Thanks, Pete. It was supposed to be slightly tongue-in-cheek.
Ok, next problem.
Left-side belt mount, as original, seems well-placed:
Right-side, as original, ok for the seat Rick used (shown above), but I'm sure that Grib set the seat on top of it.
Not enough room for the original-style tube:
So, I propose using a piece of 1/4" x 3" similar to the cardboard, fit to the trans tunnel, welded solidly to the front and rear crossmembers as shown, and stitch-welded to the trans tunnel:
And then weld on the double-shear mount.
I think that this would provide more than sufficient strength.
Any thoughts or other ideas?
Mike