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| | | | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 175 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 175 | I have looked into buying several suburbans 60-66 and no seats in the 10 I looked at so far,why is that? | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | That is a good question but an even better one is where did they all go? Those seats have to be somewhere. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | ... Those seats have to be somewhere. comforting the butts of beer drinkin shade tree mechanics all over  I'd think they got pulled when folks realized what they really needed was a panel truck rather than a crew truck Bill | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
I buy Bill's theory. Once the people-carrier was no longer needed, and the truck became a panel, the seats were forgotten. Eventually those seats were gotten rid of (from taking up space in the garage or yard).
The third seat is the hardest to find because it came out first when the suburban became a semi-panel.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 189 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 189 | i have a few sets of the front seats and two third row seats. people removed them to haul things, and then tossed out. who knew we would need them again. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 65 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 65 | Where suburbans popular vehicles or where they just overlooked ?
New but in an Old Way !!!
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | popular with some folks, like forestry, railroads, police, but unless they mostly wanted a people carrier, panel trucks were cheaper and pickups cheaper still, families had station wagons for the people hauling
Bill | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 | I got lucky and had the full-width rear seat come with my '61 when I bought the truck... but it had a pick-up bench seat in it for the front seat. Still does, actually, but it's days are numbered.
For the fronts, I noticed that my truck had the passenger-side mounts ripped out--the sheetmetal was torn away. I wonder if that's why the pickup seats end up in front.
-Brad
SOUTHERN FALL GABfestOctober 6 ~ Commerce, Georgia Details here!Never Pee on an Electric Fence. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 65 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 65 | popular with some folks, like forestry, railroads, police, but unless they mostly wanted a people carrier, panel trucks were cheaper and pickups cheaper still, families had station wagons for the people hauling
Bill So Station wagons where cool in the 50's ?
New but in an Old Way !!!
| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | Station wagons weren't cool in the '50s. They were family vehicles. They didn't become popular until they were marketed as Sport Utility Vehicles. | | |
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