Now that I have the cab located on the frame, the last thing I need to figure out before rebuilding the floor was which seats I would choose. There are a lot of good looking options out there these days - including rebuilding my original bench. But with LONG trips planned for this truck, I needed to be mindful of comfort and safety... which led me to considering the comfy seats I recalled from a 2003 Suburban my wife once had which had super cush buckets in front WITH an integrated shoulder seatbelts. This solves the issue of the early J trucks not having a shoulder belt.
The really nice thing is that these seats are plentiful in the classifieds as they were in production from like 1999-2006 or something across the Silverado's, Tahoes, and Suburbans. This also means that the aftermarket is FULL of cushion, heating elements, and skin replacements for just about any material imaginable.

I will obviously need to do some work on the floor shape and the seat brackets but it's not that bad. and the height is perfect! I was a bit worried the seatbelt portion of the seat would hit my b-pillar but by the time I move the seat over to be centered with the steering wheel I'll probably have 2" or more gap.
With that - I'm about done with the procurement portion of the big things I needed to sort out before the heavy fab work begins to make it all actually fit together and go down the road. For now, it feels REALLY good to sit in my truck again in it's "new" seat on it's "new" chassis.
The really nice thing is that these seats are plentiful in the classifieds as they were in production from like 1999-2006 or something across the Silverado's, Tahoes, and Suburbans. This also means that the aftermarket is FULL of cushion, heating elements, and skin replacements for just about any material imaginable.
I will obviously need to do some work on the floor shape and the seat brackets but it's not that bad. and the height is perfect! I was a bit worried the seatbelt portion of the seat would hit my b-pillar but by the time I move the seat over to be centered with the steering wheel I'll probably have 2" or more gap.
With that - I'm about done with the procurement portion of the big things I needed to sort out before the heavy fab work begins to make it all actually fit together and go down the road. For now, it feels REALLY good to sit in my truck again in it's "new" seat on it's "new" chassis.
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