Hickey folding rear seat brackets
 

Just bought a 72 blazer and it has a folding rear seat conversion just curious whether it is Hickey or not. If you have one and could take pictures that would be great. It has the swinging rear tire carrier so I guess it is possible they ordered the folding seat kit.

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Pics please. I would love to see how they did this.

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Will get pictures next week

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Ya that would be cool to remake!

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Never seen a first gen with one except a third seat Tahoe conversion.

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Pretty sure its listed in the early Hickey catalog for a 69-72 blazer will double check tomorrow

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Can't wait to see pics of this "unicorn" part.

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LOL I don't know if I have a unicorn but that is what I am trying to find out but Hickey did offer on for 69-72 Blazers

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Sorry for the bad picture tried to resize it but it didn't work see page 29

http://brochures.slosh.com/frame.shtml?blazer/hickey

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That's pretty cool...get Midunes on this to make some!

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Not sure if that is what I have trying to figure that out

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That sketch shows the upper seat back folding flat to the seat bottom, then the seat bottom pivoting up to open up the floor area. The packing/shipping weight says 2lbs. How in the world can you convert the stock seat to both fold in half and then pivot up with only 2lbs worth of "stuff" in the kit?

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Maybe that was a picture of the 73 up version. I haven't clean the blazer out yet maybe it does.

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The 73+ rear seat is essentially the same as the 69-72 but with different upolstery. Not much changed on the rear seats from 1969 through 1991. There has to be some type of hinge system for the back to fold flat, and some type of hinge for the front to allow it to tilt up. Alot going on for 2lbs worth of stuff in the box is all I'm saying. Maybe it was 2lbs worth of aluminum parts? :)

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It does have some kind of hinging system in the front and the back is not bolted tight now. There is some kind of mechanism on each side I never saw before and something else the arm rest posts are there but the cushions are gone.

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I checked out the link. It would Be awesome to have that on my blazer. I've never seen one in person. Or even on a web site that I rember. Pretty cool.

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Its made out of unobtanium. I seem to recall my rear seat upholstry connecting the seat back and bottom cushions along the outside edges of the frame, just like the front buckets. If the seat were to fold, I'm guessing that the upholstry would have to be modified in some way. You would have to modify it anyways to install a hinge. If this is the real deal, I'm sure 99% of the people on this board would want a repop kit, me included.

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You got that right. Many of us would love to Have that. I'm guessing you would need custom upholstery as well. If you cut the stock one I don't think
It would reach far enough to reattach it to the center part of the seat.

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How will I ever know if it is the real deal without another set out there

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If it bolts into the stock locations it's gotta be the one. I've never heard of another setup like that before. There wasn't a lot of companies making all the aftermarket stuff back then.

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But there were companies other than Hickey.

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But how many actually made this type of mod for 69-72 blazer? Maybe jc Whitney but I'm thinking not a lot of them were made by other companies.

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Personally, I don't car who made it. If the kit can make that rear seat fold and tumble, its worth its weight in gold:)

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Very true

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I like the snap away seat kit way more then the tumble kit.
Who has that for me to buy? PG

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The only concern that I would have for both the fold & tumble and snap away kits is their safety and integrity. They were designed at a time when lap seat belts were just being recognized as required safety equipment. I wouldn't want that back seat to become a projectile while driving, especially with someone strapped into it!

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I can think of 4-5 people who I would love to strap into
A projectile seat!

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My kids would be in that seat. So that would also Be a major concern. But I'd look it over real well before calling it good and putting someone back there.

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I can put my mother-in-law in there and slam the brakes...purely for science:devil:

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Make sure to duck first. If not, you would run the risk of getting the imprint of her screaming face tatood on the back of your head!

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Any luck on the pictures?
I'd love to have a folding rear seat.

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Sorry I will try and get some tomorrow been real busy but I did get a better look at it. There are pins in the floor almost like hood pins for the rear seat legs. The bolts that hold the armrest to the back of the seat were replaced with studs and wind nuts. It appears that the hinge area for the seat back is like a cam setup sort of pull out and it flips around to lay down hard to explain with out pictures. The brackets in the front look like big hinges from what I can tell have not been in it to far. There is rat dropping and urine everywhere and I think I am going to need my respirator to clean it out to get good pictures.

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Sorry guys for being so late but been busy but hear you go let me know what you think

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more pics

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Looks cool Ives a decent amount of space.

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I am really liking this setup. Especially since usually nobody rides in the back of mine except for my dog. With it folded up, it would keep him from trying to stand on the center console too.

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The 73 blazer I parted out recently had that rear seat set up in it, I wish I would have realized it was special before I sold it for $40, I would have at least took some better pics, it was the same set up with the clip pins & the posts coming through the floor on the rear brackets.

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I don't know if it is special but doesn't seem like anyone else has one. Did you ever sale the inside tire rack?

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Door hinges and cotter pins - simplicity at its best :D

Anyone thinking of modding their rear seat to something similar might consider ball lock pins. It would keep the bed smooth for cargo loading. You just need to drill the holes and weld in the sockets. Or you could adapt the 78-91 Blazer's fold and tumble rear seat. There's actually quite a few ways you can skin this cat.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ball...2&ved=0CEMQsAQ