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C-10volvo · 09-30-2004, 11:57 AM

how hard would it be it throw in a set of blazer bucket seats from a k5? or are there any easier routes? i really want to put in a center console that extends all the way back so i can put my subwoofers in there. at would also look cool too. thnaks for your help

cochino12 · 09-30-2004, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by C-10volvo

how hard would it be it throw in a set of blazer bucket seats from a k5? or are there any easier routes? i really want to put in a center console that extends all the way back so i can put my subwoofers in there. at would also look cool too. thnaks for your help

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should be real easy, the blazer brackets/floor are completely flat. All you would need is a riser and you'd be done.

bigblock73 · 09-30-2004, 12:57 PM

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should be real easy, the blazer brackets/floor are completely flat. All you would need is a riser and you'd be done.

True...the Blazer floors are flat, but the PU's are not. If I read the question correctly, you want to put Blazer seats in your truck right? PU's that came with factory buckets had completely different floor bracketry than the Blazers had. IF you can find truck bucket brackets you'd be set...but they are hard to find.

Maybe Joe (ElGracho) can post a pic of the brackets he has, then maybe you could fabricate your own. Just a thought.

cochino12 · 09-30-2004, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bigblock73

True...the Blazer floors are flat, but the PU's are not. If I read the question correctly, you want to put Blazer seats in your truck right? PU's that came with factory buckets had completely different floor bracketry than the Blazers had. IF you can find truck bucket brackets you'd be set...but they are hard to find.
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True, guess I forgot about that.

Jonboy · 09-30-2004, 01:50 PM

will Suburban brackets fit? They have the humps in the floor like a pickup. The buckets have an armrest and recline as well.

bigblock73 · 09-30-2004, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonboy

will Suburban brackets fit? They have the humps in the floor like a pickup.

Are you sure? The humps/risers in the floor of a PU are to clear the saddle tank gas tank...'Burbs have the gas tanks out back like the Blazers right? If so, then they should have flat floors since the hump/riser is not needed.

KShortell · 09-30-2004, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bigblock73

...The humps/risers in the floor of a PU are to clear the saddle tank gas tank...'Burbs have the gas tanks out back like the Blazers right? ...

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Originally Posted by Jonboy

They do have the humps, but not sure why. There is nothing under there.

Think 3+3 Crew Cab. Suburbans and Crew Cabs are the same from the rear doors forward: headliner, seats, doors, floor, etc. A second headliner panel is used for the rear cargo area. A flat floor is in place of the bed and the station wagon body replaces the back wall of the cab. The frames are different. However, the body is identical forward of the rear cargo area...

GMCLS1 · 09-30-2004, 07:40 PM

So does this mean that the suburban buckets will fit in the trucks without any modification?

88Jimmy4x4 · 10-01-2004, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by GMCLS1

So does this mean that the suburban buckets will fit in the trucks without any modification?

I got lost too...so will burb brackets work in a C10 reg cab?

Jonboy · 09-30-2004, 03:04 PM

They do have the humps, but not sure why. There is nothing under there.

kevinr1970 · 09-30-2004, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by C-10volvo

how hard would it be it throw in a set of blazer bucket seats from a k5? or are there any easier routes? i really want to put in a center console that extends all the way back so i can put my subwoofers in there. at would also look cool too. thnaks for your help

Won't work....... unless......
Blazers have a "tilting" passenger seat (whole seat pivots forward on the front of the riser) up to I believe '87 or '88. After that the seat itself folds foward and you are closer I guess.
Your truck will probably have a riser beneath the seat that a Blazer or Suburban won't. This is different than the tranny "hump". All Chev trucks 73-87 have the "hump" (I think).
Like it was said above, if you can find a set of truck buckets you may be able to swap the risers from truck buckets to Blazer buckets, but this is only maybe....
I had a set of buckets out of a Suburban that was a "conversion" (read lots of foo-foo stuff including butt-ugly graphics) but they would not bolt to my Blazer risers. I fabbed a mounting plate to make them work temporarily.

leastbay · 09-30-2004, 08:14 PM

Ive got blazer seats in mine but i bought it like that so i dont know how it was done they both fold in half but theyres not much room behind them

ElGracho · 09-30-2004, 09:09 PM

Like Jeff said, I've wrestled with this too. I can post pictures of the Gentleman Jim buckets I have, they are original for regular cab pickups. On pickups, the passenger seat is fixed to the floor and doesn't move with four little riser brackets. The drivers seat has tracks to allow it to move but they are unique to the regular cab pickups.

