seat conversion

my 91 is almost back on the road so time to turn my attention to the driver's seat, it's not well the frame is bent and the cusion foam has had better days. Since I happen to have a decent passenger seat handy with a frame and foam that seem to be in decent condition even if it's a different colour I feel it's a good candidate to become my new driver's seat.

the passenger seat has the electric recline mechanism, and my driver's seat has the manual lever style recline mechanism. I removed the electric system from the passenger seat frame then replacing it with the manual system. there is a bit of welding to be done, thats the stage where I'm at right now. I've also tossed the tan seat covers into my washing machine and they've come out clean as new! I'll have to do some sewing but nothing major.



















more to come as work progresses

How did you get that recline lever out of the non-power seat?

Got pics of that and/or relatively detailed instructions?

stingroo, everything is either bolted or pinned together, simple hand tools and it all comes apart

buickestate wrote:

stingroo, everything is either bolted or pinned together, simple hand tools and it all comes apart

I tried that with an alarm clock once.....had about 20 parts left over and it never worked again......undaunted I bought a 4x4 and that was soo much simpler, lol

but I took pictures so I have an idea how to put it all back
currently stitching up the driver's seat bottom, had to mod it a bit and make a new right side panel.

More pics this week end

Knowing Ray he would end up stitching his hand to his ass!
Jim

No stitching in this project, hopefully.

lol

lots of stitching was used to accomplish this project.....

here is the finished new driver's seat. added some extra layers of foam in the seat.





Keep in mind that this seat once looked like this



I took both seats apart, used the frame from the passenger seat, the manual recline mechanism from the old driver's seat the foam from the driver's seat back, the foam from the passenger seat bottom. the driver's seat cover had to be partially broken down have the center panel removed, then used that fabric make the new right side panel, then there is a plastic band/clip thing that is used to secure the bottom seat cover on the passenger seat frame that also should be swapped over to the old driver's seat cover.
There was also some welding to be done to secure the manual recliner mechanism to the seat frame. I also to the time to prep and paint the seat frame, since it had some light surface rust. All in all I got about 6 hours of sewing and about two hours in disassembly and reassembly.

any questions just ask

Why does it burn when I pee?

Bewber wrote:

Why does it burn when I pee?

try turning off the power to the fence, before you pee next time

NICE WORK! Looks great!

Very Nice Work Pat and the extra foam looks nice too!
Jim

Okay Pat. I'm lost.

"Simple hand tools and it all comes apart" isn't enough for me, apparently. LOL

I took the rails off so under my seat basically looks like this pic you posted:

https://2img.net/h/i187.photobucket.com/albums/x189/buickestate/DSC01903.jpg

I still can't for the life of me see how the recline lever comes off. Little help?

Nice Pat

These are for a 96,
swap the bottom of another passenger side and repaired some wires from the heating pad.

I owe Pat two 12 packs of Cherry Coke if we ever cross paths at an event. Seat is ready to go in. Recline lever is on the driver's side like it's supposed to be.

Just waiting for one more gadget to arrive from UPS before interior work begins.

Looks great, Pat! Nice work!

Aaaaaand it's in!

That's half of the job.

Well it looks good to me Ray!We have another Hot Rod wagon among us.Nice work kid!
Jim

Well it looks good to me Ray!We have another Hot Rod wagon among us.Nice work kid!
Jim

Love it when that happens!
Jim

I try. I LOVE the seat. I'm really happy about the way that turned out versus just cutting my bench.

Looking good guys

Good job !!! I just put a set of Buick seats in my OCC.. They are GREAT !!! Went to a power seat for the pass side so my wife can actually see out the windshield now