Seats can be pricey--especially one in good shape for chevy trucks,most are trashed by the time the truck gets to a wrecking yard.I have a few yards near me that are overflowing with vehicles--so much so that they are crushing cars right when they come in without even looking to see if they have good engines,tranny's,etc.I saw a 1 ton chevy dump truck with a dana 60 sitting in the parking lot of one yard yesterday,sitting on the ground with no rims and tires--the owner would probably sell that axle for a few hundred bucks--either that or it will sit in the back of the yard,hoplessly buried behind 20 other vehicles.I thought it a shame someone junked that truck without trying to sell it--I would have bought it!.
As for seats,at this junkyard,many of the cars get left open to the weather after they pull the windsheild,or other parts like doors and sunroofs are pirated for other cars,so they arent too expensive there--they would rather sell them fairly cheap before they get ruined,and they are a pain for the yards to get rid of anyway--they can sell steel for scrap,but interior plastic panels and seats usually decrease the value of a car headed for the crusher--some even have to pay a fee to have them hauled away.I bought bucket seats from a dodge caravan there for 25 bucks each,nice mint velour maroon ones,and a bench seat from a lincoln town car,power leather split bench seat for 75(had very minor stain damage).All I can say is shop around when junkyard hunting--some places are gold mines--some give you the shaft!.But your price wasnt outrageous--even at yard sales and swap meets truck seats in nice shape are not cheap,mostly due to the fact there just arent many in good shape out there. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
