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The first one is a ways away. The second is from a van. Wouldn't the front seats not move?? I mean the seat back wouldn't bend foward?? I will put a Wanted on there. The one I found on ebay gives dimentions. I will go tomorrow after work and see if 50" across the bottom is ok.. Al

Originally Posted by slantback37

The first one is a ways away. The second is from a van. Wouldn't the front seats not move?? I mean the seat back wouldn't bend foward?? I will put a Wanted on there. The one I found on ebay gives dimentions. I will go tomorrow after work and see if 50" across the bottom is ok.. Al

Yeah, the Astro van seats were a long shot. The passenger side might fold but I'm not sure. The G6 seats might work well for you. I didn't see the measurements on the ebay post but check em out. Good luck!

Just have to go to the bottom of the page. The mesurements are there.. Al

Originally Posted by slantback37

I don't need the seatbelts threw the seats. I have 3-point belts. I welded a plate inside the door post. Al

Hey Al, can you post some pics of where you welded the plate. I considered this idea but didn't know if that door post was strong enough. I guess if you get hit that hard, it might not matter! lol! I know seats without the built-in harnesses would be a lot cheaper.
Thanks.
R2

Originally Posted by randyr

Hey Al, can you post some pics of where you welded the plate. I considered this idea but didn't know if that door post was strong enough. I guess if you get hit that hard, it might not matter! lol! I know seats without the built-in harnesses would be a lot cheaper.
Thanks.
R2

I second this. I would like see a couple pics of how you set up the seat belts

Ok.. I'll go out and take a couple of pictures.. Al

Pictures of the seatbelts..

Originally Posted by randyr

Hey Al, welcome to CHR! I'm building a '37 humpback. I recently retro-fitted the rear seats from a '05 GTO in mine. The width was good for these cars and the leather was already nice so they don't need to be recovered. I'm going to match the front seats in the same way. My goal is to find seats in really nice condition and the right color so I don't have to spend money having them recovered. I will build & cover the side panels myself.

Here's a couple of pics of the rear seat set up:

How far out did you push your seat from the riser?? Al

Originally Posted by slantback37

How far out did you push your seat from the riser?? Al

Actually none. This pic of the seat frame shows how it dips down in front of the riser but it's butted up as close to the riser as it can go. When I finish off the interior I'll probably put a carpeted panel on the front of the riser.

Then how tall are those seat backs?? The ones I was looking at said 39". I think that would be to high..

I see you were lucky enough to be able to bolt that upper mount to the b pillar. My coupe doors are probably a bit shorter or maybe you don't have a recessed firewall because I'm looking at having to mount the belt further back than that. I am thinking about welding a plate under the quarter window next to the b pillar.

Originally Posted by 35fordcoupe

I see you were lucky enough to be able to bolt that upper mount to the b pillar. My coupe doors are probably a bit shorter or maybe you don't have a recessed firewall because I'm looking at having to mount the belt further back than that. I am thinking about welding a plate under the quarter window next to the b pillar.

Hey Robert, that would probably work but it would be great if you can clamp it in different locations to make sure you get it in the most comfortable spot. It would probably need to be mounted at a similar height as many convertibles that don't have a B pillar and don't have harnesses build into the seats.

Al, I'll get those other measurements for you today. That 39" rear seat back sounds pretty tall! Depending on how the seat frame is constructed, it might be able to be shortened without too much trouble. More info later.

I'll have to use the seat belt loops on the seats which I didn't want to use, but it will help keep the belt where it needs to be in this case. I don't have a back seat so I won't have to worry about anyone trying to climb through the seat belt at least.

Just so I can't be accused of hijacking my best measurent on the rear GTO seat is about 33" from the bottom back side up to the headrest (headrest pushed all the way down) but its a bit tough to measure in the car. I drove the GTO to work today

Here is a question.. Seeing that I have so many seats now.. My only real problem is getting from the front to the back. Those van seats don't tilt foward. They do recline though.. When you pull up on the handle.. The seat will fly back up and hit a stop of some kind.. Now if I cut that stop out.. Would the seat then go past the stop and tilt more foward?? Then I could use the seats I have.. Al

Originally Posted by slantback37

Here is a question.. Seeing that I have so many seats now.. My only real problem is getting from the front to the back. Those van seats don't tilt foward. They do recline though.. When you pull up on the handle.. The seat will fly back up and hit a stop of some kind.. Now if I cut that stop out.. Would the seat then go past the stop and tilt more foward?? Then I could use the seats I have.. Al

Al, I think it would be worth it to go sit in the G6 seats before you decide to do that. I think they'll probably be more firm, more supportive and more comfortable than the conversion van seats, plus you wouldn't have to recover them. The other day when I was looking on the Duluth craigslist, someone was looking for van conversion seats. Maybe you could sell yours to that guy (unless that poster was you. )

As for my back seats, they were a initially a little tall and were restricting what little view I had out the back glass so I took about 1.5" off the bottom of the seat back by cutting and rewelding the lower edge of the seat frame. They are built so the fabric unhooks and the foam comes off very easily. Unfortunately, I did't take pics of that part of the process... Here's a link that shows how another guy cut the backs of the GTO seats to fit in his 70's Camaro. http://www.nastyz28.com/forum/showth...=160509&page=2 He cut a lot more than I did but you can get an idea of his process. If the G6 seats are made with the same kind of frame work, the process for trimming those down would probably be very similar to this. My seat backs are still not flush with the package shelf but I intend to use the GTO package shelf as the basis for building one that fits the contour of the seats and with have space under it for speakers, amps, etc.

Also, I did raise my original packing shelf about 1.75" to help with the height adjustment and because of the way I fabricated the seat belt brackets for the rear.