seat removal.
All are correct, any sort of ball-lock pins are only good in shear, so
you'd have to cut off the studs off the bottom of the seats, weld on
flat tabs with a  hole in the bottom, and then install the pin so that
it was parallel to the floor.  You'd also want to make washers that had
slots instead of holes, to mate with the flat tabs sticking down.
This would leave you no cinch-up, so there would be some play, which
would not only be annoying, but when they were finally impact-loaded,
would be prone to breaking, and would be prone to ripping the
floorboard.
Simpler / easier?  No.  Safer? No.
Just an idea, not necessarily a "good" idea.
With all that trouble, I think I'd just weld on larger studs (not so
prone to stripping), and use nylocks (like I do now)
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Fergus O
Useful roadster content: I am going on the SoCal TT run this
Sunday/Monday, backroads from Glendale to Los Alamos via the backroads.
Looks to be an unassuming bunch from previous pic collections.
http://www.socaltt.com/

Incidentally, there are still spots open. (organizer has rooms reserved
in Los Alamos)