Replacment seats...........

[68Timber]

Originally Posted by motornut

89 burbs in the 78 Jimmy,drilled some holes bolted right up
two arm rests in 89,and a dial tilt(moved to outside)

John I have a set of those for my M1009 I'm going to put in when it warms up a little - thanks for sharing that.

[Palf70Step]

I used bench from a 92 Chevy truck

Modified the stock brackets to fit the new seat. You can see the modes in Jr's build thread. I eventually used the seat belts from the newer truck also.

[cadillac_al]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

I used bench from a 92 Chevy truck

Modified the stock brackets to fit the new seat. You can see the modes in Jr's build thread. I eventually used the seat belts from the newer truck also.

Do these newer truck seats have springs in them like our old seats? I am worried about losing that extra suspension under my butt like the original seats have. Those 92 era seats seem to be the best fit because they are a slim profile and have headrests. If they have springs in them then I will definitely look for one. Thanks.

[stampy]

I have found a few nice seats from early 90s chevs/gmcs in the local wrecking yards. They all seem to have the same problem though, the seat is in decent shape, but the side vinyl is cracked and split. Has anybody ever repaired this?

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by cadillac_al

Do these newer truck seats have springs in them like our old seats? I am worried about losing that extra suspension under my butt like the original seats have. Those 92 era seats seem to be the best fit because they are a slim profile and have headrests. If they have springs in them then I will definitely look for one. Thanks.

I am not sure about the springs. It would seem like they have to have some sort of spring, but as the picture shows you can't see any at least not clearly. They feel like they have springs to me.

[cadillac_al]

Thanks for the pic Palf. I think I have a friend with one of these trucks. I will have to go sit in it.

[nekkidhillbilly]

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=559596

looks like they dont kill your leg room and the brackets could be shortend even more than he did. i think the ones from around 99 would do/look even better though.

http://images.gtcarlot.com/pictures/40612672.jpg

and the xl seats look even better but idk if id want one cause of no recline.
http://static.cargurus.com/images/si...397198708.jpeg

another good swap is mid 90s ford trucks the cabs are the same size as squares.
http://images.gtcarlot.com/pictures/58092247.jpg

and lastly 02 up ram seats but your not able to get a rear seat thats gonna fit right in the a crew if your doing a crew. best option would be to mix say a 00 super duty rear with a dodge front and dye them all the same color. or you could get front and rears from a 92-97 superduty crew and just bolt in.

http://images.gtcarlot.com/pictures/39277378.jpg the 03 ram.

all these trucks have the raised floor like a square and the cabs are the same width. in the case of like 88 up chevys the cabs arent as wide usually by about 3 inches and the chevys and 93-01 dodges have flat floor so you have no head room when going to a raised floor. i havent measured a 97 up f150 but they do have the raised floor so if the width equals out they would be a good swap too. same goes for the earlier tundras raised floor but idk about the width. titan has a flat floor along with the 10 up rams.