REGAL Lowback w Headrest or Highback buckets?

Lowback Buckets w Headrest or Highback for CaliWagon83's Restomod?

  • Lowback w Headrest

    Votes: 13 76.5%
  • Highback

    Votes: 4 23.5%

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565bbchevy

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I don't think that's a factory passenger power seat, don't believe any passenger side could get power in a g-body.
I believe you are correct, I bought the NOS front power seats ,carpet, headliner and extra material from the son of the original owner who knew somebody at GM and special ordered everything new for a project car that never happened it all sat in his basement for 30+ years and after he died his son posted an add on CL for A-body interior and I saw the add and pretty much shot straight up there to check it out and paid his asking price of $400 I even have a new lower driver's seat cover so I can covert the passenger side to a 40 and look factory.
 
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Injectedcutty

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I believe you are correct, I bought the NOS front power seats ,carpet, headliner and extra material from the son of the original owner who knew somebody at GM and special ordered everything new for a project car that never happened it all sat in his basement for 30+ years and after he died his son posted an add on CL for A-body interior and I saw the add and pretty much shot straight up there to check it out and paid his asking price of $400 I even have a new lower driver's seat cover so I can covert the passenger side to a 40 and look factory.
Took me a bit because driving while on the phone is a no-no....you understand. This is the Procar...
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jiho

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If you go looking for a donor to pull GM buckets from, be aware of the year. At some point they started molding the foam onto the frames. I think this started with late third gen Firebirds, then migrated to fourth gen Camaros. Beyond that, I couldn't say. I pulled a pair of low-backs out of a '92 Firebird, and was horrified when I got the upholstery off. After ripping and scraping as much of the foam off as I could, there was a glue-like layer left that I used Cirtristrip to get off. Then the plastic inserts that the headrest bars slide into proved impossible to get out, and I fabricated a homemade cutting edge to slice a piece out and get them past the metal spring tabs that latch the bars. By this time I was way past feeling like an idiot. Had I known all of this I would have taken a pair of the "Star Trek" style from a '91 Camaro in the same yard. I had the recliners from it but it was gone already by this point. I did find another pair of "Star Trek" back frames, but they're pretty rusty. Not sure which I'll use.

I also like those Procars a lot. Spend a little, save a lot of BS, as usual. :mrgreen:
 
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565bbchevy

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I think many people don't think far enough ahead when looking for seats and don't realize the end cost of taking a pair of used donor seats that don't match your interior and having them reupholstered or how much work it can be to do yourself even if the covers are available.
 
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ssn696

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Could be for sale. PM me for a more current photo. I have a set of Blazer seats I picked up recently, but I have to also find my spare G-body seat tracks to make them work. New seat covers are available from OPGI and others.
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