Biggest Problem with newer seats is the "lean" of the back is greater and
won't allow you to move back far enough to get good leg room. I heard a
Chrysler Le Baron fits good, Uh! Or the late 80's or early 90's Chevy truck
and they will be more upright, tho the early ones weren't that comfortable
to me. Ford truck seats mount right on floor and are good height but would
require removal of seat mount wellded to floor of your Chevy, and some say
not to remove as is brace.
G. L. Perry
Huntington, IN
54 Chevy 2-ton (driver)
50 Chevy COE (project)
55 GMC COE (project)
MM Jet Star 3 (tractor)
----- Original Message -----
From: <Passnb4U@aol.com>
To: <tomntam@earthlink.net>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 1955 2nd Series seat
> In a message dated 4/1/01 9:12:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> tomntam@earthlink.net writes:
>
> << I have a 1955 2nd Series truck and I need some information on a seat
that
> will fit in it without much modification, if such a seat exists. If some
> one could give me the measurments from the seat cushion to the floor I
would
> appreciate it. I was told that the length was 51 inches and the depth is
> around 21 inches. Some one told me that a 86 Silverado seat would work,
but
> I havn't looked to see.
> Thanks for any and all help,
> Tom >>
>
>
> Hey Tom,
>
> Glad to see you made it to the list.
>
> One correction though...I had measured my seat at 55inches across, not
> 51inches.
>
> Going by memory here (I'll measure later today to get a better idea for
> you) but the seat is about 8 inches thick, and sits up about 3 inches on
the
> seat rails, so in the neighborhood of 11-12 inches from the floor to the
top
> of the front of the seat...it also get a bit narrower towards the back of
the
> seat.
>
> The main thing is not to get one that's too deep with a thick seat
> back...there's plenty of room up top in these trucks, but the leg room is
> limited. Ofcourse, if it too wide, it won't work either.
>
> Mike
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