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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 08-05-2023, 07:52 PM

The PO put some hi-back bucket seats from an '80s [~?] Camaro/Firebird in my '71 Jimmy. They have seat foam that was injected around wire spring frames. I bought the truck in '95. They were old then. Now they're really shot. Spring ends protrude up from the foamless areas and poke me in the butt. I've been told by seat shops that style was unavailable, and unrepairable.
Things may be different by now. IDK.

I need to replace my bucket seats soonest. PO also used 4x4'' wood blocks to mount the rear seat mounts. Lagscrews into the wood. Not the safest attachment in a major collision. I just figure I'd be dead.

08-05-2023, 07:52 PM	#3
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,074	Re: New seat foam The PO put some hi-back bucket seats from an '80s [~?] Camaro/Firebird in my '71 Jimmy. They have seat foam that was injected around wire spring frames. I bought the truck in '95. They were old then. Now they're really shot. Spring ends protrude up from the foamless areas and poke me in the butt. I've been told by seat shops that style was unavailable, and unrepairable. Things may be different by now. IDK. I need to replace my bucket seats soonest. PO also used 4x4'' wood blocks to mount the rear seat mounts. Lagscrews into the wood. Not the safest attachment in a major collision. I just figure I'd be dead. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.