47-55.1 The Old Bench Seat - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

jweb · 04-08-2024, 10:22 AM

Brian (MARTINSR), if your seat ends up really thin, the springs may be a good idea. The stock seats are too thick for an unchopped truck, at 5'10" I'm looking out the top of the windshield in mine.

Unfortunately you will have multiple issues when dealing with a chopped truck.

A really low seat puts your knees up in the air and possibly your steering wheel in an awkward location.

On a truck like yours I would wait until it's drivable to do some testing of the seat on actual drives before upholstering it.

04-08-2024, 10:22 AM	#25
jweb Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,182	Re: The Old Bench Seat Brian (MARTINSR), if your seat ends up really thin, the springs may be a good idea. The stock seats are too thick for an unchopped truck, at 5'10" I'm looking out the top of the windshield in mine. Unfortunately you will have multiple issues when dealing with a chopped truck. A really low seat puts your knees up in the air and possibly your steering wheel in an awkward location. On a truck like yours I would wait until it's drivable to do some testing of the seat on actual drives before upholstering it. __________________ 1951 Truck, LS1/4L60 1964 Suburban, current project 2014 Silverado daily driver 1953 Westerner "canned ham" trailer, rebuilt 1974 Prowler trailer, rebuilt



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