?????what bucket seats should i use?????? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

warpig98 · 03-24-2009, 05:47 PM

Wondering what kind of vehicle you guys get your bucket seat from. I want the low bak style, the ones that sit below the rear window. I have a set of buckets from a 1998 chevy, buy not sure if i like the way they sit in my truck.
Didn't some of the older blazers come with low back buckets???
Got any pics of your low backs installed?????????????????

abebummy26 · 03-24-2009, 07:16 PM

Some of these trucks have low back factory buckets from 77 and older trucks good luck getting brackets for them though.

warpig98 · 03-24-2009, 09:22 PM

i had to make brackets for the buckets from the 1998 that i have. i'm expecting to have to make brackets, thats no big deal.

**N2TRUX** · 03-24-2009, 11:12 PM

These are the factory low back buckets.

warpig98 · 03-25-2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by N2TRUX

These are the factory low back buckets.

what years/models can i find them in????

**71blksuper4x4** · 03-25-2009, 01:18 PM

73-77? trucks and blazers. You'll be better off finding a blazer with them in though. Can't tell you how to make the brackets off a blazer work though. The truck brackets are hard to find. Trevor

warpig98 · 03-25-2009, 01:23 PM

ok. thanx. do you know how comfertable they are????

Chlsnk · 03-25-2009, 08:35 PM

The A body chevelle el camino chevelle wagon monte low back buckets fit nice!

86swb · 03-25-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by warpig98

ok. thanx. do you know how comfertable they are????

I have a set in mine like above and was lucky to get them with the brackets off of this board and they look and ride great. I love them.

warpig98 · 03-25-2009, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 86swb

I have a set in mine like above and was lucky to get them with the brackets off of this board and they look and ride great. I love them.

so being that you got them with the brackets, did they pretty much bolt right in. if not,what kind of mods did you do? i'm junk hunting 2maro i think.

bigblock73 · 03-25-2009, 09:48 PM

This should help you warpig

http://www.73-87.com/7387garage/inte...ry_buckets.htm

**N2TRUX** · 03-26-2009, 08:35 AM

Great article Jeff. That's a much needed addition to an awesome site.

86swb · 03-26-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by warpig98

so being that you got them with the brackets, did they pretty much bolt right in. if not,what kind of mods did you do? i'm junk hunting 2maro i think.

No, they did not bolt right in. Had to weld the brackets in. It has been about four years now but I bolted the brackets to the seats then located the seat where I wanted them, marked the spot then had them welded in. Now the passenger seat does not adjust but the driver will. They do not fold forward. The seats I have came out of a 70's Chevy truck. (76-78?) They are the low back.

warpig98 · 03-26-2009, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 86swb

No, they did not bolt right in. Had to weld the brackets in. It has been about four years now but I bolted the brackets to the seats then located the seat where I wanted them, marked the spot then had them welded in. Now the passenger seat does not adjust but the driver will. They do not fold forward. The seats I have came out of a 70's Chevy truck. (76-78?) They are the low back.

ok thank you. by chance think i could get one last favor. could i get a pic of the seats and of the under side to see the bracket. thanx.

Rogue_Sentinel · 03-26-2009, 05:09 PM

yea , thank you to all. now i know what i need to do and look for. when i do this to my truck .

86swb · 03-26-2009, 07:16 PM

I will try to take some pictures but I just got out of the hospital. Had a total knee replacement so I am not getting around to great at this time. So it might be a while. The poor truck has not been started in some time now. I will have to get my wife to go out tomorrow and start and let it run some. I can not even go out and start the truck.

warpig98 · 03-26-2009, 07:42 PM

wow that would suck. i would have to be on my death bed in order for me to not be around my truck.

86swb · 03-26-2009, 08:24 PM

Yep, it sucks but I had to have a knee replacement. The pain will go away in time but now it hurts like "heck". I am in rehab and they are trying to kill me. Not really but they put you through so much pain so you can get better. Please take care of you knees. Mine were down to bone to bone. I will have to get the other knee done sometime but no time soon.

warpig98 · 03-26-2009, 09:37 PM

well good luck buddie.

86swb · 03-27-2009, 10:00 AM

Thanks, it will just take time.

dlanders · 03-27-2009, 10:18 AM

I put some buckets in mine a few years back. I think they came out of an 80's Blazer. I had to make brackets to get them to fit. Sorry the pic is not that great.

warpig98 · 03-27-2009, 02:53 PM

thanks for the pic. i like those too. there similar to the ones i have out of the '98. i'm not sure if i want the high back.

