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Anybody got any pics on how you installed them.

I just made some mounting frames with 1" square tubing and welded that to the floor. That picture is out of my '39 but I'll do something similar in my '50.

http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt138/capedcat/wheel%20hub%20spacers/IMG_0332.jpg

Astro Van bucket seats have flat frames on the bottom and you can bolt them right to the floor. Those are the only other buckets I've installed.

Craig

On my 57, I also used 1" square tubing to make a ladder-like sub-frame. The bottom of the sub-frame was drilled to bolt to the floor using the existing mounts/holes. On the top of the sub-frame I welded mounting pads that served to mount the buckets and provide the exact height I wanted.

This mine in my 54/3100 basically a c shape steel with brackets bolted to the top and the bottom screwed too the floor.

chevyoldsmoyota, and WE b OLD, It appears that you took the seat riser out of your vehicles. If you did why did you not want to use the riser?
Just curious. I'm going through this Soooon and curious minds want to know. Thanks for any help.

Just because.

Two reasons.: I wanted a clean slate to work with and I thought I would get some storage under the seat. Not really sure if I got any usable storage though because the new seat frame blocks access. It is kind of nice to have the ability to weld anywhere without having to try to figure out how to make the original seat riser work with the new seats.

Craig

I'm working on a 51 1/2 ton and as I'm a big guy with a big gut I'm looking to make as much room as I can in the cab. If I put in buckets and remove the seat riser and remove the gas tank do you think it would give me a few more inches of breathing room?

...and use a tilt steering wheel.

Is there a tilt kit available somewhere?

well, there are lots of different vendors selling till columns but they are usually pricey.
I understand that a column out of an older model Chevy Van has a tilt column plus you still use your dash switch because the chevy van switch was NOT in the column.
I also understand that the column length is right length to....something like 30/31 inches.

I have NOT done this but if my next project is an AD pickup then thats what I'm going to aim for.
Hopefully someone else can straighten us both out

in my 59 and yes i know it was different than the ad but i used the seat riser froma chevy astro van and the seats from a pontiac sunfire the two made seats at the percect hight for me and i am 6'2 that and you keep the stock ajustability

I just finished mine. I took seat mounts out of a Ford (pardon me) Econoline ... a buddy of mine cut them down to change the angle and height, welded them back together (quite a project!) and bolted them to the floor.

I just did this a few days ago and will be posting pics here, soon:
http://www.AlanHorvath.com/54chevy/new_seats_install.php

The seats will be coming back out again, as soon as the weather warms up (like in March I hope), and then I'll be stripping the interior floor out, putting FatMat and new carpet down and then the seats will go back in.

I'll be posting photo and/or video tutorials every step of the way at the link above.