The crew cab and the suburbans have the same floor stamping for the front seats as was mentioned above so their seat tracks are a direct swap. The back seat of a crew cab is the same as a regular cab pickup.

The blazer floor is flat and completely different than any other of these trucks so it has unique seat tracks.

Note: I keep saying tracks, the seats themselves are all interchangeable (they have made buckets for our trucks with either no armrests, an inner armrest or two armrests on each seat). If you find a set of pickup buckets, no matter what shape they are in, get them and you can use the tracks, they are by far more valuable than even nice factory seats!

cliffsta · 09-30-2004, 09:10 PM

buckets are no fun

Your honey / wife / girlfriend / wanna be girlfriend can't sit next to you and cuddle

See, i would have buckets in ol red already, but i'm holding out for the girl.........

GMCLS1 · 10-01-2004, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by cliffsta

buckets are no fun

Your honey / wife / girlfriend / wanna be girlfriend can't sit next to you and cuddle

See, i would have buckets in ol red already, but i'm holding out for the girl.........

Sure you can get around that, put her on your lap.

beaterC10 · 10-02-2004, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by cliffsta

buckets are no fun

Your honey / wife / girlfriend / wanna be girlfriend can't sit next to you and cuddle

See, i would have buckets in ol red already, but i'm holding out for the girl.........

Not a problem when you are married. Either the wife dislikes riding in the truck (like mine) or you have a truck full of kids. Whenever I go somewhere with the wife or kids its in the mini van.

ElGracho · 10-01-2004, 10:27 AM

Well put Ken.

79BIG10 · 10-01-2004, 11:53 AM

I was able to get my aftermarket seats in my truck to fit. They came out of a burb and I just tweaked the brackets a little bit to make it fit.

88Jimmy4x4 · 10-01-2004, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 79BIG10

I was able to get my aftermarket seats in my truck to fit. They came out of a burb and I just tweaked the brackets a little bit to make it fit.

Thats kinda what Im wondering....how far off are they? if its just a matter of redrilling holes or cutting a little off the length or something.

Anyone have the GM part numbers for the truck buckets? can they be ordered?

beaterC10 · 10-01-2004, 05:38 PM

Guess I'll try to muddy the waters. :p I am trying to install Blazer buckets in a p/u using Suburban brackets and mounts.

I have discovered that the Sub mounts don't bolt directly to the Blazer buckets. They are close enough I can prolly use some flatstock to make the connection.

I haven't looked at how the Suburban floor brackets fit the p/u floor yet.

79BIG10 · 10-01-2004, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 88Jimmy4x4

Thats kinda what Im wondering....how far off are they? if its just a matter of redrilling holes or cutting a little off the length or something.

Anyone have the GM part numbers for the truck buckets? can they be ordered?

I don't have the numbers but when I take out the seats to mount the new ones I'll take pics and measurements to compare to others. I know Jegs sells some brackets to fit our trucks for their APC seats.

88Jimmy4x4 · 10-02-2004, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 79BIG10

I don't have the numbers but when I take out the seats to mount the new ones I'll take pics and measurements to compare to others. I know Jegs sells some brackets to fit our trucks for their APC seats.

http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...87&prmenbr=361

I only found those and it doesnt specify for the APC buckets or the APC bucket bench

beaterC10 · 10-02-2004, 02:40 PM

Looking at the APC sight, my guess the brackets are for the Racing Truck bench seats. That sight is pretty close to worthless though. When you click on the application link it only show a photograph.

Jonboy · 10-01-2004, 06:57 PM

Try PN 14023889 and 14023890 for the bucket seat tracks. They may or may not be good numbers. Another thing I was wondering about is the console. My 73 had a big dip between the humps in the floor. How do you mount a console and have it match the seat height? Are the bucket seat tracks lower, and you could make a blazer/burb console work?

GMCLS1 · 10-02-2004, 08:48 PM

Can you use two sets of bench seat brackets to put in the bucket seats?

