78 seats in a 70
 

anyone know if the 78 front and rear seats will mount up in a 70 blazer. i am looking at a nice set of seats on the cheap if they do. also what about the roll bar from that year will it mount u as well. i dont know what the big changes were from those years. any help would be aprecieated.

Re: 78 seats in a 70
 

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I'm only commenting from memory but I think that the floor in 78 was real high under the seat and very different from 70. It would take some major modifications. Someone please confirm.

Re: 78 seats in a 70
 

When I got my K5 it had some high back bucket seats in it that I THINK were from a mid-late 70s K5. They bolted right down in the factory holes. I have since removed them, but it is possible that the high-backs were bolted to the original seat sliders. All I have is this old picture but maybe it will tell you something.

Re: 78 seats in a 70
 

thanks guys i was hoping for some pictures and stuff.

longroof. i may be wrong too but i was thinking the 69-72 was higher than the 78 but i could be wrong as well.

i am not really sure how they mount up it would be awesome if they bolted right in i am hoping someone has done it. or tried it.

thanks

anyone with pics feel free.

Re: 78 seats in a 70
 

Take the measurements... ;)

Ask the seller to measure the foot print and your done, mystery solved.

Re: 78 seats in a 70
 

I own a '71 Blazer I'm fixing, and I've parted '76 and '80 Blazers. I've tried the '76 and '80 Blazer seats (front and rear) in mine:

Front seats: '73-'77 are low back, '78-up are high back; driver's side brackets are the same, passenger's side only differ on the style of the release handle for folding the seat forward. Neither year grouping brackets are interchangable with '69-'72 (different mounting pattern to floor and different height). I currently have the '80 high backs mounted to '69-'72 brackets in my Blazer, but clearance to fold the passenger side forward is very tight due to the shorter cowl area on the '69-'72.

Rear seats: '73-'77 are fixed and look similar to '69-'72 but have a completely different mounting pattern. '78-up are the "fold and tumble" style which requires the reshaped floor pan of the '78-ups to work properly.

Roll bars: Factory '73-'75 roll bars mount behind the front seats and look like they will fit '69-'72 (mine is from a '74 but I haven't had time to try it, yet). Factory '76-up (half top hardtop) mount back by the tailgate; will not fit my '71 due to more angle of the '69-'72 rear hatch.

Short answer to your question is the seats are okay, but the brackets are dead wrong for your '70.