Seat Mounts

I'm struggling with finding an idea for seat mounts for replacement seats for my boats. Neither boat had factory seats and I am clueless on a suitable "cool" design for a seat mount. Storage area is in short supply so I would like to have storage under the rider's seat and the battery is under the driver's seat.

I came across these pics and I really like the solid and simple look of the frame under these seats. My thanks to the unknown owner of this boat. I hope you don't mind me hyjacking these photos.

Does anyone recognize these seat mounts? Can they be purchased somewhere? Does anyone recognize the fastener that is shown?


Close up:

Jim:

Yes, those are factory CC mounts. I suggest you upgrade the drivers seat to mid 80's "2001" adjustable style. Go to CC and purchase the fiberglass seat base and bolt it to the floor. Also purchase two adjustable seat slides to bolt to the bottom of your flat bottom drivers seat of choice. Bolt this to the seat base and presto you will have an adjustable drivers seat.

I suppose you could do the same for a rear or forward facing observers seat.

For the rear bench, just make a wood framed plywood bench that fits snuggly between the sides of the boat. The backrest can merely be an upholstered sheet of plywood that extends from the top of the lower cushion to just above the rear deck. If your panel that covers the tank area extends just above the rear deck, then run two screws through this to hold the seat back. The seat bottom can just be held in place by friction so it is easy to remove for skiing or cleaning.

Hope this helps.