2nd Gen 40-20-40 seat in reg cab 1st Gen

[dpuckett]

I took the plunge. I am putting a new(er) seat in my 91 to replace the mid 80s Ford seat in there now (that sinks 4-5 inches when I sit my lard butt in it). I was driving down from Jackson yesterday, and stopped at a junkyard/ body shop and looked at the seat in a wrecked half ton 94. Seat is in good shape, save needing a shampoo job, and the right side of the driver's seat needs to be realigned. No big deal to fix. Even has the lumbar adjustment. I took some pics of the set up of it. It would have gone much smoother if the passenger door could have opened more than 6" but I still got what I needed to measure.

You need 3/4-1-1/2" of lift in the rear to make up for floor pan differences, and you will have to drill new holes all around. Still, considering a NEW seat from JC Whitney is over $1000, I can do a little creative engineering.



Daniel

 

[dpuckett]

Here is the seat, with a 1-by-something under the rear part of it. The floor pan falls away inside of where the rear bolt goes, so I figure some tubular steel under there, going across to the inner support will suffice. I am 6ft, and still have plenty of room with my cowboy hat sitting in the seat as pictured.

-DP

 

[dpuckett]

Here is a comparison of the stock seat bolt hole vs where the "new" seat will go. The new seat is outboard and a hair forward of the stock holes. i. e. the shot is facing almost directly rearward.

-DP

 

[TSuter]

Daniel, keep those pictures comin'. I need to do this to my Reg cab, anything more then an hour and my back is killing me. Just have to get the wife to open them purse strings :-{} .



Tom

 

[benhall]

I plan on doing this to my crew cab in both the front and back.



Ben