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That is the best kind of Black Friday shopping.

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It was!! No crowds, it was quiet and a nice sunny day. We did go to our local Best Buy for a few things, it was early evening. I don't know why people want to get into that big crowd, thats no fun. Best Buy still had PLENTY of all the Black Friday items. I wanted to get a backup camera for my Colorado, it has a cap, so when it's packed with seats I can't even see thru to the back. It is hard not being able to see when I'm backing up out of somewhere.
I work at Honda, so I have really gotten spoiled with all the SUV's having backup cameras.

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Did the C10 3 point seat belts ever come in black or is charcoal the closest thing to it?

Rick

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The Charcoal is the closest to it. The Charcoal is pretty much black, in my opinion. So they can be used in a black or charcoal truck.

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Guess I'll be looking for a charcoal set then for bucket seats.

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I have another set. I was going to use them until I found these. If your interested, send me a PM, with a number. I can text you pics of them. I was going to get them out and list them on the parts forum.

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mmmmhmmm, mandarin is a very hard color to find. Seats are looking pretty good btw.

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Thanks!! That's purty, is that your truck? I love the mandarin orange, it's unique.

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It is. That particular pic is when I first bought it back in 2005. It is in the process of being torn apart for some work. Interior is going to low back leather buckets and a console but it will still be mandarin.

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Again, nice work! Anymore pictures of that blue seat?

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The Blue, back on post #189? Those were the only ones I took.

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10/4

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I’ll be doing a Carmine Red Benchseat soon. Here is the fabric

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Going on a Saturday Road Trip, to pick up some seats. This one and 2 others.

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Started working on the Carmine Seat. This is the seat I started with. Restored the frame & tracks and it’s getting new foam.

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More after pics.

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Beautiful work!

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Thank you!!

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This seat is for a Suburban, so it is a non-tilt Seat. Didn’t even have time to put it completely together, because it sold right away.

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It also got new foam. And it has the correct Suburban tracks, they are very similar to to 81-87 tracks.

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This one will make a good candidate for restoration.

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Got a few more good donors. These will be stripped down and restored from the frame up.

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Since Ohio is getting a snowstorm today, I’ll be out in the shop building another seat. This one is a Black Velour/Black Vinyl Deluxe with NEW Foam.

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did any of the bench seats come with a plastic back instead of material so they wouldn,t get ripped from hauling stuff on burbs ?

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No they didn’t.

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Picked up 3 more benchseats, that will be given a second chance. Time to start stripping them down and making them beautiful again.

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When your out searching for seats do you ever see any headliner panels?

Rick

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Yes I do. I usually get all the headliner trim, if it’s there and not broken.

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I have the trim, it's the panels that I'm looking for. Even damaged panels.

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I can start grabbing them. I just never have, because it doesn’t seem like anyone wants or needs them. Your just next door in Indiana, so when I get some, we can meet. Sound good?

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Sounds good. I need at least a couple to start with. Not able to get out and look at this time, going to have back surgery very soon. hoping that will fix my back issues.

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Hope you find some relief with the surgery. I had back surgery about 10 yrs ago, it was called I.D.E.T. Best thing I ever did!!!
Here’s a video that explains what they do:
https://www.spine-health.com/video/i...eractive-video

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That blue vinyl seat looks way better then the one in my longbed already..
I wish it wasn't $200+ to ship these suckers.

Do you ever cover Suburban high back buckets? Mine came out of an '85 and they have just one armrest. When looking at new covers they never mention the armrests.

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There is always meeting part way. The only buckets I have done, 1970 GTO . I got them posted a few pages back. Buckets are a handful!!

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I saw those buckets they look beautiful..I think Ohio is about 8 hours away from Connecticut.

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Well if your up to splitting the drive, I can do that. I will be retired March 1st, so traveling would not be an issue. I know and I hate that the shipping is expensive, but it is what it is. FedEx sets the price, based on distance size and weight. To be quite honest, I hate shipping them. Not that anything has happened yet, I’m always afraid they will get damaged during shipping. It only takes that one time of someone doing something careless. I fully insure them, just in case.

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One of my favorite seats is on its way to California. It is a 77-80 Camel Tan Tilting Benchseat, orginal Foam was used, which was in excellent condition.

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That seat looks very nice! I enjoy looking at your finished product...works of art. Congratulations on your upcoming retirement! I took that plunge January 12 myself.

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Thank You!! And Congratulations on your retirement! I consider myself lucky to have worked for a company that allows us to retire at the age of 55. I will have 30 yrs in. I’m looking forward to being able to spend more on the seats. And just enjoying life without being on a time schedule.

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Went on a little road trip yesterday, to pickup a couple of seats to be restored in the future. Both are in overall good condition. They will still get stripped down, to replace broken springs & sandblast/repaint the frames & tracks. And then get the tracks sliding like new again. See pics 2-5, this is a perfect example of a poor rebuild on someones part. I bought this seat, it had already been recovered in black "leather". Very nice cover!! But they covered right over a rusty frame. And it also had broken springs on the drivers side, see pic #2. They shoved some kind of foam in there, instead of replacing the broken springs. And the tracks would not slide.
1- 77-80 tilt
1- 81-87 tilt