The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Interiors Seat dimensions for my 59

Who wants to measure from the floor pan to the top of their cushion for me?

My project apache has zero seats and i’m putting in custom ones (which may be vintage parlor chairs that I’m cutting the legs off of… but I’m not gonna tell you that 😉)

What’s the height of your seat?

Plan b is to stack bricks until i’m high enough to put my elbow on the window sill and measure that 🤷🏻‍♀️

Where do you want the measurements? my seat is stock.

I reckon just the front… like where the knees are.. i can rake the position after i get a base started.
From the floor to the top of the cushion please and thank you

I laid a 24" level on the seat cushion and leveled it. Passenger side is 13.25" to the floor, center of seat where I would think is the least likely to be used-13.25 inches to the floor.

I would say take spacers and find the height that you like yourself. It is not uncommon for people to ask how to lower the seat or movie it back because they want more clearance to the steering wheel.

I know when I made custom seats for a old Vette, I ended up in a very different spot than the stock ones because that was the location that was comfortable to me.

If you are doing a custom job already, don't feel constrained by the stock measurements.

I would certainly like to be able to move this stock seat further back, the height is good but kinda' cramped for legroom and steering wheel room. I could experiment with some spacers under the tracts to raise it slightly, that would give me a little legroom but less clearance at the steering wheel.

Buckshot… unless you’re into stock configuration, that fuel tank can be relocated and give you a few inches to svootch back

Fibo… yeah. I tested one chair in cab and i had @2” of leg room under the steering wheel.. so it def needs shortening… but I don’t want to cut off more than I need… so I’m gonna test buckshot’s 13” and see if I have issues with that or not

Not really. The back of the seat has an angle to it that matches the fuel tank so unless you also make the back sit more upright, you don't have much to gain there.

I have Buick Lesabre seats in my 54, no gas tank but I think it will still work with. Look at my pictures. I wanted the built-in seatbelts. They have different styles depending on 2 doors or four also Pontiacs are similar.

The gas tank is not keeping it from being able to move back any further. The top of the seatback is against the rear of the cab, as Fibonachu said, I could change the inclination of the seatback but it's already pretty upright.

The only way to gain more setback is to use thinner material/padding on the custom made seat back. Maybe an inch or two at best.

I purchased a bench seat from a 1988-1998 C10 to replace the aftermarket seat in my 1957 3600. The seat height, both at the front of the seat cushion and at the rear of the seat cushion were very close to the seats in my 1959 and 1956 trucks. As a bonus, the seat back, with headrests removed, does not stick up above the bottom of the rear glass. I have seen these C10 seats used in a number of Task Force trucks at local car shows. When recovered with period correct materials, these seats look almost stock to the casual observer.

I'm a little late to the conversation but here's my #'s but with 3" of foam

( 1" too much foam, which I may remove if I get it upholstered)
I had to weld up broken springs & all the cushion was gone so I was just guessing.

Keep in mind I'm skinny & short so this set up works for me.

Martin is correct. I gained about two inches by using foam padding instead of the original coil springs. The rear seat of an early 90's Cadillac donated the foam which was installed on the original TF seat frame. Looking like stock seats was not my goal. Comfortable seat was my goal and the Caddy cushion foam is much more comfortable than the original coil springs.

Mark

I am 5'9" and if someone moves my seat I have a terrible time getting it back the way I like it. It is electric, up down forward and back and also the back will tilt.

That's the problem with 6 or 8 way power seats. Too many choices means you'll never be satisfied.

Forward and backward are all you need.

You just need to add the memory module. Push a button->return to perfect.

Except if you have a Ferd Escape. The dang thing keeps trying to crush me against the steering wheel as it moves to my wife's (5'3") position. I'm 6'3". It has done that when she was 3000 miles away with her key fob.

Thats what you get fer having a ferd...

Ron's seats are from a Buick.