colelkhunter
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Got these seats from a friend for free and my other idea for seats fell threw so I thought I would give them a try. Think I struck gold. Very comfortable, not to tall. Roomy for the bigger boys as well. Checked with my local salvage yard and was quoted a pair for 50.00 so they are cheap. I am guessing any import truck with bucket seats would work, this is just what I had. Plan to get neoprene covers made for them to make them waterproof and OD green.
OK step one remove the seat s from your deuce and cutoff the back off the seat frame, pic 1. Then remove the two side bars from the seat frame, pic 2. Measure and cut flat steel to make the frame wide enough to support your desired seat and weld into place. There is room here to bolt the plates on as well, I just prefer welded. The seats I used had a nice flat slider bottom and brackets at each corner to bolt to the floor of the truck. I removed them so that the slider was nice and flat. 18.5" if I remember correctly was center to center. Weld them to your flat stock on the seat base, pic 3. I wanted mine mounted as low as possible so that I could adjust it the way I wanted. I also have a little meat on the bones and wanted belly room under the steering wheel. Pic4 shows the seat in all it's glory. It looks close but when you sit down in it, all is well. VERY comfortable and has a head rest. Installed the seat and had enough room to slide it to a comfortable position and still have room in the back. Pic 5 shows the passenger seat. It's bottom was modded the same way and the bench seat frame was cutdown to fit the seat bottom. Leaving room in the center for a console of some kind. Start to finish this took me about 2 hours and didn't cost me anything. I used scrap flat stock that was laying around the shop. I will be doing this mod to every deuce that I ever get, that is how happy I am with the setup. Question? Observations? Let's hear them.
OK step one remove the seat s from your deuce and cutoff the back off the seat frame, pic 1. Then remove the two side bars from the seat frame, pic 2. Measure and cut flat steel to make the frame wide enough to support your desired seat and weld into place. There is room here to bolt the plates on as well, I just prefer welded. The seats I used had a nice flat slider bottom and brackets at each corner to bolt to the floor of the truck. I removed them so that the slider was nice and flat. 18.5" if I remember correctly was center to center. Weld them to your flat stock on the seat base, pic 3. I wanted mine mounted as low as possible so that I could adjust it the way I wanted. I also have a little meat on the bones and wanted belly room under the steering wheel. Pic4 shows the seat in all it's glory. It looks close but when you sit down in it, all is well. VERY comfortable and has a head rest. Installed the seat and had enough room to slide it to a comfortable position and still have room in the back. Pic 5 shows the passenger seat. It's bottom was modded the same way and the bench seat frame was cutdown to fit the seat bottom. Leaving room in the center for a console of some kind. Start to finish this took me about 2 hours and didn't cost me anything. I used scrap flat stock that was laying around the shop. I will be doing this mod to every deuce that I ever get, that is how happy I am with the setup. Question? Observations? Let's hear them.
