[67SSragtop]

I've got a 67 vert I'm moving in the pt direction. Put in GW suspention last year along with new wheels and tires. This year was a stout 406. As soon as my wife recovers, the tremec will come. I'm 6'4" and really am in need of some after market seats. Any advice?

Scott

[ezeglen]

I have a '68 vert, and I've done no research on if they will work. But I'm planning on using the seats from a newer Cadillac CTS. I know I'll have to fab up the mounts, but I'm replacing the entire floor anyway. I figure it wouldn't be too hard since I'm starting from scratch anyway. The Cadillac seats are more comfortable for bigger guys, I'm 6"4' as well. Plus the seat belt is a shoulder belt that is integrated in the seat. This will work great for a vert.

I'm at least a year away from seeing if these will work, I'm still in the disassemble mode, but this is part of my plan.

Eric

[clwilcox33]

The most common seats I hear of being used on here are 4th gen Camaro seats.

Eric. The floor anchors in first gen camaros weren't made to handle the stress of the weight of a human body and the seat in an accident. The seats were held in by the person that was held in by the seat belts anchored differently. The existing seat anchors really aren't heavy duty enough to support a seat with integrated seat belts without a decent amount of reinforcement.

Just FYI, your safety is always first to us.

[CarlC]

You may want to try sitting in any seat that you are considering. What fits me may not fit you at all.

You can gain some headroom by removing the seat pan and mounting the seat directly to the floor. If you do this adequate precautions should be used to reinforce the mounting locations to support the seat in case of a crash.

[ezeglen]

Thanks Christopher, I thought I'd be doing a lot more reinforcement but thanks for the confirmation. I tend to over engineer most of the stuff I do and safety is my #1 priority, that’s why I want shoulder belts in the first place. Once I get the seats, see how they fit, etc I’ll ask for opinions with pictures. I’m using a full floor replacement pan so I really do have a blank slate to add reinforcement. And since I’m hacking up a V6 car that has already been hacked I don’t feel too guilty about straying far from originality.

Thanks
Eric

[Mark SC&C]

It`s amazing what a difference a good set of seats can make,especially in a car that really corners. I was lucky enough to score a set of real Recaro seats from a junkyard many years ago for $50!!! Those were great seats and made my `70 Firebird feel like it had half as much body lean (half of the lean was *my* body leaning!). The 4th gen seats are nice. I used a set out of a `98 Z-28 in my `75 TA. If you want more lateral support the 4th gen TA seats have more than the Camaro ones do. I find them very comfortable (6'2"/245lbs.) and the adj. lumbar support is nice.
If you`re looking for something more hardcore and a LOT lighter check out www.mastercraftseats.com They`re chrome moly tube frame suspension seats. Super lightweight and super comfortable. They`re available in custom widths for big guys (and gals) too. My father started using them in `74 for off road racing and I`ve been a big fan ever since. Mark SC&C

[Rocketrod]

I have black leather Corbeaus TRS's installed, which are nice buit I prefer the leather Corbeaus Legacy's. I had the cloth version and did not like them at all.

[MickyT]

We used heated, power leather seats from a 2004 Honda Accord and the rear seat from the same. Looks great and more importantly is comfortable. We removed the seatpans and reinforced the floor at the mounting points. We used 3 point seatbelts from Morris Classics. This is in a 67 coupe.

[BonzoHansen]

Originally Posted by MickyT

We used heated, power leather seats from a 2004 Honda Accord and the rear seat from the same. Looks great and more importantly is comfortable. We removed the seatpans and reinforced the floor at the mounting points. We used 3 point seatbelts from Morris Classics. This is in a 67 coupe.

I'd love to see pics of that if you have any.

[67SSragtop]

Thanks for the replies gents. Obviously, my vert has a 2nd floor for support, any way to mount seat directly to main floor to buy myself more room? What do you guys do do reinforce floor after removing seat pan?

[ProdigyCustoms]

We use 4th gen Camaro / Trans Am or C5 Corvette often.

[ProdigyCustoms]

Originally Posted by ezeglen

I have a '68 vert, and I've done no research on if they will work. But I'm planning on using the seats from a newer Cadillac CTS.

Eric

We tried this already, the seats are to huge for the Camaro. just engulfs the interior. We ended up using them in a 65 GTO and they were bid in that also. They also sit very high. We were seduced by the built in shoulder harness, but they did not fit.

[awesometool]

After cutting the factory brackets as low as can be at 6'1" my head touch headliner as for width 210lbs and its perfect any smaller and I would not fit. Hope this helps

[MickyT]

Sorry Bonzo no pics right now, the car is buried in the garage and Im in deep in home renos, will take pics in the new year and post. We quite like the look of both front and rear and the quality of the seats is very good.

67ssdroptop, we reinforced the floor on the bottom of the car by welding plates at the anchor points. As Christopher pointed out, in the event of a collision the real strength is in the seatbelt anchor points.

[halfast]

I used FIERO buckets, enhanced the headrest speakers with clearwater mazda speakers. I'm 6'3 and have lotsa room, even with the top up (lol), see pics at : http://hotrodders.com/forum/journal....ge=1&reverse=1