bucket seats and consoles

[72chevynut]

Here are some pics of mine. I use the cup holder style consoles for driving and keep the extra seatbelt style ones put up in case I want to change back to original. The drink holders are more convenient while driving.

[Bruce88]

Originally Posted by 4tiresngas

Has anyone bought seats from this site? http://www.discountvantruck.com/truc...truckseats.htm They come with adapter brackets to bolt right into our trucks.

I like the original buddy bucket seats, but finding an original seat seems difficult. The reupholstered one I found on Ebay was going for $1050. Ebay is where I found this dealer.

I was just wondering if anyone has purchsed one of these aftermarket seats, and I'd love to see one in our trucks.

Thanks,

Dan

4tiresngas I bought some Santa Cruz 40-20-40 Truck Seats from Discount Van-Truck-SUV-RV and found them to be good quality for the price but I will be adding some bracing to the legs of the adapter bracket. There not installed at this time but if you want to see the ones I’m going to be using check out my build thread.

[gator2511]

Here's my 72:



They are out of a 2005 Caddy SRX, 8 way power leather.

[Select]

Only shot I have of my buddy buckets in my 68

[texanidiot25]

08 Silverado Front seats:

[C/10 King]

Here's a few of mine









Are you sure these seats are rare?



And this one

[slow72]

For those of you who have the newer silverado/sierra front buckets and console, do you also have the gas tank in behind them? Would there be enough leg room with the gas tank still in the cab? I'm 6'3" so i'm curious before i go buy anything.

[texanidiot25]

I'm 6' 1" and am very comfortable with the gas tank behind me still. About the same as I remember the stock bench being.

Honestly, there is no leg room to be gained with the tank gone... The seat back hits the cab before the seat bottom hit's the tank. It's not like you'll ever have the seat back tilted forward so the seat bottom can slide back to where the tank would be.

[eseaton]

Finally got my new seats bolted in today, still have to make the console top though.

[Blackholebob]

Mine are out of a 2003 Tacoma.Had to weld up new frames underneath.I have the center console from a Tundra which also has to be modified.Still working on the truck so we'll see how well they turn out.

[OldSkool71]

Originally Posted by Blackholebob

Mine are out of a 2003 Tacoma.Had to weld up new frames underneath.I have the center console from a Tundra which also has to be modified.Still working on the truck so we'll see how well they turn out.

Please post some more pics of your truck....im loving the two tone colors you have going...would love to see more...Thanks...Ron

[bradley7576]

i've got some buckets out of a 68 cougar and a random console i found that raises up for a seat in a junk yard. i tore the console down completely recovered it and sanded down the wood and varnished it

[Blackholebob]

OldSkool71: Here's a couple more.The green is the stock light green but the white was some leftover white that I had toned down.This is where I'm at right now as I'm doing everything my self learning as I go and only get to work on it on the weekends and painting it piece by piece in the garage.It's got the 50 yard paint job.Looks good from 50 yards.

[OldSkool71]

Originally Posted by Blackholebob

OldSkool71: Here's a couple more.The green is the stock light green but the white was some leftover white that I had toned down.This is where I'm at right now as I'm doing everything my self learning as I go and only get to work on it on the weekends and painting it piece by piece in the garage.It's got the 50 yard paint job.Looks good from 50 yards.

Sounds like a country song....lookiing good...keep at it....

[turner15]

Roger what are they out of?

[wwotr]

Originally Posted by turner15

Roger what are they out of?

Guys,

I bought them brand new from Discountvantruck.com

Cost me $899.00 for the Seats (an additional $100.00 for the Leather) and another $200.00 for the Retractable Seat Belts (matching) and sub floor assembly to install them.

[Cbrown67]

roger i would also like to know

[402]

These are the Chevrolet 2010 PU leather seats I installed in my 70 C10.

[BadaSs_Cal]

Originally Posted by 402

These are the Chevrolet 2010 PU leather seats I installed in my 70 C10.

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I love those seats.. I would try and see if I could get them to work without the headrests.. How did they bolt up?

Im going to my Pick n Pull tomorrow looking for buddy buckets.. but after seeing those I dont know what Im coming back with. (Like I ever do!!)

[402]

Thank You.

I removed the factory brackets and mounted the adjustment rails directly to the floor.
The front rail sits on the ridge in the floor and the rear rail sits on a ¾ in spacer.
This is a 3 piece seat; the center unit uses the original brackets.

Good luck on your search!

[effects66]

My 70

2001 Silverado power seats

[reaper71]

Pic #1. This is a customer's truck during the mock-up stage,they are out of a Dodge Dakota

Pic #2. The seats after they were covered.

Pic #3. These are my seats in my 52 chevy they are out of a Grand Prix

Mark...

[Mapearso]

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[mgore68]

My seats came out of some kind of Honda according to PO. The console I built myself and wrapped the dash.

[ga-stepside]

I just finished my interior. I used Corbeau Sports Seats with home made seat frames. The two consoles are custom made using a Chevy Silverado console lid. The shifter is a cable driven B&M Unimatic mounted on a pedestal under the lower console to make it higher.