Need a seat lesson...

[Dustmaker65]

I have a couple seats now. Only one of them actually slides and folds forward. The others all only slide. They have all come out of 67 or 68 trucks....so the titles say

So what was the reason for the fold forward seat? Was that an option?

Thanks!

[Grumpy old man]

The folding seat came in the 67 and some early 68's they have 2 large wingnuts to secure them and keep them from folding . the 68 started the solid bolted together seat bottom and back , It's part of the increased safety items like side marker lights that started then . People were getting launched thru the windshield in crashes also why in 73 the windshields were no longer gasketed in . the 67 Camaro had no side markers and then the 68 Camaro did , Most all car makers bucket seats followed suit with seat back latches around the same time . Thats the best I remember from back then .

[Dustmaker65]

Thank you sir for the lesson!

[custom10nut]

Grumpy Old Man is like the Great and Powerful OZ! But, in this case, you should pay attention to the "Man behind the Green Curtain".

[kilrcady]

my 71 flips forward.I took out the 2 bolts

[Grumpy old man]

the seat back covers are made different between the folding and solid seats to allow them to fold easily .

[Dustmaker65]

Originally Posted by custom10nut

Grumpy Old Man is like the Great and Powerful OZ! But, in this case, you should pay attention to the "Man behind the Green Curtain".

Just had a conversation with Grumpy... Learned a ton of info from him!

Thanks again Grumpy!

[Grumpy old man]

Just to clarify there are guys in here who know 20 times what I do about these old trucks ,I just have some knowledge from building them I really have no idea what options came on what model or year or colors unless it was something I worked on or came across in the past. some of these guys have part numbers remembered !

[Slick '72]

I have a 72 c10 and got seats out of 2003-2006,,, somewhere in that year model range,,, with the fold down center console. do yall have any suggestions on how to mount these without having to build brackets???

[Grumpy old man]

Originally Posted by Slick '72

I have a 72 c10 and got seats out of 2003-2006,,, somewhere in that year model range,,, with the fold down center console. do yall have any suggestions on how to mount these without having to build brackets???

Your going to have to do some fabrication to mount those seats , your jumping 31 years in technology , different floor pans . Just because they might look good doesn't mean it's going to be easy. Use the search bar to find threads on mounting them .these old cabs are smaller with less headroom and even less room with a cab mounted tank .