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mooneyes · 12-23-2002, 08:03 PM

...will a 73-87 seat fit in a 67-72? thought they might be to wide... but found a nice one...figure i'd check my resources before buying...

Longhorn Man · 12-23-2002, 09:47 PM

Teh brackets won't go in for crap. Not sure about the seat part.

mooneyes · 12-24-2002, 02:49 PM

figured the bracket would suck..anybody ever use one??ANYONE???

**Tim Christian** · 12-24-2002, 03:39 PM

Someone put one in my C-30 it is a little low in the back but never really paid any attention on how they had it mounted. Would run out and look but it is in the barn for the winter on the farm. Sorry I am not much help!

mooneyes · 12-24-2002, 04:01 PM

well at least i know it will fit in between the doors now..thanks Tim

mooneyes · 12-25-2002, 11:06 AM

ttt...surely some one on here has put a 73 and up seat in a 67-72

busterwivell · 12-25-2002, 12:25 PM

I have one! Had to make new brackets, front and rear. They are probably 2.5 to 3 inches tall, amde from C channel, and they work just fine. Probably took 2 hours or so, but I know there was a beer break or two in there!

mooneyes · 12-26-2002, 06:01 PM

........THANK YOU BUSTERWIVELL !!! the one i found is newly recovered in what looks to be a crushed velvet with vertical pleats in black never been put in truck for $ 180...i cant get one recovered around here for that kind of money..just wanted to make sure it can be done..thanks again...will remember a couple of beer brakes when buildind my brackets...lol

busterwivell · 12-26-2002, 08:51 PM

Hey, Moon, that's how I wound up with mine. I had had my original seat recovered for a year or two, and it was fine. My brother in law won a set of seatcovers for the later seat at a car show and gave them to me..........has "the Heartbeat of America" stitched in them........so I talked to the people who gave them to the show.............long story short, they provided the seat (for a fee, I think, of $100) and brought the seat to Goodguys Scottsdale a couple years ago. I had them redo my doorpanels in the same material. Then, my NAPA guy needed a 71-72 seat for his wife's truck (for her birthday, no less!) so I gave it to him. Believe me, he has saved me much more money than the seat was worth! Have fun with the beer breaks,,,,,,eerrrrr seat install!
Bill
PS If you run in to a problem, holler!

my new 72 · 12-26-2002, 11:48 PM

Ijust did the swap tonight. I used the stock brackets off the original seat and it worked great. I had to modify the seat frome just a tiny bit, but it took less than an hour with no beer breaks. When I put the blazer tank in next week it'll even go back a little further as the tilt levers hit the tank now. Very easy swap though.

mikep · 12-27-2002, 01:21 AM

mmmmmm, beer !!!!!!

From a former employee of the Strohs Brewing corporation.

*racedvl* · 12-27-2002, 09:18 AM

I have "heard" that you can bolt a 73-87 bench to the 67-72 tracks. Making it a almost bolt in affair. But, I have never tried it. . .

busterwivell · 12-27-2002, 11:16 AM

I thought it sat too low, that's why I made brackets to raise it up.

my new 72 · 12-27-2002, 12:34 PM

Too low? Maybe with the 73-87 brackets, but it's the same height as the factory seat when you use the factory brackets and sliders.

12-23-2002, 08:03 PM	#1
mooneyes Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slippery Rock PA USA Posts: 1,692	seat ? ...will a 73-87 seat fit in a 67-72? thought they might be to wide... but found a nice one...figure i'd check my resources before buying... __________________ Ken Lyons, Slippery rock pa 68 short step 327 t10 4 gear 72 2wd blazer project 70 lwb 305/700r driver 78 caprice project 02 cavalier D.D ( hate it!!)

12-24-2002, 02:49 PM	#3
mooneyes Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slippery Rock PA USA Posts: 1,692	figured the bracket would suck..anybody ever use one??ANYONE??? __________________ Ken Lyons, Slippery rock pa 68 short step 327 t10 4 gear 72 2wd blazer project 70 lwb 305/700r driver 78 caprice project 02 cavalier D.D ( hate it!!)

12-24-2002, 04:01 PM	#5
mooneyes Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slippery Rock PA USA Posts: 1,692	well at least i know it will fit in between the doors now..thanks Tim __________________ Ken Lyons, Slippery rock pa 68 short step 327 t10 4 gear 72 2wd blazer project 70 lwb 305/700r driver 78 caprice project 02 cavalier D.D ( hate it!!)

12-25-2002, 11:06 AM	#6
mooneyes Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slippery Rock PA USA Posts: 1,692	ttt...surely some one on here has put a 73 and up seat in a 67-72 __________________ Ken Lyons, Slippery rock pa 68 short step 327 t10 4 gear 72 2wd blazer project 70 lwb 305/700r driver 78 caprice project 02 cavalier D.D ( hate it!!)