88 Dippy · 03-27-2009, 03:53 PM

here are mine

bigarmzz · 03-27-2009, 03:57 PM

here's the ones i put in my 87 a few years ago...they were factory truck low back's,..like someone said, you gotta remember that the factory buckets, the passenger side doesnt fold down or slide forward at all, and the drivers side wont fold down either

...i used the blazer center console...looked great, but was a lot of work

86swb · 03-27-2009, 04:24 PM

Looks like my seats except mine have the chrome diamond in the center on the backs as OE. I had mine recovered also in black as above. As said was a lot of work but well worth it. Looks great.

03-24-2009, 05:47 PM	#1
warpig98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: arcadia, wisconsin Posts: 135	?????what bucket seats should i use?????? Wondering what kind of vehicle you guys get your bucket seat from. I want the low bak style, the ones that sit below the rear window. I have a set of buckets from a 1998 chevy, buy not sure if i like the way they sit in my truck. Didn't some of the older blazers come with low back buckets??? Got any pics of your low backs installed?????????????????

03-24-2009, 07:16 PM	#2
abebummy26 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Haven, MO Posts: 1,243	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? Some of these trucks have low back factory buckets from 77 and older trucks good luck getting brackets for them though. __________________ -Lincoln 1987 GMC S15 (soon to be a chevy clone) 2.5l, 4 speed, no ps, no pb, no ac Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. Spoken by Cletus the hillbilly I like stickers... a whole bunch. Last edited by abebummy26; 03-24-2009 at 07:28 PM.

03-24-2009, 09:22 PM	#3
warpig98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: arcadia, wisconsin Posts: 135	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? i had to make brackets for the buckets from the 1998 that i have. i'm expecting to have to make brackets, thats no big deal.

03-24-2009, 11:12 PM	#4
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,023	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? These are the factory low back buckets. Attached Images __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

03-25-2009, 01:18 PM	#6
71blksuper4x4 SWB 4x4 Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Osage City, KS Posts: 5,151	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? 73-77? trucks and blazers. You'll be better off finding a blazer with them in though. Can't tell you how to make the brackets off a blazer work though. The truck brackets are hard to find. Trevor __________________ TREVOR 1970 CST swb 4x4 (speedwarning,cruise,tilt,tach,8track, original red shoulder belts,tow hooks) 1972 Jimmy (soon to be Hickey cloned) 1971 Cheyenne Super 4x4 swb (tilt,tach,buckets, original blue shoulder belts,am/fm,cruise,tow hooks, dealer 8 track) 1972 Cheyenne Super K20 4x4 Custom Camper (tilt, tach, am/fm, tow hooks, bed toolbox, aux gas tank 1972 Cheyenne Super Crew Cab K30 4x4 Duramax, Allison, np205, buckets, tow hooks (CURRENT PROJECT) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=624819 1989 V3500 Crew Cab (454tbi, NV4500, np205) 1970 Chevelle SS (LS5 454,th400,8track,buckets,tach) :2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (daily driver) WTB: 1968-70 Cruise Control Lever

03-25-2009, 01:23 PM	#7
warpig98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: arcadia, wisconsin Posts: 135	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? ok. thanx. do you know how comfertable they are???? __________________ THANK YOU SOLDIERS!!!!! VISIT MY 78 BUILD THREAD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=334884

03-25-2009, 08:35 PM	#8
Chlsnk Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas city Posts: 756	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? The A body chevelle el camino chevelle wagon monte low back buckets fit nice!

03-25-2009, 09:48 PM	#11
bigblock73 yeller Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 13,826	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? This should help you warpig http://www.73-87.com/7387garage/inte...ry_buckets.htm __________________ Jeff 73-87.com 73-87.com Facebook page 73-87 cab corner 6x9 speaker brackets for sale 67-72 cab corner speaker brackets for sale 47-54 cab corner speaker brackets for sale

03-26-2009, 08:35 AM	#12
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,023	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? Great article Jeff. That's a much needed addition to an awesome site. __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

03-26-2009, 05:09 PM	#15
Rogue_Sentinel Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: nc, mount airy Posts: 376	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? yea , thank you to all. now i know what i need to do and look for. when i do this to my truck .

