Hot Rods Recommendation for Essex seats

All right, we americans have big butt's, every seat I have looked at in the junk yars are 20 inches wide. I need 2 seats that will be no wider that 37 inches for my '28 Essex. Any recommendations.

 

Not sure if you can find any, but I recall the Chevy Monza had some damn narrow seats...

 

Not sure of width, but mg midget or ah sprite, especially the early 60s ones.

 

chances are if you're not going to a vintage junkyard everything you find is going to be 20" - 24" wide. Your best bet is trying to find what i've always known as a "jump seat". Came in a lot of vans, coe trucks, ect. just a simple hoop frame and springs or foam, no recline, usually no sliders, but they are generally 18" wide. They look at home in an early car too. I'll see if I can find a pic.

edit:

this is a Wise seat for a boat its 18 1/2" wide similar to the style i was talking about but with an exposed hinge for folding down.

They are about $75 a piece which is pretty reasonable for a new seat.

 

Here is another from wise that is more what i was thinking of and a bit more stylish

 

plane seats.

 

What about Miata or S2000 seats? I would think they would be on the small side. It would take some work to make them look at home, but I think most late models would.

 

pm me tomorrow i may have the seats you need i will measure and get pics in the morning

poorman

 

My Essex had Pinto high-back buckets in it when I got it. They fit fairly well. I replaced them with a bench from a Dodge Caravan.