[Healeys] Easily removable 4 seater rear seat pans?

[BJ8 Healeys]

Most of the studs on my rear seat pans were missing when I bought the car
due to rust and being broken off.  I removed the remaining studs, drilled
the seat pans to match the holes in the seat surrounding structure, attached
aircraft anchor nuts to the structure, and use chrome-plated phillips screws
and countersunk washers to attach the seats (4 per seat).  It is simple to
remove the pans now for work on the fuel pumps, changing the fuel filter,
checking and filling the differential, etc.  It's not concours, but a
simpler and more convenient solution than having to remove the seats from
below. 

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of John Vrugtman
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 5:56 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Easily removable 4 seater rear seat pans?

Well, not exactly, but what I did was use wing nuts on the studs, so one
should be able to just use hands to release them.

John
64/66 BJ8s

On 7/30/2012 5:34 PM, Dave Murphy wrote:
> Has anyone come up with or seen a modification that would allow the 
> seat pan for the 4 seater Healeys to be unlatched from above without 
> having to reach underneath (and get all dirty) accessing those 4 nuts for
each pan?
> I'm tired of having to jack the car up, position stands, to remove the 
> wheels to access the seat pan nuts in order to work on the pumps, hoses,
wiring etc.
> -David Murphy
> Dearborn MI
> '66 BJ8