03-26-2009, 07:16 PM	#16
86swb Born a Chevy Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Navarre, Florida Posts: 10,221	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? I will try to take some pictures but I just got out of the hospital. Had a total knee replacement so I am not getting around to great at this time. So it might be a while. The poor truck has not been started in some time now. I will have to get my wife to go out tomorrow and start and let it run some. I can not even go out and start the truck. __________________ John or 86 (Viet Nam combat Vet-BIG RED ONE) '65-'66 1986 Chevy SWB Silverado 1984 Chevy Longbed Silverado New Kia Sportage (Wife's car and she loves it) CHEVY, American made w/pride! If you can read this, YOU NEED TO THANK A TEACHER! If you can read this in ENGLISH, PLEASE THANK A SOLDIER! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND BLESS OUR FIGHTING TROOPS

03-26-2009, 07:42 PM	#17
warpig98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: arcadia, wisconsin Posts: 135	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? wow that would suck. i would have to be on my death bed in order for me to not be around my truck. __________________ THANK YOU SOLDIERS!!!!! VISIT MY 78 BUILD THREAD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=334884

03-26-2009, 08:24 PM	#18
86swb Born a Chevy Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Navarre, Florida Posts: 10,221	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? Yep, it sucks but I had to have a knee replacement. The pain will go away in time but now it hurts like "heck". I am in rehab and they are trying to kill me. Not really but they put you through so much pain so you can get better. Please take care of you knees. Mine were down to bone to bone. I will have to get the other knee done sometime but no time soon. __________________ John or 86 (Viet Nam combat Vet-BIG RED ONE) '65-'66 1986 Chevy SWB Silverado 1984 Chevy Longbed Silverado New Kia Sportage (Wife's car and she loves it) CHEVY, American made w/pride! If you can read this, YOU NEED TO THANK A TEACHER! If you can read this in ENGLISH, PLEASE THANK A SOLDIER! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND BLESS OUR FIGHTING TROOPS

03-26-2009, 09:37 PM	#19
warpig98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: arcadia, wisconsin Posts: 135	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? well good luck buddie. __________________ THANK YOU SOLDIERS!!!!! VISIT MY 78 BUILD THREAD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=334884

03-27-2009, 10:00 AM	#20
86swb Born a Chevy Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Navarre, Florida Posts: 10,221	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? Thanks, it will just take time. __________________ John or 86 (Viet Nam combat Vet-BIG RED ONE) '65-'66 1986 Chevy SWB Silverado 1984 Chevy Longbed Silverado New Kia Sportage (Wife's car and she loves it) CHEVY, American made w/pride! If you can read this, YOU NEED TO THANK A TEACHER! If you can read this in ENGLISH, PLEASE THANK A SOLDIER! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND BLESS OUR FIGHTING TROOPS



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03-27-2009, 10:18 AM	#21
dlanders Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mableton, Ga Posts: 106	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? I put some buckets in mine a few years back. I think they came out of an 80's Blazer. I had to make brackets to get them to fit. Sorry the pic is not that great. Attached Images

03-27-2009, 02:53 PM	#22
warpig98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: arcadia, wisconsin Posts: 135	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? thanks for the pic. i like those too. there similar to the ones i have out of the '98. i'm not sure if i want the high back. __________________ THANK YOU SOLDIERS!!!!! VISIT MY 78 BUILD THREAD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=334884

03-27-2009, 03:53 PM	#23
88 Dippy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: mt. Pleasant, MI Posts: 246	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? here are mine __________________ 1974 chevy Cheyenne C10 "The Mutt":4x4 convertion, NP208, 700-R4, stock 350, edelbrock Torker intake, edelbrock 600 CFM carb, duels 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GT: 3.8L supercharged, 9.2:1 comprestion, ZZP XP cam, home made intake, 2 1/2" exhuast, 10psi of boost

03-27-2009, 03:57 PM	#24
bigarmzz Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Elkins, West Virginia Posts: 2,542	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? here's the ones i put in my 87 a few years ago...they were factory truck low back's,..like someone said, you gotta remember that the factory buckets, the passenger side doesnt fold down or slide forward at all, and the drivers side wont fold down either ...i used the blazer center console...looked great, but was a lot of work __________________ 1987 350 TBI lowered 5/7

03-27-2009, 04:24 PM	#25
86swb Born a Chevy Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Navarre, Florida Posts: 10,221	Re: ?????what bucket seats should i use?????? Looks like my seats except mine have the chrome diamond in the center on the backs as OE. I had mine recovered also in black as above. As said was a lot of work but well worth it. Looks great. __________________ John or 86 (Viet Nam combat Vet-BIG RED ONE) '65-'66 1986 Chevy SWB Silverado 1984 Chevy Longbed Silverado New Kia Sportage (Wife's car and she loves it) CHEVY, American made w/pride! If you can read this, YOU NEED TO THANK A TEACHER! If you can read this in ENGLISH, PLEASE THANK A SOLDIER! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND BLESS OUR FIGHTING TROOPS Last edited by 86swb; 03-27-2009 at 04:26 PM.

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