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Look at getting seats made at your local upholstery shop.
TACO, MMC, Springfield and others make better hinges and brackets, but not necessary seats
Wise, and others make seats,
The bolt is an M8 x 20mm
That means it is not a crank bolt.
Could be a coupler to flywheel
May be an inspection cover bolt
May be an accessory drive bolt
May be an accessory bracket bolt
Spend $11 on a borescope for your phone and check the coupler
Yes, Gen 1/2 SBCs and the 4.3 until the metric block had used the 7/16-20 flywheel bolts
The Metric block used M11x1.5 crank bolts like the Gen 3/4/5 SBC
The 9.8 metric stamp on the head points to the 4.3 90M metric block (1999 and later)
1991, the block was changed, 1- piece RMS crank, moved all the tooling to Mexico, consolidated designs of rotating assembly with other GM motors
The flywheel went from a 153 tooth to 168 tooth
So get a complete bobtail