sectioning a seat?

I have looked, really!

I have an odd car without a front seat. I want to take a spilt back seat, that is about 4" too wide, and cut it down to the correct width for the car.

The base should't be a problem, but the seat backs! Would I cut 2" out of each back where they meet at the center? Seems this would be easier than messing with the hinge ***embly on the outer edge.

Should I cut a section out of the backs instead of from the end?

Any ideas out there?

 

It will be less time, and tears to buy a seat that fits good already.

I'm having the same problem with my chopped shoebox.

Waiting for the prefect one, eh almost perfect.

 

I sectioned the seat for my T roadster, it's out of a minivan. There are no modern seats narrow enough to fit my car. If I had known how well it would turn out, I would have taken pics. I stripped the seat to the bare frame, removing the cross wires and springs, then cut 5 inches out of the middle and welded it back together. Then I had to curve the back of the bottom inward because the seat was kind of a rectangle and the car is curved. Then I cut 5 inches off the end of the wire and drilled a couple of new spring holes and ***embled it. Then I had a upholstery guy cut the covers down and sew them back together to fit right, and he even put a new piece in the top of the seat back where the headrest holes were. I would think a split bench could be done in the same fashion, it really wasnt as bad as it sounds, took 2 nights after work, and my seat is soooooooo comfy. Good luck!

JW

 

If you need space , you can use bucket seats . If they are to big you can always go with a import bucket seat which is a little more narrow that the American cars bucket seats . Other than that , bench seats from mini vans in the rear are narrow too and won't need that much to remove .

Retro Jim

 

I had to take about 3 - 3 1/2" out of my seats to get them in. Sectioning the frame was easy. Luckily, the cut required was almost exactly one full "wave" in the seat's spring pattern. So when we put it all back together and cut that one "wave" off the end of each spring, it all fit back nicely and the seat springs didn't loose any support. Gary

 

The seat in my 32 started life as a bucket seat. Skips***ch of Appleman interior wacked it in half,and then fit it to car. Worked great,still folds forward so I can get behind seat for storage.

 

I know what you're up against, I bought a 91 Dodge Dakota bench for my 41 Willys project also wanting to narrow it. I stripped everything and cut 4" from middle of the frame top to bottom, I sliced the 4" pieces lengthwise and used my vice to make the sleeves the right diameter to fit inside the frame tubes. I drilled holes to plug weld the sleeves from moving while fitting the frame back together. Plug welded and did a complete weld around the tubes. I removed the corner bracketry for an old time round corner look. I resprung it and had it refoamed and wrapped in grey leather with 2" pleates complete with map pockets on the backside. It tilts fine and adjusts forward and back as stock. Works for me!