Stovens - the seats are quite comfortable. A lot of T-buckets have a high seating position and that's OK for a "fad-T", but not for a pseudo-racecar. Therefore, I put the seats as low as I could get them. Also, I have ridden in some hotrods where you feel like you could slide right off the seat, especially when the brakes are applied suddenly. These lean back some, maybe 15 degrees or so. When you climb in this thing, you sit IN the seats, not ON them, so you feel pretty secure. If you are familiar with late-model stock cars - the seating position is similar to those.

Rspears - The seat hinges are just bolted through the riser with fender washers on the back side. The riser is made from 3/4 inch thick white spruce and it is fiberglassed into the body; it's very rigid. Hopefully I'll never hit anything, but if I do the seat belts should stop the driver and/or passenger and the seats from ripping loose. This car will be equipped with 5-way harnesses; the shoulder and crotch straps are optional, but I'm a firm believer in seat belts (A few trips into the concrete walls on a race track will make a believer of anyone).