73-75 Low Back Bucket Seats & Console Restoration

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by NWSooner

Thank you very much TKCR and please forgive my ignorance, what vehicles and years did they originally come in so I can start looking for a pair? Also do you seel those brackets or where does a guy get them?

You would be better off buying the fabricated brackets. The bucket seats were pretty rare in the trucks, so the likely hood of finding some are slim. Then they have to be cut out. The guy that makes and sells them, is Kenny Whitman. You can find him on FB or Messenger. He’s out in Washington state.

[dagnabbitt]

I've heard or read that low back buckets in early square trucks account for, like, 1-2% of total productions numbers, so they are quite rare indeed. I think it might be much less, I have never actually seen a truck (in person) that was "born" with them.

Possibly they are not as rare, though as the truck-style brackets and sliders! Since Blazers also had a nearly identical low back seat (they just had plastic backs on them) - but different brackets due to their flat floor - there are actually more buckets than brackets available for sale in the used parts market. And, as TKCR notes, very few people bothered to grab the additional "A" shaped bracket needed since it needed to be cut or chiseled out.

I personally think it is one of the best looking buckets GM made, I love that little medallion in the centre. So 70's.

[smupser]

Originally Posted by dagnabbitt

- there are actually more buckets than brackets available for sale in the used parts market. And, as TKCR notes, very few people bothered to grab the additional "A" shaped bracket needed since it needed to be cut or chiseled out.

I personally think it is one of the best looking buckets GM made, I love that little medallion in the centre. So 70's.

That’s why ken’s brackets are great and really opened the door for guys putting the seats in trucks, but not too many people know about them. You can find the center brackets every once in a while on eBay. But the quality of kens brackets far exceed oem specs. I personally would utilize his brackets rather than try to clean up an original set that are made from thinner gauge material.

And I agree, the square medallions are the finishing touch on them. But they only came on the 75-77 style of low backs. I’m a fan of the earlier 73-74 style with the rounded edges is trucks, but they are even harder to find than the later style

[TKCR]

Got the covers off today, and the Medallions. I’m not going to need foam, these are perfectly fine. Going to hit the bottom of the frame with the sandblaster and repaint. Now it’s a matter of waiting for covers to be made.

[Ad Cam]

Originally Posted by TKCR

Got the covers off today, and the Medallions. I’m not going to need foam, these are perfectly fine. Going to hit the bottom of the frame with the sandblaster and repaint. Now it’s a matter of waiting for covers to be made.

Are you getting them from USA1Industries? I've looked high and low and they're pretty much the only game in town for these seat covers.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by Ad Cam

Are you getting them from USA1Industries? I've looked high and low and they're pretty much the only game in town for these seat covers.

Yes most likely.

[TKCR]

I think the plan is too get Tan covers. Keep them the same as the console.