1940 D300 International
 
 I had originally planned on using some tubing and creating my own bracket bases, but once I looked
the Suburban setup over fully, it became obvious that slicing out the floor base latch areas was the way to go.
 
Here you can see how the seat latches are formed
   
Cutting the floor base latch sections was by far the most efficient way to get it done, plus saved a ton of time in fabrication.


The seat mounting setup for the D did come out nicely, and is very solid. 
 The back of the seat has a trip handle so the back rest can be tilted forward by itself,
with will make it very easy to have storage behind the seat.
 It should be rather easy to come up with a lock to keep that seat back from being movable when at shows.
  That way we can keep items of value locked in the cab without have to close it all up.
 It did take too long … as usual …. to get that seat setup all configured.
 The primary support 1x2 tubes that go under the seat sides forward and back, are countersunk into the original D300 seat support sides.
 That was necessary to create a level support framework, which was needed to make use of the mount brackets.
 A couple of bracing tubes are still in the plan for the front mounts, and one cross tube at the front will be needed,
and then the side tin work can be done. 

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