1978 bench seat adjustment

[kglowacky]

Started driving my 78 and was wondering if there is a adjustment that can be made to the back of the bench seat to adjust the pitch of the back seat. I cant remember if before it was was recovered there was a adjustable bolt type mech. on each side. Willing to give up a couple inched of leg room for a more leaned back seat.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by kglowacky

Started driving my 78 and was wondering if there is a adjustment that can be made to the back of the bench seat to adjust the pitch of the back seat. I cant remember if before it was was recovered there was a adjustable bolt type mech. on each side. Willing to give up a couple inched of leg room for a more leaned back seat.

Is it actually a 77-80 seat? Does it tilt or is it fixed? Actually, either seat there's nothing you can do. If it tilts, the seat back rests on the bolt that the seat release locks too. If you take those bolts out, your seat back will not have anything to rest on, other than the back wall.
Now the 81-87 seats, people have been known to take those bolts out also. But again, the seat back has nothing to rest on, other than the back wall.

[kglowacky]

I bought the seat by it self but pretty sure it is a 79. Yes it has the locking mech. as you described to hold the seat in place so I guess no adjustment possible. Maybe I can raise the front of the entire seat (by modifying the front brackets??? LOL maybe. It tilts or folds forward.

[ACS]

The seat tracks have two bolts per side mounting them to the seat base. One front bolt and one rear bolt. I suppose you could make a spacers for the front, get longer bolts and tilt the entire seat. This would bend the rear tab of the seat rail a bit, but probably not a big deal.