1ST GEN REPLACEMENT SEATS

WHAT SALVAGE YARD BUCKET SEATS WILL FIT THE 1ST GEN VAN? IF ANY , WHAT VEHICLE.

I believe quite a few people use Pontiac Fiero seats.

Please don't type in all CAPITALS. IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE YELLING AT US

Yo, I was in a pulla part the other day and I came on these astrovan seats capitans chairs that barely fit inside the cab but the pattern on the bottom was wrong, Im going to try to adapt them to the bars in the van with L brakets and sheet metal screws, if it works Il post the pictures.
B Noer

First gen what ford ,chevy,dodge? Fiero seats work well in econolines gettin harder to find tho. Miata seats are in my econo pick up went in with very little fab work

celebrity , miata, sunbird,
fiero (some models have bose speakers in the recaro seats)
they are probly the top ones i have seen "fit" and be comfy
most honda seats especially accord are too wide for the pass side
i have late 80's subaru ones in my 65 , they fit ,feel and look good
and took not much for mounting modifications
one thing i noticed if you get them from a 4dr model the seats recline almost flat 2dr ones flip forward but usually do not recline as far as 4dr seats

NOTHIN FITS PERFECT BECAUSE ONE SIDE IS 19 INCHES AND ONE SIDE ! IS 21 inches ( SO IF RUBBING IS YOU PROBLEM GO MIATA AND if STYLE CELICA HONDA S2000 GET FULL RECLINE no i like capitols so don't ask

i had zero space problem issues using 914 seats in my chop
and the subaru seats in my current 65 fit awesome
height is also an issue when choosing seats and mounting them
this 65 came with highback late 70's z-28 seats and ya woulda been bouncing your head against the roof if i kept em in there

wdaguy wrote:................. no i like capitols so don't ask

My seat posts are missing. The previous owner fabricated wood blocks to support the side of each seat that is not resting on the tire well. They are very wobbly. Any suggestions?

The stock parts would work best, I have one from my 64 I don't need and maybe you can fab a copy from that. It yours just pay shipping.

Katiem: The stack 65 seats had a stand made of tubing for the driver seat and the pasanger side had "L" brackets spot welded to the dog house.

I dont see any reason why you can't copy what was don on the passanger side. Get some wide enough angle iron, b probobly 3X3X 3/32" thick and bolt that to the dog house.


Reading feelings presumed to be built into text? Somebody will have to teach me how to imagine that. I use capitals alot when my "Caps Lock" key gets accidently pushed and I don't see it and I'm too lazy to change it all back.
M1D

Now that you say it, I see that the drivers side has the actual stock tubing. It is the passenger's side that has a wooden post.

G-man: You have stock tubing that I could use for the passenger's side?

Mine came from the drivers side, but I'm positive it was the same piece on both sides

That's great. How should we arrange the transaction?

PM me your address and I'll send mine, $10 bucks should cover shipping

I'm try to get you a picture of the part tonite

I think the vans that originally came with the folding canvas passanger seat or no passanger seat did not get the brackets spot welded to the dog house.

My 65 had the two front seats when ordered new and it had the tube on the drivers side and welded brackets on the passenger side.

You can see them here




You can see one and almost the other bracket on the left in this picture



M1D

I just bolted a pair of Honda prelude seats into the magic bus..took a little fab work and some head scratching but I got them in there and they look pretty nice...I'll post a pic in the next day or two. I also saw a pair of old 66 style mustang buckets a guy had mounted in an econo pickup and they looked great in the picture..plus they fold forward.....AND...hey look harldy any caps

heres a picture of that part

G-Man,sent that same part to a fellow vanner a few years ago . Bill

Bill it's the same part, can't remember who it was but they must have found one somewhere else.

You may find this hard to believe but Donivan has other vehicles besides his 1st Gen Chevy Van. He has a nice 88 Chevy Cavalier Convertible Z24 (same basic body as the Pontiac Sunbird) and he suggested testing a seat from it in my 1st Gen. So he dropped off the passenger seat and I tried in on my passenger side. The width is perfect, about as wide as it could be and still clear the doghouse lid. And with a little flattening of the metal feet it would sit fairly low on the wheel well. Here are some photos.



The perspective in this photo makes the seat look larger than it really is, in comparison to the driver's seat.

Here's my '64 with fiero seats in it. Just minor mods were required to mount them in the van. It was pretty easy to do. I can write a detailed description for installing them for anyone who needs it. For the passenger side, I used a spare driver's side bracket (like the one pictured above by G-Man in this thread) and bent it as necessary to fit the passenger side.







speakers in the headrests (not hooked up yet)