I guess its time for an update and the most recent pics.

I wasn't real happy with previous seating attempts, so I built the seat.

I used sheetmetal to form the seat back and seat bottom..


There is a steel subframe under the seat bottom to help carry my fat ass.


The seat back and bottoms are contoured more like a modern seat and will be padded with a couple of inches of foam. (This is just the first layer. Bottom layers are gonna be dense, top layers something more cushy)


Doing the seat like this gains a bunch of interior space over the stock set-up. My seat back sheetmetal actually touches the back of the cab. I will sit 3-4 inches lower and about 5-6 inches farther back.

I padded the back with 2 inches of foam and the bottom with about six inches. Then covered it all in black vinyl (no sewing)

Here is the finished seat. Glad its vinyl.....rust dust comes from everywhere.



Here's my dad trying it out (while making motor noises)



Workin' on the flatbed now.


The front bumper is just mocked up for the pic.





Sitting next to a stocker with flat tires. This is the next project. Its gonna be painted.