Is this a chevy buddy bucket seat bracket? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

71HUGGER396 · 06-30-2015, 02:33 PM

My friend found this at a swap meet. He told it was the correct bracket.
Everything lines up and fits, but my bracket has a curve. And this one is straight. He paid $200 for it. Did different factories use different brackets. Or did he get ripped off.

**leddzepp** · 06-30-2015, 02:38 PM

Dodge frame, worth about $20...unless it bolts right into your floor pattern. The seats will fit to the frame, but the floor bolt pattern is different. The only straight bar frame I have seen fit is one from a 66 gmc

71HUGGER396 · 06-30-2015, 02:41 PM

What year Dodge? It looks nothing like the 1978 dodge bracket.

**leddzepp** · 06-30-2015, 02:42 PM

Does it fit the floor pattern of a 67-72 Chevy truck?

71HUGGER396 · 06-30-2015, 02:43 PM

Yes

**Grumpy old man** · 06-30-2015, 02:52 PM

The Chevy and dodge seat frames are the same the foam is different. I've rebuilt a few for my neighbor and he has found a local machine shop to reproduce the Chevy seat cross frame and brackets for $80.00 and I've been reupholstering the Dodge sets to the Chevy look from my old patterns .

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**leddzepp** · 06-30-2015, 02:56 PM

The seat frames are the same...the floor "frame" or "bracket" is different. If the frame bolts to the floor correctly then it is probably from a 66 gmc, but in any event if it fits who cares? That is the bottom line

71HUGGER396 · 06-30-2015, 02:56 PM

Ok then. On Chevy brackets, when installing the console first, does the bolt go to the front of the truck or the back.

71HUGGER396 · 06-30-2015, 03:01 PM

Leddzepp, He still going to use it, just trying to find out what it is. Thanks

06-30-2015, 02:33 PM	#1
71HUGGER396 Confirmed Truckaholic Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Sarver,PA 16055 Posts: 732	Is this a chevy buddy bucket seat bracket? My friend found this at a swap meet. He told it was the correct bracket. Everything lines up and fits, but my bracket has a curve. And this one is straight. He paid $200 for it. Did different factories use different brackets. Or did he get ripped off. Attached Images __________________ 1968 50th STEP SIDE SHORTY, 350/350, a/c, ps, p,b Daily Driver, 1970 Cst short fleet, all black, 350/350, 1970 2wd Blazer, 2wd, 6 cyl. 3 spd, original, now a 454, 350turbo, 3.73 posi, on the road 1971 2wd fleet shorty, 454, 700r4, 3.73 posi, SOLD to 67OLDSTYLE72 "My rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow" - SAWYER BROWN's Six Days On The Road SEMPER FI "I use to be a lean mean fighting machine, but now I'm a huffin, puffin, over stuffin love muffin"

06-30-2015, 02:38 PM	#2
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 20,031	Re: Is this a chevy buddy bucket seat bracket? Dodge frame, worth about $20...unless it bolts right into your floor pattern. The seats will fit to the frame, but the floor bolt pattern is different. The only straight bar frame I have seen fit is one from a 66 gmc __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man RIP FleetsidePaul

06-30-2015, 02:41 PM	#3
71HUGGER396 Confirmed Truckaholic Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Sarver,PA 16055 Posts: 732	Re: Is this a chevy buddy bucket seat bracket? What year Dodge? It looks nothing like the 1978 dodge bracket. __________________ 1968 50th STEP SIDE SHORTY, 350/350, a/c, ps, p,b Daily Driver, 1970 Cst short fleet, all black, 350/350, 1970 2wd Blazer, 2wd, 6 cyl. 3 spd, original, now a 454, 350turbo, 3.73 posi, on the road 1971 2wd fleet shorty, 454, 700r4, 3.73 posi, SOLD to 67OLDSTYLE72 "My rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow" - SAWYER BROWN's Six Days On The Road SEMPER FI "I use to be a lean mean fighting machine, but now I'm a huffin, puffin, over stuffin love muffin"

06-30-2015, 02:42 PM	#4
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 20,031	Re: Is this a chevy buddy bucket seat bracket? Does it fit the floor pattern of a 67-72 Chevy truck? __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man RIP FleetsidePaul

06-30-2015, 02:43 PM	#5
71HUGGER396 Confirmed Truckaholic Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Sarver,PA 16055 Posts: 732	Re: Is this a chevy buddy bucket seat bracket? Yes __________________ 1968 50th STEP SIDE SHORTY, 350/350, a/c, ps, p,b Daily Driver, 1970 Cst short fleet, all black, 350/350, 1970 2wd Blazer, 2wd, 6 cyl. 3 spd, original, now a 454, 350turbo, 3.73 posi, on the road 1971 2wd fleet shorty, 454, 700r4, 3.73 posi, SOLD to 67OLDSTYLE72 "My rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow" - SAWYER BROWN's Six Days On The Road SEMPER FI "I use to be a lean mean fighting machine, but now I'm a huffin, puffin, over stuffin love muffin"

06-30-2015, 02:52 PM	#6
Grumpy old man Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Gods country East,Tn Posts: 8,545	Re: Is this a chevy buddy bucket seat bracket? The Chevy and dodge seat frames are the same the foam is different. I've rebuilt a few for my neighbor and he has found a local machine shop to reproduce the Chevy seat cross frame and brackets for $80.00 and I've been reupholstering the Dodge sets to the Chevy look from my old patterns . http:// http://

06-30-2015, 02:56 PM	#7
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 20,031	Re: Is this a chevy buddy bucket seat bracket? The seat frames are the same...the floor "frame" or "bracket" is different. If the frame bolts to the floor correctly then it is probably from a 66 gmc, but in any event if it fits who cares? That is the bottom line __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man RIP FleetsidePaul

06-30-2015, 03:01 PM	#9
71HUGGER396 Confirmed Truckaholic Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Sarver,PA 16055 Posts: 732	Re: Is this a chevy buddy bucket seat bracket? Leddzepp, He still going to use it, just trying to find out what it is. Thanks __________________ 1968 50th STEP SIDE SHORTY, 350/350, a/c, ps, p,b Daily Driver, 1970 Cst short fleet, all black, 350/350, 1970 2wd Blazer, 2wd, 6 cyl. 3 spd, original, now a 454, 350turbo, 3.73 posi, on the road 1971 2wd fleet shorty, 454, 700r4, 3.73 posi, SOLD to 67OLDSTYLE72 "My rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow" - SAWYER BROWN's Six Days On The Road SEMPER FI "I use to be a lean mean fighting machine, but now I'm a huffin, puffin, over stuffin love muffin"



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