Channeled looked good to me so I channeled mine 4.5" and its taken allot of work to make it look clean. That was successful and I had a smile on my face when the job was completed.
Working on seating now. Ergonomics is important to me as I want to travel in the rod place to place. Been sitting on stacks of boards and such to get an idea of the ergonomics.
Bought some seats that had thin backs like the original ford bench seats. THey are as far back as the original without a doubt. The cab is stock ford with no changes in length. With the seats set low, your butt is low and your knee's high which is not exactly comfortable. I thought to myself that I have put many miles on an original 28 PU and been relatively comfortable, for even if Henry did not give my any extras for pickups in 28. The reason seems to be that the original bench seats sat much higher off the floor board. Your knees were more level with your butt. Of course, the cab is 4.5" lower now so head height is lower over all.
Therefore I guess the best situation will be the highest vertical elevation I can mount the seats and maintain headroom for my six foot frame.
Looking at some of the hot rod video's on the web, some builders must be very flexible or double jointed to fit into Chopped and channeled rods.
I can see now that if I chopped and tried to use the frame I had, I would be in trouble. I figured 4.5" channel would not cause much or a problem but given the same cab length, it does make quite a difference. Sitting in a kitchen chair, your knees are at butt height for the most part. Shorter chair, butt is lower with respect to the knees. Length of cab is fixed and cannot be changed, but now I know why they offer an additional 6" extension to the side panels for this cab for hot rod use. Expensive option however.
Is going as high as possible the best way for overall best ergonomics (COMFORT)
thanks
Gacannon
Working on seating now. Ergonomics is important to me as I want to travel in the rod place to place. Been sitting on stacks of boards and such to get an idea of the ergonomics.
Bought some seats that had thin backs like the original ford bench seats. THey are as far back as the original without a doubt. The cab is stock ford with no changes in length. With the seats set low, your butt is low and your knee's high which is not exactly comfortable. I thought to myself that I have put many miles on an original 28 PU and been relatively comfortable, for even if Henry did not give my any extras for pickups in 28. The reason seems to be that the original bench seats sat much higher off the floor board. Your knees were more level with your butt. Of course, the cab is 4.5" lower now so head height is lower over all.
Therefore I guess the best situation will be the highest vertical elevation I can mount the seats and maintain headroom for my six foot frame.
Looking at some of the hot rod video's on the web, some builders must be very flexible or double jointed to fit into Chopped and channeled rods.
I can see now that if I chopped and tried to use the frame I had, I would be in trouble. I figured 4.5" channel would not cause much or a problem but given the same cab length, it does make quite a difference. Sitting in a kitchen chair, your knees are at butt height for the most part. Shorter chair, butt is lower with respect to the knees. Length of cab is fixed and cannot be changed, but now I know why they offer an additional 6" extension to the side panels for this cab for hot rod use. Expensive option however.
Is going as high as possible the best way for overall best ergonomics (COMFORT)
thanks
Gacannon
