Technical Seat recommendations

Not all aftermarket seats are high back, and not all would need to be stripped and reworked!

 

Just letting people know what they might be getting themselves in to. I worked on 2 sets of seats for 2 different vehicles where I had to cut the seats and have them modified. With poured foam over the frames.

 

Yuk

 

I looked and looked for a bench for my '55 F100. Nothing was 'traditional' enough, or if it was, not 'nice' enough.
I finally made some square tubing frames, and mimicked a '32 Ford side bolster frame (3/4" plywood, covered with cotton under naugahyde 'Elastofab', (cool stratchy naugahyde like they used in '60-75 Cadillacs)
My upholstery guy now has them in 'uphols. jail', so my Diamonte buckets are back in there for now...

 

I like this one in my Coupe.

 

by wicarnut posted Aug 24, 2013 at 12:03 AM

These bucket seats were from a Volvo car, my upholstery man redid the foam to add some lateral support, he had to make the risers and forward back adjustment. Looked great and sat Very comfortable, I was happy with his work and back then only 4K for the complete interior job. He's retired now and I miss him and his abilities. If we got Do-Overs, this is the car I should have kept. It Is What It Is.

 

Speedway has some Mustang size buckets with side support built in.