Topic: 64 1/2 carpet screw placement

[CharlesTurner]

Interesting. As Jeff stated you would think they all would have been spot welded to the floor to give support, especially a convertible. Besides my big ass needs all the structure support I can get when I sit in the seat.

They were most definitely spot welded, sorry for any confusion.

[J_Speegle]

Difference most likely due to the convertible seat riser being a one piece from side to side and part of the strengthening of the unibody.  Coupes had individual seat risers.

Only stating the difference since its interesting to me that the engineers designing both parts thought it was important to punch out the hole in one and not the other. In the long run apparently the hole was not needed, didn't work as planned or something since the abandoned the detail/design fairly quickly considering total production though all the years

[CharlesTurner]

Probably an engineer's idea at cost-savings, or maybe something carried over from Falcon's/Fairlane's.

[DEWilson]

ok  do think the car is the 64 1/2 

vin# 5F07U208XXX

BODY 65A ,COLOR M ,TRIM 82   ,DATE 22G , DSO 13

[DEWilson]

I noticed my risers went all the way to the floor and had some spot welds fixing the riser to the floor across the front and back. The ones pictured here do not even reach the floor. Is that normal?

yes like i had said with the pic that the seat riser is installed wrong if you look closely  that is the right side seat pan that was placed onto the left side that why there is a gap between it and the floor  i had to cut them out and swap them to the correct placement

[ChrisV289]

ok  do think the car is the 64 1/2 

vin# 5F07U208XXX

BODY 65A ,COLOR M ,TRIM 82   ,DATE 22G , DSO 13

U code would be a 64.5 as that is the 170 motor.  Date code is July 22, 1964