What year (56"), Denny?
I just now looked at a lot of you really old posts, Denny. Many of your old posts are now blank. This problem with the new Stovebolt.com server/software is really a seriously bad problem.
If you width is for a pre-1950, and no one posts a width for a post-50 seat-base, I'll unpack my hibernating 54 and measure the width.
On what part of the base did you span your measuring tape (if that makes a distance). Side-to-side seat base - measured at the rearward side, middle side, forward side.
I do not know if this makes a difference on a regular cab. It makes a difference on my GMC COE seat base, which is different from a Chevrolet standard cab seat base (the COE is the only base I can get to now).