Seat Brackets

Gald to see it worked for you, not sure in Tassi but I know here in Sydney NSW that would require an engineers inspection to pass our rta rules plus insurance is that an issue for you ?? Regards Steve m

Not sure about Tasmania, but here in Queensland if you change any seating in any way then you will have to upgrade the original 8mm seat mount bolts to 10mm grade 8.8 and then have the modification inspected and blue plated. Failure to do so can attract fines and also renders the vehicle unroadworthy as it does not have ADR complianced seat mounts.
Had occasion to fit bucket seats into my F150 4x4 and the inspection involved so much crap and red tape that we stayed with the large bench sat.
I recently followed through the full exercise when changing the configuration on a 19 seat bus to a 4 seat motorhome. It was time consuming and expensive.

You should check with your local RTA.

It amazes me that we have a veritable army of "Australian Standards bureaucrats" checking on a little welding job that it's 99% certain will be stronger than the original, is likely to do little or no damage if it does break and yet we have ZD30 engines blowing up, 'Cruiser IFS breakages, Nissan 5th gears stripping, ALL built to Australian Standards by the way AND hoons teararsing round everywhere, kids being molested, drug barons wrecking our youth, people living on the streets, junkikes bashing anyone that crosses thier path,,,,,,,,

Haven't they got something better to do than this nonsense?

On many occasions, I've rebuilt stuff that came from Accredited Australian Standards outlets that fell apart the first time it was used.

This used to be a GREAT country,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

We fixed things with fencing wire and it worked and it lasted fer years,,,,,,,,,,,,

Geezusss!!

Bilbo

Some interesting responses, i believe in the theory that what they don't know wont hurt them.The little modification i done would be twice as strong as the original bracket and unless they (the modification police) were taken by the hand and had it pointed out to them they wouldn't pick it up anyway.
As Bilbo stated there must be a lot more important things to keep them amused and justify there wages.The way this country is going with rules and regulations we wont be allowed to do our own serviceing or change a tyre before much longer.
But then again there are quite a few people these days who cannot do anything unless they are taken by the hand and shown what to do.
Regards Duke