bucket seats and consoles

[Bruce88]

Originally Posted by 4tiresngas

Has anyone bought seats from this site? http://www.discountvantruck.com/truc...truckseats.htm They come with adapter brackets to bolt right into our trucks.

I like the original buddy bucket seats, but finding an original seat seems difficult. The reupholstered one I found on Ebay was going for $1050. Ebay is where I found this dealer.

I was just wondering if anyone has purchsed one of these aftermarket seats, and I'd love to see one in our trucks.

Thanks,

Dan

4tiresngas I bought some Santa Cruz 40-20-40 Truck Seats from Discount Van-Truck-SUV-RV and found them to be good quality for the price but I will be adding some bracing to the legs of the adapter bracket. There not installed at this time but if you want to see the ones I’m going to be using check out my build thread.

[gator2511]

Here's my 72:



They are out of a 2005 Caddy SRX, 8 way power leather.

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Only shot I have of my buddy buckets in my 68

[70rs/ss]

Originally Posted by yellowblazer1969

Here's some i have sent out of my shop in the last few months.
We can do them in any original color or whatever you can come up with.

Do you guys (upolstery(sp?) shop??) make the seat covers or are they the repops and you install?? The reason I ask is that I want a color combo that gm didn't do, but I want the seat covers to be coorect (scroll work, etc?) LMK??

[Slik69]

Originally Posted by yellowblazer1969

Here's some i have sent out of my shop in the last few months.
We can do them in any original color or whatever you can come up with.

Can these be purchased at your shop or do you need the seat to reupholster.

[yellowblazer1969]

i dont know about the rest of these guys but when we do them at our shop there are two ways we have done then either new repro upholstery is bought and then altered to the desired pattern or sometimes people use the (stubs) insert pieces with the scroll and have the covers made to their specs, sometimes dying is involved if you want to change the color of the stubs. thats just how i have done them in the past and they have worked out very well, most of the time we either do buddy buckets or utility buckets this way.
thanks, chris

[Ironhorse]

4tirengas, I have a set of the Santa Cruz 40/20/40 seats in my '71 4x4 and am very satisfied. Very comfortable to sit in and like the center storage complartment. Bought them from a dealer at a swap meet couple years ago, installed after modifying a bare set of original bench seat runners. Did not want to drill new mount holes in my cab so picked up on the original bolt hole mountings. Still not quite done with the install as they sit a little to tall for me but is manageable. Plan on doing some more modification when I get the truck out of storeage this spring. Sorry but don't have a pic on the computer right now and truck is in storage. Think I gave close to $600 for them but they are VERY comfortable, just sit a bit to tall for the moment.

[ClassicTruckConsoles]

here is pic of my 71

http://www.classictruckconsoles.com/...sandtrucks.htm

[OhioDan]

Here's what's in mine.

[texanidiot25]

08 Silverado Front seats:

[C/10 King]

Here's a few of mine









Are you sure these seats are rare?



And this one

[slow72]

For those of you who have the newer silverado/sierra front buckets and console, do you also have the gas tank in behind them? Would there be enough leg room with the gas tank still in the cab? I'm 6'3" so i'm curious before i go buy anything.

[texanidiot25]

I'm 6' 1" and am very comfortable with the gas tank behind me still. About the same as I remember the stock bench being.

Honestly, there is no leg room to be gained with the tank gone... The seat back hits the cab before the seat bottom hit's the tank. It's not like you'll ever have the seat back tilted forward so the seat bottom can slide back to where the tank would be.

[eseaton]

Finally got my new seats bolted in today, still have to make the console top though.

[rkzappa]

are these seats and console for sale?

[rogergodding]

What's a set like this worth? I used to have the exact thing in a storage building that someone else was renting, now they are gone........

Originally Posted by sameyrasmea72

stockers

[Dingfodgy]

Here's my set from an '03 Silverado Crew Cab.

[gnstalodz]

bump, would love to see more picts of what ppl got

[basemodel67]

Hey dude, this thread is like 10 months old... but it does have some nice seats!
BTW - welcome to the board!

Since we are on the subject, I have been looking at the 1st gen Camaro seats that are bolstered like a new seat, and was wondering how hard it would be to fit in a truck?

[blime81]

Originally Posted by basemodel67

Since we are on the subject, I have been looking at the 1st gen Camaro seats that are bolstered like a new seat, and was wondering how hard it would be to fit in a truck?

I had Camaro seats in my 72. I made spacers out of 2" square tube to get enough height outta them. Didn't look to bad, I did paint and cap the square tube. But still not really the best setup. Bolts had to be kinda on the long side. Still sat quite a bit lower than the stock bench.

I recently swapped over to '01 silverado 40/20/20 seats that could just as easily be mounted without the center to be just buckets. Much better height wise and I like the integrated shoulder belts as well.

Just stay on the junkyards if you are looking for nice seats.

[OldSkool71]

Here are mine....71-72 bucket seats...with a center section from I believe a late 90's or early 2000 model Dodge truck....looks similar to the buddy bucket...flips up and down...has storage in the top section and the bottom as well...works for me...

[Blackholebob]

Mine are out of a 2003 Tacoma.Had to weld up new frames underneath.I have the center console from a Tundra which also has to be modified.Still working on the truck so we'll see how well they turn out.

[OldSkool71]

Originally Posted by Blackholebob

Mine are out of a 2003 Tacoma.Had to weld up new frames underneath.I have the center console from a Tundra which also has to be modified.Still working on the truck so we'll see how well they turn out.

Please post some more pics of your truck....im loving the two tone colors you have going...would love to see more...Thanks...Ron

[bradley7576]

i've got some buckets out of a 68 cougar and a random console i found that raises up for a seat in a junk yard. i tore the console down completely recovered it and sanded down the wood and varnished it

[Blackholebob]

OldSkool71: Here's a couple more.The green is the stock light green but the white was some leftover white that I had toned down.This is where I'm at right now as I'm doing everything my self learning as I go and only get to work on it on the weekends and painting it piece by piece in the garage.It's got the 50 yard paint job.Looks good from 50 yards.