09-30-2004, 11:57 AM	#1
C-10volvo Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon Posts: 1,028	blazer buckets?? how hard would it be it throw in a set of blazer bucket seats from a k5? or are there any easier routes? i really want to put in a center console that extends all the way back so i can put my subwoofers in there. at would also look cool too. thnaks for your help __________________ Ken Morgan For fun: 1964 Volvo 122 For slow: 1984 Chevrolet C-10 For everything else: 1997 BMW M3

09-30-2004, 01:50 PM	#5
Jonboy Slots go on anything! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 5,957	will Suburban brackets fit? They have the humps in the floor like a pickup. The buckets have an armrest and recline as well. __________________ 1974 Jimmy- 5.3/4L80e/NP241

09-30-2004, 07:40 PM	#8
GMCLS1 1987 GMC Sierra Classic Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 121	So does this mean that the suburban buckets will fit in the trucks without any modification? __________________ Gary L Hilton jr

09-30-2004, 03:04 PM	#10
Jonboy Slots go on anything! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 5,957	They do have the humps, but not sure why. There is nothing under there. __________________ 1974 Jimmy- 5.3/4L80e/NP241

09-30-2004, 09:09 PM	#13
ElGracho Gentleman Jim Driver Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 1,550	Like Jeff said, I've wrestled with this too. I can post pictures of the Gentleman Jim buckets I have, they are original for regular cab pickups. On pickups, the passenger seat is fixed to the floor and doesn't move with four little riser brackets. The drivers seat has tracks to allow it to move but they are unique to the regular cab pickups. The crew cab and the suburbans have the same floor stamping for the front seats as was mentioned above so their seat tracks are a direct swap. The back seat of a crew cab is the same as a regular cab pickup. The blazer floor is flat and completely different than any other of these trucks so it has unique seat tracks. Note: I keep saying tracks, the seats themselves are all interchangeable (they have made buckets for our trucks with either no armrests, an inner armrest or two armrests on each seat). If you find a set of pickup buckets, no matter what shape they are in, get them and you can use the tracks, they are by far more valuable than even nice factory seats! __________________ Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '89 R3500 Flatbed

09-30-2004, 08:14 PM	#12
leastbay Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Lake Charles, LA Posts: 206	Ive got blazer seats in mine but i bought it like that so i dont know how it was done they both fold in half but theyres not much room behind them

09-30-2004, 09:10 PM	#14
cliffsta Stepsides RULE Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pineville, LA Posts: 1,921	buckets are no fun Your honey / wife / girlfriend / wanna be girlfriend can't sit next to you and cuddle See, i would have buckets in ol red already, but i'm holding out for the girl......... __________________ 1981 Chevy C10 Custom Deluxe Stepside 350 V8, headers, side exhausts, 3-speed auto SOLD 1980 Chevy C10 Custum Deluxe Stepside 305 V8, Edelbrock Performer Intake, Edelbrock 1406 600CFM 4-barrel, TH350C. Bent rod. SOLD 1984 GMC Sierra Classic Longbed 6.2L Diesel SOLD 2009 Kawasaki KLX-250S too many mods for this signature 1999 Honda Accord EX 4-cylinder, 17" Motegi Wheels 215/45/17 Sumitomo tires, Tein S-Tech lowering springs, KYB GR2 shocks, Acura TL 20mm rear swaybar, debadged, blackhoused headlights, Short-Ram Intake Cardomain of the Accord

10-01-2004, 10:27 AM	#17
ElGracho Gentleman Jim Driver Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 1,550	Well put Ken. __________________ Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '89 R3500 Flatbed

10-01-2004, 11:53 AM	#18
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,775	I was able to get my aftermarket seats in my truck to fit. They came out of a burb and I just tweaked the brackets a little bit to make it fit. __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

10-01-2004, 05:38 PM	#20
beaterC10 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,277	Guess I'll try to muddy the waters. :p I am trying to install Blazer buckets in a p/u using Suburban brackets and mounts. I have discovered that the Sub mounts don't bolt directly to the Blazer buckets. They are close enough I can prolly use some flatstock to make the connection. I haven't looked at how the Suburban floor brackets fit the p/u floor yet.

10-02-2004, 02:40 PM	#23
beaterC10 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,277	Looking at the APC sight, my guess the brackets are for the Racing Truck bench seats. That sight is pretty close to worthless though. When you click on the application link it only show a photograph.

10-01-2004, 06:57 PM	#24
Jonboy Slots go on anything! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 5,957	Try PN 14023889 and 14023890 for the bucket seat tracks. They may or may not be good numbers. Another thing I was wondering about is the console. My 73 had a big dip between the humps in the floor. How do you mount a console and have it match the seat height? Are the bucket seat tracks lower, and you could make a blazer/burb console work? __________________ 1974 Jimmy- 5.3/4L80e/NP241

10-02-2004, 08:48 PM	#25
GMCLS1 1987 GMC Sierra Classic Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 121	here's an Idea Can you use two sets of bench seat brackets to put in the bucket seats? __________________ Gary L Hilton jr



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