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Devins-step · 05-31-2010, 03:23 PM

I am having trouble locating a stock bench seat for my 1970 SWB stepside. Can anyone tell me what other seats, either bench or bucket, will work with out having to relocate the gas tank?

tcb-1 · 05-31-2010, 03:31 PM

I have a 66 seat in my truck. so I'd think anything from 60-72 would fit without mods. I have also seen a lot of late 80's-early 90's seats fit into these trucks without too much labor.

but with a little work, you can make a LOT of seats work without moving the tank. you may have to sacrifice a bit of leg room though.......

Devins-step · 05-31-2010, 03:36 PM

Thanks for your reply.
The truck has an IH seat in it but I don't know what model. No leg room at all and seat is all the way back against the tank. I would hate to buy a set of buckets and find out I would have no leg room. My son and I are both 6 ft tall.
If anyone out there has installed later model seats with out relocating the tank I would sure love to hear from them.

Shyguy · 05-31-2010, 08:29 PM

Normally the in-cab tank does not interfer with putting a seat in because the back of the seat will hit the cab above tank before the seat will hit the tank.

One problem with some seats is they have more cushion which makes them too thick causing a person to set too close to the steering wheel.

Danny

JRE · 05-31-2010, 08:46 PM

Yea I had the seat out of my 65 in my 70 for a while and t sat just a tad higher than the stock seat. Other than that it was fine.

Hubscrub · 05-31-2010, 08:59 PM

here is a ninety something? seat in my wife's 67 it mounts in the holes where the red arrows are and the factory holes is the yellow arrow I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST TO ADD SUPPORT TO THE FLOOR WITH STEEL PLATE TO KEEP THE SEAT FROM RIPPING THROUGH THE FLOOR IN A CRASH the po did not do that but i will before the truck is driven pretty comfy i have rode in a buddies truck with one in it and it has a arm rest for the driver that folds down

Shyguy · 05-31-2010, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Hubscrub

here is a ninety something? seat in my wife's 67 it mounts in the holes where the red arrows are and the factory holes is the yellow arrow I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST TO ADD SUPPORT TO THE FLOOR WITH STEEL PLATE TO KEEP THE SEAT FROM RIPPING THROUGH THE FLOOR IN A CRASH the po did not do that but i will before the truck is driven pretty comfy i have rode in a buddies truck with one in it and it has a arm rest for the driver that folds down

Yep, we put a similar seat to the one you show out of a '92 GMC into a '72 C-10. Like you we had to put added support under the floor for the holes we had to drill.

Danny

elektrik · 06-01-2010, 11:53 AM

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2802...02657739uRpBVD

I got these out of a 95 Silverado. I had to modify the floor like HubScrub said, but I love these things (after I had to upgrade to the internally regulated alternator) now that I've gotten the power lumbar working

05-31-2010, 03:23 PM	#1
Devins-step Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seffner, FL Posts: 55	Seats for 1970 Stepside I am having trouble locating a stock bench seat for my 1970 SWB stepside. Can anyone tell me what other seats, either bench or bucket, will work with out having to relocate the gas tank?

05-31-2010, 03:31 PM	#2
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: Seats for 1970 Stepside I have a 66 seat in my truck. so I'd think anything from 60-72 would fit without mods. I have also seen a lot of late 80's-early 90's seats fit into these trucks without too much labor. but with a little work, you can make a LOT of seats work without moving the tank. you may have to sacrifice a bit of leg room though....... __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson

05-31-2010, 03:36 PM	#3
Devins-step Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seffner, FL Posts: 55	Re: Seats for 1970 Stepside Thanks for your reply. The truck has an IH seat in it but I don't know what model. No leg room at all and seat is all the way back against the tank. I would hate to buy a set of buckets and find out I would have no leg room. My son and I are both 6 ft tall. If anyone out there has installed later model seats with out relocating the tank I would sure love to hear from them.

05-31-2010, 08:29 PM	#4
Shyguy Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southeast Missouri Posts: 2,436	Re: Seats for 1970 Stepside Normally the in-cab tank does not interfer with putting a seat in because the back of the seat will hit the cab above tank before the seat will hit the tank. One problem with some seats is they have more cushion which makes them too thick causing a person to set too close to the steering wheel. Danny __________________ '67 Chevy C-20 short stepper - build complete, 454/SM-465. '75 C-30 Single Cab DRW-350 small block/NP-435. '77 GMC-6500 Dump Truck, 427 Tall Deck. '92 GMC K-3500 Duallie, 454/4L80E.

05-31-2010, 08:46 PM	#5
JRE Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Milwaukie Oregon Posts: 547	Re: Seats for 1970 Stepside Yea I had the seat out of my 65 in my 70 for a while and t sat just a tad higher than the stock seat. Other than that it was fine.

05-31-2010, 08:59 PM	#6
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: Seats for 1970 Stepside here is a ninety something? seat in my wife's 67 it mounts in the holes where the red arrows are and the factory holes is the yellow arrow I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST TO ADD SUPPORT TO THE FLOOR WITH STEEL PLATE TO KEEP THE SEAT FROM RIPPING THROUGH THE FLOOR IN A CRASH the po did not do that but i will before the truck is driven pretty comfy i have rode in a buddies truck with one in it and it has a arm rest for the driver that folds down Attached Images __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14 Last edited by Hubscrub; 05-31-2010 at 08:59 PM.

06-01-2010, 11:53 AM	#8
elektrik Foolish Mortal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Livermore, CA Posts: 243	Re: Seats for 1970 Stepside http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2802...02657739uRpBVD I got these out of a 95 Silverado. I had to modify the floor like HubScrub said, but I love these things (after I had to upgrade to the internally regulated alternator) now that I've gotten the power lumbar working



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