Modern GTO seat mounting

[ACERMAN]

those gto seats look great in that car. they look sporty to me. can you tell us more on installation? did you bolt them flat on the upper part of the floor. did you cut any off the top or just remove the head rest? how wide are they across the bottom? would appreciate any info. thank you in advance.

Older thread - was there any additional follow-up? I am looking at buying '04 GTO seats for my '57 and any insight on installation would be much appreciated.

[Mike56]

How does the seat height compare to the original seat , does it sit lower than stock

[chevynut]

Those GTO seats look great in that 55 but the GTO is a pretty small car. I still wonder how they really "fit" the car and how much room there is between the seats. I tried Lexus SC300 seats, and they seemed small to me inside the Nomad but I know guys use them too. The Cadillac seats I went with seem to fill it up better and look more like they belong there to me.

As for height, I doubt the GTO seats are much lower than any other power seat. I measured my Cadillac seats and posted that measurement here once. The stock seat height is 12.5" from the floor to the top front of the seat.

[Rick_L]

I think most late model seats are very similar as far as the height and height adjustment. Part of the reason for that is that none of the OEMs make their own seats, and they all buy from the same suppliers.

When you start looking at how to mount a bucket seat on the floor of a 55-57, you'll first see that the area where the original bench seat mounted is about 1-1/4" lower than the floor is adjacent to the trans tunnel. So to level up the seat mount, you can either build up the outside or lower the inside.

I chose to build up the outside with a 1-1/2" square tube, and the inside with a 1-1/2" x 1/4" bar. Even with the spacers, I can lower the seat to where it's lower than the OEM seat.

Your other choice is to leave the outside seat mount at original height, and tunnel into the floor for the inside mount.

[reborn55]

great looking seats and car

[WagonCrazy]

Just finished making the brackets for the Lexus buckets going into my 57 Nomad.
These are raw and fugly, but stout.
Will be covered up by uphostery/carpet, so ignore the uglyiness please...

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