Wow, it feels like it's been a long time since I've added to the journal. I hope all had a good holiday season. It was good and very busy here but I'm looking forward to getting back into the shop.
When I left off, I was waiting for the doors to cure, so I started on the interior. First, again I spent a lot of time looking for Ideas on the internet and also on craigslist for seats. After several try's and fails I found what I was looking for. It was a set of black bucket seats that fit my rearend perfectly, were power and heated, in great shape and came with a matching rear bench seat. Most importantly I didn't break the bank. The guy I bought them from was going to use them in a project he is working on but just didn't like the way they fit. He was happy to recover some of his expense and I was glad to have them.
Next, I had to figure how to fit them in the truck for side to side and height. I started by installing the steering column and steering wheel. I felt that was the one thing that would be the hardest piece to relocate. Then I centered the driver's seat up on it and started blocking it up to get the height right so it was comfortable to the steering wheel and hanging my arm on the windowsill not to mention seeing out the wind shield. Once I had the driver seat where it needed to be I matched the passenger seat to it for height and distance from the door.
When I got the location down and height right, I traced a layout for the base on the floor of the cab and started building. I used 3/4" plywood to ensure that it would be very stable especially once I bolted the seats in through the floor. I needed to do that because the seat belts are integrated into the seat bases.
Now with those in I can move on to the center consul.
Last edited by COCOE; 01/14/202411:59 PM. Reason: to add photos
