Pic request - Rear Seat brackets

[Hosalabad]

Front and back would be great.

I picked up what must be a Suburban seat for my K5 and it just has 4 plates mounted on it for flat mounting to the floor. I'd like to keep the folding (and tumble? so confused) function so I'd like to see the factory version of the rear attachment for some ideas. Front just looks like a hinge on the frame from what I can see.

Attaching a current pic of my progress. Bumpers, winch, tons, lower lift, drive shafts, rear disc, ORD doubler, etc.

 

[nvrenuf]

The truck looks good!

My rear seat ('91) has 2 hinges on the front, each about 6" or so inboard of the corner of the seat. The "outer flap" of the hinge bolts to the floor, it's probably 3"x5" or so and more or less flat. The rear of the seat only has a latch assembly in the center that's about 12" wide, each end of the assembly has a latch that grabs a horizontal striker in a pocket on the floor.

No pics at the moment but I can get some later this evening if not one else has any. My seat is out right now so no pics of it installed.

 

[Hosalabad]

Thanks, if you don't mind that would be a big help.

 

[dremu]

Note that the 73-75's (maybe 73-77?) have unique seats. The rear is bolt-down, no fold or tumble. It has the four 1/2" bolts that attach to the floor. I believe the Suburban third-row from this era is the same. Later trucks have different setups, so you may have some fab work ahead of you to adapt them. (It's almost impossible to find brackets at this point, especially for the fronts.)

The fronts are a hodge-podge; the driver slides front-to-back, and the passenger flips forward to allow access to the rear.

This is all from my '74. Unfortunately I only have crappy pix of these from my old camera. I've since gone to aftermarket seats so I can't get you better ones, sorry

Rear seat just bolts to the floor.

Left is pass side, with the hinge visible (silver rod, darker counter weight spring to left in pic).

Driver's side has a lever which pulls toward the outside of the truck to unlatch the slide (silver knob on dark handle.)

-- A

 

[dremu]

Oops, I stand corrected. Found a coupla newer pix of the front seats out of the truck:

The light blue metal bits on the passenger side are the snap that holds it down in place; you can see the handle on the rear that unlatches it for flip-forward.

And I do still have the rear, so I can get better ones of it on request.

-- A

 

[Hosalabad]

Thanks Dremu. I'm just trying to get an idea of what to do.

 

[nvrenuf]

Yeah, a good bit different than mine.

Here are pics of mine, the pockets in the floor probably make my later model design a PITA to retrofit.

 

[Chief Brody]

Note that the 73-75's (maybe 73-77?) have unique seats. T

Rear seat just bolts to the floor.

1973-75 are different...that's what is in the pic. Notice the bars come all the way through the "armrests"? On the older models they don't. The armrests don't have a "channel" cut all the way through for the support bars. You are right, the 73-75 do not flip or fold down, they are stationary.

 

[Hosalabad]

Thanks Chief.

I went to PAP yesterday and snagged a rear bracket from a 90s Suburban. I'm going to mate it to the seat I have and build a set of hinged brackets for the front mounts.