Technical cheap bucket seats

Looking for a cheap alternative for some bucket seats for my 41 willys

 

My local auto wrecker has a room with just set's of bucket seats that you can look at and purchase. You might try looking at local yard and see what you can use.

 

A 41 Willy`s deserves better than a cheap set of bucket seats.

 

41 Willis pickup eh, what sort of build scheme is it?

 

Check out mine in the classifieds

 

OK

 

True but on a tight budget

 

Doing it gasser style but doing like I used to see them when I was a kid

 

I would look for some vintage foreign car seats. Some of them are real nice looking and they hold you tightly.. The top seat has air vents..

 

Thank you

 

Where are you located? I've got 2 pair of buckets, but shipping is not feasible. One pair of econoline and don't know what the other pair is out of but has that metallic type upholstery in green. And they would be fairly cheap. Ron

 

Years ago I bought my son a 95 Neon that the seats I thought would be good for that. They had high backs and it's not hard to find as they built those Neons for many years. I also had a 2006 Durango that had good seats as well and were power adjustable.

 

It is getting so Facebook market place is the place to list all though I would not buy sight unseen and shipped

 

How about early (VW bug) ,,,,, kind of OT hence the parentheses. Might just work for what you're after. Mitch

 

Most modern buckets are still too wide for our early cars. Early sports car stuff works if you can find some. 50s Triumph, MG, Austin Healy etc. That is what I have for my Tudor.

Gasser era, some upolstered fiberglass cafeteria bases would fit the part since they were used at the time.

The other option is to build some bases. I did these in steel.

 

'86 Honda Accord. Very comfortable.

 

I put a pair of these in my Model A pickup, they worked out great. Can't beat the price, heck, you can't get a pair of old seats reupholstered for this price. And they come with sliders.
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_8264_8264

 

Will definitely look into those thank you

 

Thank you but I live in socal

 

You're in So Cal, if you're interested I have the bucket seats I took out of the A, I'll sell them cheap.
They need to be recovered, but I used them like that for years until I got tired of them and decided to replace them. If interested I'll shoot some pics and send them to you.

 

Dodge A100 van seats were pretty commonly used.

 

I used seats from an '86 Pontiac Fiero in an off-topic little hot rod 30 years ago. They come with speakers built into the head rests.

 

These would work well but unfortunately on backorder like every other freaking thing it seems.

https://www.speedwaymotors.com/EMPI...cket-Seats-with-Covers-Pair-Black,400842.html

 

If you need something kinda small to fit in it, you might look on Ebay and some of the websites for some Polaris Razor seats. Very light and reasonably comfortable. Easy to install. Lots of people sell used ones cheaply.

 

Cool thanks

 

Pick and pull yards can save some bucks. I pulled a nice set from a 97? Camaro for less than a 100 last summer. Black leather and won’t look out of place in an older ride after I take the adjustable head rest out. Just have to modify the seat riser for my truck as they do sit too low as is.

 

I don't know your definition of "cheap" but these are my roadster seats and I thought they were pretty reasonable, I bought them many years ago, I think they were $300 each.
They are made by Mastercraft, at the time they were in the SanDiego area but are now in Indianapolis, I bought mine direct but I see that Summit Racing has them.
They are called a suspension seat and they come already upholstered, Mastercraft is well known in the off-road truck racing scene and at the time I bought these they called them a "pre-runner" seat, I made the angled seat risers.

 

@Mario p herrera

Many years ago ,my F.I.L did the same on a tractor seat base for his Dirt race car.
[It would be a cheap "Bomber seat" alternative]

 

Thats just too rat roddy

 

Depends on somebody's skills or self respect [aceptable standard]

My F.I.L trimmed and blended the rolled edge into the backs. This was in the 60's

On the one pictured, a dimple die would go a long way