John Lee's No Spill Always Near By Dual Cup Holder

[Sharps40]

Sweet success. John Lee finally has a cup holder and it ain't in the way, slidin around on the floor, fallin off the window frame, sliding off the seat...its stuck to the floor, outta the way and within easy reach. I'm happy.

Starting with the kids 6 year old, $6 (at the time) Walmart Happy Meal holder for a bucket seated Minivan...thank goodness the minivan is gone and that I'm a minor horder... First step is to take off the happy meal tray, the lower umbrella hooks and the strap that goes around the bucket seat headrest. Oh yeah, and clean out 6 years worth of French fry grease....



Remove three base screws and separate inner from outer.



A nice 11.5" left over section of aluminum strap from the repair of Ol John Lee's rusty bed cross ties....markin it for bends to make a bracket. Gotta get this drink holder up off the floor a bit so I'm not changing lanes tryin to reach my coffee...its enough to bend forward and reach the defrost/heater lever!



Makein the initial bends on my bench come brake...



Then over to the faithful RCBS reloading press come vise come anvil to bend the mounting ears.



First bend on the ears......



Final bend on the ears...now to drill 5 mounting holes...one each in each floor mounting ear and three across the center section for mounting the cup/drink holder.

[Sharps40]

Lets see, the center of the cab (measuring from the inside of the floor plates is 32.5".



Its an old worn floor mat, to be replaced one day, so a couple items stabbed in to show you, Drill at center of the cab...PS and DS mounting holes to be 3 3/8" to either side of center....Now drill two mounting holes, one for each ear on the bracket.



Test fit and kinda wiggly for a couple big bottles of water or soda, so, off to the junk box for a short third leg...mounted on the back of the drink/cup holder and another hole established for the floor mounting ear.



Pretty spiffy, bolted down and no wiggles. And, room for a real short legged gal to pull the seat forward, or scooch the barrel of a spare hunting rifle down in-between the seat and the drink holder on a long trip.





View from the drivers seat, locked and loaded and ready for a ride....all necessaries in easy reach and not spillin on my seat.



Woops, looks like I missed some old French fry gunk in the middle, guess I'll swab it out again before I call it done.