Customs 57 chevy front bench seat conversions?

Got 2 57 chevys, one a 2 door sedan without a front bench seat and the other a 4 door sedan with its front bench seat. Anyways i am curious if it is even possible to convert the 4 door bench into a 2 door bench.

Anyone ever been through this before?
Any ideas help.

Thanks


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Itd be a lot easier to find a 2door seat. That or youre going to need 2 4door seats so you can chop and splice to make it fold in the middle.
A 2 door back seat has about 2 inches more **** area length than a 4door. Not sure about dimensions on front seats

 

I know exactly what you're dealing with and I had hoped to do the same thing.

I tore down a '57 4 door front seat to use springs out of it to fix a 2 door split bench and I was hoping to find that the seat could be converted, as I had an extra pair of the upper cushions available to me, but the 4 door seat is completely different, the framework where the back meets the base is totally different and all integrated, so making it work would be really really tough. Other than tracks and springs, the two seats don't interchange at all.

Original '57 2 door seats are really hard to find and expensive, I've got one extra one but they don't come cheap. If you're going for original, or you want to use repop '57 upholstery sets in the cars, it's pretty much the only option. Someone makes an aftermarket split bench and a set of covers to fit it that use the same '57 Belair upholstery pattern, but the seat design itself is pretty obviously different.

55-56 Oldsmobile seats will bolt into the Chevy without moving any bolt holes but the design of the seat is different. Tri-5 Pontiac seats look closer but are still different and they mount up differently.

Unfortunately, no easy answers here.

 

The 57 shorty I built had a early 70's Malibu front bench in it when I got it. It was the right width.
I used mid 60 's Gm buckets *** a replacement.

 

I had a rusted out 57 4-dr front seat. I ended up finding a 56 2-dr front seat. Converted the 57 parts to the 56 seat. Took a bit of work but I got the job done.

 

tried to convert one also ,the basic frame is configured too much different . I did buy a 63 impala seat reasonable and I was told I could get a new cover that used 57 material and style.

 

Wonder what all the guys that put bucket seats in their tri 5s think about how they drove up the price of bench seats today.

A 2 door bench seat brings what you used to pay for a decent car

Life is funny sometimes

 

Chevy benches up to about 72 will fit.Pick up seats are cheap,and the back folds forward.Just a thought as I haven't seen that seat frame....Could you cut the back off at the base,and weld a new base on it to strengthen it,and make new pivot mounts so the back could be remounted as a solid one piece unit? I wouldn't try to do a split back.

 

Has anyone mentioned that the 2-door seat flips forward for access to the rear while the 4-door seat doesn't?