12-25-2002, 12:25 PM	#7
busterwivell Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sahuarita, AZ USA Posts: 2,033	I have one! Had to make new brackets, front and rear. They are probably 2.5 to 3 inches tall, amde from C channel, and they work just fine. Probably took 2 hours or so, but I know there was a beer break or two in there! __________________ Bill - Tucson, AZ 47 Chevrolet 2 dr sedan 56 Chevrolet 210 2 dr sedan 66 Chevrolet Malibu 2 dr 4 speed 71 Chevrolet C30 Longhorn 86 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS (Sold) 01 Chevrolet Tahoe IM - BUSTERWIVE@aol.com

12-23-2002, 09:47 PM	#2
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Teh brackets won't go in for crap. Not sure about the seat part.

12-24-2002, 03:39 PM	#4
Tim Christian Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: TN/VA Posts: 6,388	Someone put one in my C-30 it is a little low in the back but never really paid any attention on how they had it mounted. Would run out and look but it is in the barn for the winter on the farm. Sorry I am not much help!

12-26-2002, 06:01 PM	#8
mooneyes Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slippery Rock PA USA Posts: 1,692	........THANK YOU BUSTERWIVELL !!! the one i found is newly recovered in what looks to be a crushed velvet with vertical pleats in black never been put in truck for $ 180...i cant get one recovered around here for that kind of money..just wanted to make sure it can be done..thanks again...will remember a couple of beer brakes when buildind my brackets...lol __________________ Ken Lyons, Slippery rock pa 68 short step 327 t10 4 gear 72 2wd blazer project 70 lwb 305/700r driver 78 caprice project 02 cavalier D.D ( hate it!!)

12-26-2002, 08:51 PM	#9
busterwivell Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sahuarita, AZ USA Posts: 2,033	Hey, Moon, that's how I wound up with mine. I had had my original seat recovered for a year or two, and it was fine. My brother in law won a set of seatcovers for the later seat at a car show and gave them to me..........has "the Heartbeat of America" stitched in them........so I talked to the people who gave them to the show.............long story short, they provided the seat (for a fee, I think, of $100) and brought the seat to Goodguys Scottsdale a couple years ago. I had them redo my doorpanels in the same material. Then, my NAPA guy needed a 71-72 seat for his wife's truck (for her birthday, no less!) so I gave it to him. Believe me, he has saved me much more money than the seat was worth! Have fun with the beer breaks,,,,,,eerrrrr seat install! Bill PS If you run in to a problem, holler! __________________ Bill - Tucson, AZ 47 Chevrolet 2 dr sedan 56 Chevrolet 210 2 dr sedan 66 Chevrolet Malibu 2 dr 4 speed 71 Chevrolet C30 Longhorn 86 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS (Sold) 01 Chevrolet Tahoe IM - BUSTERWIVE@aol.com

12-26-2002, 11:48 PM	#10
my new 72 faster, faster, faster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston ,Texas ,USA Posts: 1,354	Ijust did the swap tonight. I used the stock brackets off the original seat and it worked great. I had to modify the seat frome just a tiny bit, but it took less than an hour with no beer breaks. When I put the blazer tank in next week it'll even go back a little further as the tilt levers hit the tank now. Very easy swap though. __________________ I'm going to Law School, wanna debate? It's good practice.

12-27-2002, 01:21 AM	#11
mikep Used to have a truck Join Date: May 2002 Location: port orchard WA Posts: 1,552	mmmmmm, beer !!!!!! From a former employee of the Strohs Brewing corporation. __________________ No truck :-(

12-27-2002, 09:18 AM	#12
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	I have "heard" that you can bolt a 73-87 bench to the 67-72 tracks. Making it a almost bolt in affair. But, I have never tried it. . .

12-27-2002, 11:16 AM	#13
busterwivell Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sahuarita, AZ USA Posts: 2,033	I thought it sat too low, that's why I made brackets to raise it up. __________________ Bill - Tucson, AZ 47 Chevrolet 2 dr sedan 56 Chevrolet 210 2 dr sedan 66 Chevrolet Malibu 2 dr 4 speed 71 Chevrolet C30 Longhorn 86 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS (Sold) 01 Chevrolet Tahoe IM - BUSTERWIVE@aol.com

12-27-2002, 12:34 PM	#14
my new 72 faster, faster, faster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston ,Texas ,USA Posts: 1,354	Too low? Maybe with the 73-87 brackets, but it's the same height as the factory seat when you use the factory brackets and sliders. __________________ I'm going to Law School, wanna debate? It's good practice.

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