How about installing bucket seats (sometimes split
bench) out of an 80's Cadillac Coupe De Ville. The
bottom seat mounted welded to the floor would have to
be removed and a new one would have to be made. But
you would have more comfortable seats, power seats,
and if ya got rid of the gas tank in the cab, the
seats easily fold forward to put stuff behind the
seat. Obviously, they would need to be
reapulstered...
Jon
--- "Gary L. Perry" <glperry@fwi.com> wrote:
> Biggest Problem with newer seats is the "lean" of
> the back is greater and
> won't allow you to move back far enough to get good
> leg room. I heard a
> Chrysler Le Baron fits good, Uh! Or the late 80's or
> early 90's Chevy truck
> and they will be more upright, tho the early ones
> weren't that comfortable
> to me. Ford truck seats mount right on floor and are
> good height but would
> require removal of seat mount wellded to floor of
> your Chevy, and some say
> not to remove as is brace.
>
> G. L. Perry
> Huntington, IN
> 54 Chevy 2-ton (driver)
> 50 Chevy COE (project)
> 55 GMC COE (project)
> MM Jet Star 3 (tractor)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Passnb4U@aol.com>
> To: <tomntam@earthlink.net>;
> <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 9:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 1955 2nd Series seat
>
>
> > In a message dated 4/1/01 9:12:03 AM Pacific
> Daylight Time,
> > tomntam@earthlink.net writes:
> >
> > << I have a 1955 2nd Series truck and I need some
> information on a seat
> that
> > will fit in it without much modification, if such
> a seat exists. If some
> > one could give me the measurments from the seat
> cushion to the floor I
> would
> > appreciate it. I was told that the length was 51
> inches and the depth is
> > around 21 inches. Some one told me that a 86
> Silverado seat would work,
> but
> > I havn't looked to see.
> > Thanks for any and all help,
> > Tom >>
> >
> >
> > Hey Tom,
> >
> > Glad to see you made it to the list.
> >
> > One correction though...I had measured my seat
> at 55inches across, not
> > 51inches.
> >
> > Going by memory here (I'll measure later today
> to get a better idea for
> > you) but the seat is about 8 inches thick, and
> sits up about 3 inches on
> the
> > seat rails, so in the neighborhood of 11-12 inches
> from the floor to the
> top
> > of the front of the seat...it also get a bit
> narrower towards the back of
> the
> > seat.
> >
> > The main thing is not to get one that's too deep
> with a thick seat
> > back...there's plenty of room up top in these
> trucks, but the leg room is
> > limited. Ofcourse, if it too wide, it won't work
> either.
> >
> > Mike
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built
> between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built
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