![]() |
![]() |
#1 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 88
|
'64 Deluxe Seat
How hard is it to get a hold of a 64 C10 Deluxe seat and what would one be worth?
I don't mind if I have to get it rebuilt and recovered. Did the deluxe seat use the same frame as a standard seat? My truck has had a early 90's F150 seat welded to the original 64 seat frame. It's actually a very comfortable seat but it sits way to high and I'd much rather have a original looking seat than what's in it currently. Attached is a picture of my current seat and then the correct styled deluxe seat. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 |
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: fayetteville nc
Posts: 10,338
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
I just redid my seat from standard to deluxe. My upholsterer was able to add the foam to my standard seat. Mines a 63 though, but I supplied materials and $300 for labor. I ordered the fabric from SMS auto fabrics and got the vinyl locally. I know its a different year, but same process and I hope it helps some.
__________________
1963 Short bed step side SBW 427 big block and borg warner T-16 HD 3 speed manual http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=519869 1963 Short bed fleetside BBW 348 1st gen big block w/Powerglide http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=619024 1964 Short bed trailer |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#3 |
Senior Member
![]() Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Posts: 2,073
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
The seat frame is different on the custom seat than the standard seat.
__________________
Sanity'66 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=515110 Long bed, Fleetside, Small back window I've Done So Much, With So Little, For So Long, That Now I Can Do Anything With Nothing. ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 |
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: fayetteville nc
Posts: 10,338
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
we used a factory custom seat cover as a template. they will work on the standard seats if you use the correct height foam in them.
__________________
1963 Short bed step side SBW 427 big block and borg warner T-16 HD 3 speed manual http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=519869 1963 Short bed fleetside BBW 348 1st gen big block w/Powerglide http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=619024 1964 Short bed trailer |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: rio rancho, nm
Posts: 24
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
how is the custom seat frame different from the standard one?
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#6 |
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: fayetteville nc
Posts: 10,338
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
I don't know personally.....but I do know that we used my factory 63 standard bench seat and a factory 63 deluxe seat cover as a template....added the foam and it worked perfectly.....see pic above.
__________________
1963 Short bed step side SBW 427 big block and borg warner T-16 HD 3 speed manual http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=519869 1963 Short bed fleetside BBW 348 1st gen big block w/Powerglide http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=619024 1964 Short bed trailer |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#7 |
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Posts: 1,925
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
Might be something we could do here, have not seen a thread on the different type of seat frames ? do not know what mine was but here is how it looked stripped down to the essentials. 66 GMC
seat back: http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-GMC/i-bsmWpL7 seat back cover: http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-GMC/i-KbDBhWz seat back: http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-GMC/i-gd6Zrz8 seat base stripped: http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-GMC/i-2b7Fn8L seat base: http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-GMC/i-jSQPW5j seat base curly coil springs: http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-GMC/i-fKFGXwN Does anyone know if this is a deluxe seat or a standard seat ? ![]() after rebuilding and before covering: http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-GMC/i-gbJtqnj |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#8 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: pleasant valley--placerville ca
Posts: 3,039
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
Kieth--that looks like my 61 deluxe seat. the reg one has coil like springs on the bottom. what foam did you use?
__________________
1961 chevy K10 my build is------------61K10 build |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#9 |
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: fayetteville nc
Posts: 10,338
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
Heres a few pics of the seat frame on my 63 standard seat and the original seat tag.
__________________
1963 Short bed step side SBW 427 big block and borg warner T-16 HD 3 speed manual http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=519869 1963 Short bed fleetside BBW 348 1st gen big block w/Powerglide http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=619024 1964 Short bed trailer |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#10 |
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: fayetteville nc
Posts: 10,338
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
Keith....Your seat base looks very similar to mine. There are some minor differences, but yours is also a 66 as opposed to my 63.
__________________
1963 Short bed step side SBW 427 big block and borg warner T-16 HD 3 speed manual http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=519869 1963 Short bed fleetside BBW 348 1st gen big block w/Powerglide http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=619024 1964 Short bed trailer |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#11 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: pleasant valley--placerville ca
Posts: 3,039
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
there was a thread about the difference of the seats bases one with 6" of foam and one with coils with padding and burlap etc. my tk came with the custom comfort op.
__________________
1961 chevy K10 my build is------------61K10 build |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#12 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 88
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
From my understanding you could pick and choose what options you wanted so theres no such thing as a standard custom cab option its all just a mish mash of what the purchaser wanted or could afford at the time. My truck could have been a poverty pack when it left the factory but now its fitted with some very nice options.
Theres definately some good information coming out but I didn't relise how little info there is on the factory correct seats. Theres very few of these trucks in australia so I have pay someone to find me a seat in the US or rebuild one and have it shipped. Although a parts hunting trip back to the US does sound appealing. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 |
Registered User
![]() Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: menifee california
Posts: 788
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
I had a custom comfort seat in my GMC. I now have a standard seat that has been reupholstered. the custom seat has less springs and more foam. the standard seat has more springs and almost no foam. this is height wise.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#14 |
Registered User
![]() Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: menifee california
Posts: 788
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
forgot to add this is the custom comfort seat and you can see not so much springs and a lot of foam. this seat was a lot more comfortable than the standard seat I have now.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#15 | |
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Posts: 1,925
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
Quote:
We added 2" of soft foam and 2" of dense foam glued together. When we first tried to install the pre made upholstery it did not fit well, found out that a electric grinder works real well when trying to shape foam rubber, took a lot of material off at the rear corners (rounding and smoothing so the seat back would fold forward . Worked like a champ, but what a mess, little pieces of foam rubber all over the shop. Thought we would never get it all cleaned up. ha ha....... So my 66 GMC has what looks like a 61 Deluxe seat in it. Since it looked original I think it was OEM on my truck (everything else was) good to see the other pictures of different seat construction..... Oh by the by A company here in Tulsa has most of the Springs in Stock for older vehicles, I bought mine at American Trim and Upholstery supply, 918-834-6691 ![]() ![]() Last edited by kieth; 04-15-2014 at 09:48 AM. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#16 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: pleasant valley--placerville ca
Posts: 3,039
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
Kieth---thanks for the info
__________________
1961 chevy K10 my build is------------61K10 build |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#17 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Denver CO
Posts: 26
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
i recently bought a 66 project. Previous owner took bench seat out. I'm looking to go back to the bench. Any ideas as the best places to pick one up other than ebay?
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#18 |
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: fayetteville nc
Posts: 10,338
|
Re: '64 Deluxe Seat
check out your local pick and pulls and your local craigslist. theres a few 60-66 parts vendors in colorado...should be pretty easy to source one.
__________________
1963 Short bed step side SBW 427 big block and borg warner T-16 HD 3 speed manual http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=519869 1963 Short bed fleetside BBW 348 1st gen big block w/Powerglide http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=619024 1964 Short bed trailer |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Bookmarks |
|
|